Boxer Davey Moore, immediately after the March 21, 1963 fight with Sugar Ramos, beforecollapsing into a coma and dying 75 hours later. āI did not want to hurt Moore. In the ring the fighters are partners. They put on the … Continue reading →
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson) Pete Seeger opens Chapter 11 āMoney and Musicā in his book The Incompleat FolksingerĀ (Bison Book, 1972) with this reflection. Who Killed Norma Jean?Ā Ā Ā I once had a vision of a beast with hollow fangs. … Continue reading →
May 3rd is Pete Seegerās birthday ā¦ and weāre pleased to be able to help celebrate his 94th with this brand new song written and performed by his sister Peggy especially for the milestone. Check out the song below ā¦ … Continue reading →
Ā Ā Ā Ā PETE SEEGER The Complete Bowdoin College Concert Smithsonian/Folkways 40184 Smithsonian/Folkways Website www.peteseeger.net Ā If it was a difficult year for Sing Out! magazine co-founder and longtime columnist Pete Seeger, youād never know it from the buoyancy … Continue reading →
James Chaneyās mother, Fannie Lee Chaney, and his brother, Ben Now, having moved through a discussion of a number of musical responses to the Freedom Summer murders, Iād like to go back to āThoseThree Are On My Mind,ā and think … Continue reading →
āThose Three Are On My Mindā was one of several songs born out of the tragic killings in Neshoba County, Mississippi in the summer of 1964. Ā Itās hard for me to say whether itās the best known, but was the … Continue reading →
Peteās Seegerās musical memoir, The Incompleat Folk Singer, includes the following entry for August 5, 1964. Ā I hope heāll pardon me for quoting it in its entirety, but I think it informs our conversation here about music, tragedy, and political … Continue reading →
āSouthern Justice (Murder in Mississippi)ā by Norman Rockwell Freedom Summer Next week, June 21st to be exact, will mark the 48th anniversary of the day that civil rights activists Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman were murdered in Mississippi, … Continue reading →
Woody Guthrie Working Class Hero Less graphically than āOn a Hill Lone and Gray,ā Woody Guthrie provides his own rendering of the Jesus story. Ā In this one, the multitude is still implicated, but in a slightly different way; and, the … Continue reading →
Here is a unique opportunity to own a piece of history ā and most important ā to do some real good in this world, at a time when it really needs some help. Pete Seeger is auctioning his famous banjo … Continue reading →
