This week we begin a two-part feature in celebration of Pete Seeger’s 100th Birthday. Pete was born on May 3rd 1919 in New York City. In his more than 90 years he introduced us to a peaceful way of life, strength and stamina and some of the finest music yet produced in the United States and beyond. We’ll listen to some early recordings of Pete with the Almanac Singers and the Weavers, a set of live performances from the 1950s and ‘60s and some of his fellow travelers in the world of folk music. Celebrating Pete … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger / “Opening Theme” / The Goofing Off Suite / Smithsonian Folkways
Bascum Lamar Lunsford / “Whish I was a Mole in the Ground” / Classic Mountain Songs /
              Smithsonian Folkways
The Almanac Singers / “Liza Jane” / Songs of Protest / Prism Leisure
The Almanac Singers / “Round and Round Hitler’s Grave” / Songs of Protest / Prism Leisure
Woody Guthrie / “Pastures of Plenty” / This Land is Your Land-The Asch Recordings Vol.1 /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Woody Guthrie / “Hard Travelin’” / Hard Travelin’: The Asch Recordings Vol.3 / Smithsonian
              Folkways

The Weavers / “Goodnight Irene” / Wasn’t That A Time / Vanguard
Lead Belly / “John Henry” / Bourgeois Blues / Smithsonian Folkways
Brownie McGee / “Betty and Dupree” / Classic Folk Music / Smithsonian Folkways
Ramblin’ Jack Elliot / “South Coast” / Hard Travelin’ / Fantasy
Pete Seeger / “Opening Theme (Reprise)” / The Goofing Off Suite / Smithsonian Folkways

Pete Seeger / “Medley: Hold Up Your Petticoat / Where Have All the Flowers Gone? / Step-
              By-Step / Joe Hill’s Last Will” / The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger / “Abiyoyo” / Children’s Concert at Town Hall / Columbia
Pete Seeger / “I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister” / The Prestige Folklore Years /
              Prestige-Folklore

Paul Robeson / “Joe Hill” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian Folkways
Earl Robinson / “Black and White” / Classic Folk Music / Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger and the Hooteneers / “Another Man Done Gone” / Sing Out! With Pete Seeger
              and the Hooteneers / Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways