RIP Pete Seeger

[Gwylan]

Sad to see Pete Seeger has died aged 94. A man of honour and integrity who did so much for American music. He was a musical great in every sense

 

[Trufflehound]

RIP

I'd like to hope that his ashes will be interred in little boxes made of ticky-tacky.

 

[severnside gull]

Had the great pleasure of seeing him perform live in New York back in the late 60's and it remains one of my abiding musical highlights. Finished his set with a rendition of "This Land is Our Land" that had the audience on their feet joining in like it was an up-tempo national anthem. RIP.

 

[catfish]

Great musician, great guy. RIP.

 

[wallyback]

Bob Dylan can at last "play electric" and not worry about electricity cables being cut.

 

[ofco8]

What a great lyricist he was. Timeless, the themes he wrote about still fairly relevant today.

 

[Norman Potting]

One of the few performers for whom "legend" is understating things.

 

[withdeanwombat]

RIP Pete.

I was always surprised by the "This Land is Our Land" song.You probably know it's a Woody Guthrie composition and I always thought he left the "Now" out between "is" and "Our", possibly to make it scan better.

 

[Icy Gull]

Bob Dylan can at last "play electric" and not worry about electricity cables being cut.

Lol, my first thought as well. I thought that was a pretty pathetic rant and very insular.

 

[Fungus]

RIP Pete. Absolute legend.