itunes

gravatar
Member Since: 6/7/2004
Total Mixes: 9747
Total Feedback: 8

Other Mixes By itunes

Playlist | Other Mix
Playlist | Celebrity Playlist
image
Playlist | Celebrity Playlist
image

Pete Seeger

Artist Song
Pete Seeger  Last Train to Nuremberg  
Pete Seeger  The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)  
Pete Seeger  Arkansas Traveler  
The Weavers  Wasn't That a Time  
Pete Seeger  Fare Thee Well  
Mike Seeger & Pete Seeger  900 Miles  
Pete Seeger  Union Maid  
Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger  66 Highway Blues  
Pete Seeger  Abiyoyo  
Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers  Casey Jones (Union Scab)  
Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco & Steve Earle  Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)  
Pete Seeger  Boll Weevil  
Pete Seeger  Where Have All the Flowers Gone?  
Pete Seeger  Acres of Clams  
The Weavers  Marching to Pretoria  
The Weavers  Old Paint (Ride Around, Little Dogies)  
Pete Seeger  Beans, Bacon, and Gravy  
Pete Seeger  Liza Jane  
Pete Seeger  The Internationale  
Pete Seeger  Old Devil Time  
Pete Seeger  Pittsburgh Town  
The Weavers  The Frozen Logger  
Pete Seeger  The Titanic  
Pete Seeger  Jay Gould's Daughter  
Pete Seeger  Stewball  

Comment:

Some of Pete's biggest songs are ones that influenced [i]somebody else[/i] to record them. Take the "Wreck of the John B," which you probably first heard as "Sloop John B." The Weavers' version, complete with calypso-style horns, inspired the Kingston Trio's cover, and [i]that's[/i] the one Al Jardine took to Brian Wilson for a rock 'n' roll rewrite. The Kingston Trio themselves had a hit with the Seeger-penned lament "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?," and even though it's been covered literally dozens of times, from Dolly Parton to Marlene Dietrich, Pete and his fingerpicked banjo bring an unadorned simplicity to it that underscores the lyric without veering into melodrama. And we go back to the Weavers one last time, for their roof-raising-hootenanny-as-history-lesson, "Wasn't That a Time," a song the group not only recorded several times throughout their career, but which also provided the title for the award-winning 1982 documentary that's a must-watch for any folkie with an interest in the music's heritage.
image for mix

Feedback: