Fynger 841 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/28/us-peteseeger-idUSBREA0R0AJ20140128 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 R.I.P. Pete Seeger, one of the soundtracks of my anti establishment folk music period in the early 60`s, especially Little Boxes, where they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 R.I.P Pete, he laid down the foundations for a genre of popular music that is still around today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Age 94. Not a bad innings that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 It'd do me !!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 And me, but only if I still have my mobility and marbles! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 In my home town, there is a little old lady who tuned 99 this last NYE, and she still ten-pin bowls every week, still drives around town in her car. In fact she just renewed her driver's licence for another 5 years. I want to be like her! Sharp as a tack and very active at a grand old age. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 R.I.P. Pete Seeger................. He was a man what stood up for what he believed in . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 R.I.P. Pete Seeger........"So Long, It's Been Good to Know You." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Pete Seeger headed the greatest of all folk groups, the Weavers. Looking at the tracks on the CDs I have of them there are numerous titles that were made famous by others artists after the Weavers had recoded them. They are; Wimoweh (recorded by many), The Roving Kind (Guy Mitchell), Midnight Special, Bring me a li'l water Silvy, Rock Island Line (all Lonnie Donegan), Wreck of the John B (Beach Boys), Around the corner (Eve Boswell). Such was their influence. The Weavers toured Britain in the early 1960s and I went to Sheffield to see them. When I got there the first house was cancelled, and not wanting to be stranded in Sheffield late at night I caught the next train back to Nottingham, arriving in time to catch a Midland General bus in Broadmarsh to take me to the Log Cabin at Watnall for the last pint! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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