Happy Birthday: Pete Seeger!
Media | May 3rd, 2013
I’m always posting stuff when musicians pass away but never celebrate when a milestone birthday pops up. Well that’s going to change! Happy 94th Birthday to legendary folk singer Pete Seeger! 94 years old and still plucking away at that guitar. Outstanding! Check out Pete Seeger and his festival Clearwater Festival on June 15th and 16th in Croton-On-Hudson, NY.
Pete Seeger, arguably the person most responsible for the revival and popularity of folk music in the United States, turns 94 on May 3. Seeger’s unparalleled life led him to engage in nearly all of the leading social movements of the 20th century, including the labor sit ins in the 1930’s, the economic justice campaigns of the 1940’s, fighting the blacklist and promoting peace in the 1950’s, the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s and the environmental movement that began in the 1970’s. Fortunately, Seeger’s extensive writings are now available in a new book, Pete Seeger: In His Own Words, selected and edited by Rob Rosenthal and Sam Rosenthal. The book offers unusual insight into Seeger’s motivations, and for his relentless optimism in the face of adversity. Seeger has spoken the truth for nearly 100 years, and his writings offer inspiration to all those working for peace, justice and for a better world.
[BeyondChron]
