RIP: Pete Seeger
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RIP Pete Seeger. Join up with Harry and give the angels an inspiring concert.
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Another fine essay on Pete Seeger from the Los Angeles Review of Books website:
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--"Pete Seeger was in this way an embodiment of the folk process, with its roots in community rather than in individual assertion. He was a conduit through which every member of his audience could get in touch with each other and with singers who were far away or long dead. It was a rare event in a time when isolation was the norm. And unlike Facebook or Twitter, where people connect with already like-minded others, a Seeger concert might create those connections on the spot. 'You know this song. Sing along.”' "
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--"Pete Seeger was in this way an embodiment of the folk process, with its roots in community rather than in individual assertion. He was a conduit through which every member of his audience could get in touch with each other and with singers who were far away or long dead. It was a rare event in a time when isolation was the norm. And unlike Facebook or Twitter, where people connect with already like-minded others, a Seeger concert might create those connections on the spot. 'You know this song. Sing along.”' "
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