[HANASHIR:16186] Re: Pete Seeger Interview

[rahel <rahel...>]

Although he is basically pro-Palestinian.

Rahel


At 09:37 PM 12/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey Folks,
>
>Regardless of what you think about his politics, Pete Seeger will always be
>the quintessential songleader's songleader: Here's a recent interview, just
>published in the on-line journal Talking Leaves.
>
>http://www.talkingleaves.org/w04seeger.htm
>
>For you younger folks especially, if you haven't immersed yourself in his
>music, get a hold of ANY of his live CDs (or videos), listen hard and learn
>from the master.
>
>Even his studio recordings are wonderful, btw.  (His early recording of Skip
>To My Lou, just voice and banjo, is a masterpiece of minimalist art.) You
>can often find his CDs in the library.
>
>Btw, Pete recorded a number of Israeli and Yiddish songs.  In 1949, he and
>the Weavers scored a NUMBER ONE hit on the Top 40 with Tzena Tzena (b/w
>Goodnight Irene - it was a true 'double-sided hit') which had been
>translated into English, probably the first and only time an Israeli song
>reached Number One.
>
>Jeff Klepper
>


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