The Pete Seeger reader / edited by Ronald D. Cohen and James Capaldi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.

Cohen, Ronald D., 1940-2022, editor.

Capaldi, James, editor.

Series:

Readers on American musicians

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014--Criticism and interpretation.

Seeger, Pete.

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Contents:

Part I Background

1 Gene Marine: Guerrilla Minstrel (1972) 3

2 Studs Terkel: Pete Seeger: 2002 (2005) 42

Part II The Early Years

3 Lawrence Emery: Interesting Summer: Young Puppeteers in Unique Tour of Rural Areas (1939) 58

4 Pete and His Banjo Meet Some Fine Mountain Folks (1940) 62

5 Pete Seeger: Banjo Picker in Kentucky 64

6 Pete Seeger Back Where I Come From (1941) 66

7 George Lewis: America Is in Their Songs: Pete Bowers and Al [sic] Hays Collect U.S. Folk Ballads (1941) 67

8 The Almanac Singers [Pete Seeger] to Son House (1942) 72

9 E.A.: The "Almanacs" Part, But Keep on Singing (1943) 73

10 Pete Seeger: Notes of an Innocent Bystander (1945) 73

11 Woody Guthrie: People's Songs and Its People (1990) 79

12 Pete Seeger: People's Songs Workshop, The Jefferson School of Social Science Newsletter (1946) 85

13 Pete Seeger: People's Songs and Singers (1946) 88

14 Pete Seeger: Report to Members (1946) 92

15 Pete Seeger: Two Letters to People's Songs Supporters (1948) 95

16 Pete Seeger: Minutes of the Meeting of the National Board of Directors of People's Songs (1948) 97

Part III The 1950s

17 Robert W. Dana: Village Vanguard Has Real Hoe-Down (1950) 106

18 Jay Russell: How the Weavers Break Night Club Ice (1950) 107

19 Frederick Woltman: Melody Weaves On, Along Party Lines (1951) 109

20 Alan Lomax: Liner Notes to Darling Corey (1950) 113

21 Letter to Ray M. Lawless (1953) 116

22 Irwin Silber: Pete Seeger-Voice of Our Domestic Heritage (1954) 117

23 Monty Muns: Pete Seeger: An Appreciation (1955) 127

24 Pete Seeger: Summary of Government Charges, 1955-1957 (1957) 128

25 Pete Seeger: A Letter of Greetings to the Editors and Readers of Sing Along (1957) 130

26 "Blind Rafferty" (aka Dave Van Ronk): Untitled Article (1957) 136

27 Emerson L. Batdorff: It's Not Nose in Folk Song, Artist Proves (1958) 137

28 Ronald Radosh: Excerpt from Commies (2001) 139

Part IV The 1960s

29 Moses Asch: Foreword to Pete Seeger, American Favorite Ballads (1961) 149

30 Pete Seeger Statement to the Court Before Judge Thomas F. Murphy, Federal Court, New York (1961) 155

31 David Marcus: Seeger Cites Battle of Politics, Arts (1961) 156

32 Eric Winter: Pete Seeger Sails Into a Hero's Welcome (1961) 157

33 Pete Seeger: When You're Singing Just Be Yourself (1961) 159

34 Allan Hjerpe: Pete Seeger in L.A. Concert (1962) 160

35 Pete Seeger: The Country Washboard Band (1963) 163

36 Pete Seeger: Introduction to The Bells of Rhymney (1964) 164

37 Pete Seeger Letter to Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen (1963) 168

38 Pete Seeger: What's in a Word? (1964) 169

39 Harold Leventhal: Newsletter about Seeger Concert Tour (1964) 170

40 Ruth Daniloff: Pete Seeger in Moscow (1964) 171

41 Jon Pankake: Pete's Children: The American Folksong Revival, Pro and Con (1964) 173

42 [Pete Seeger]: Pete Seeger (1965) 182

43 Ralph J. Gleason: A Singer Who Meets You Half Way (1965) 184

44 Paul Cowan: Non-Confrontation in Beacon, New York (1965) 187

45 Big and Muddy (1967) 193

46 Pete Seeger: To Save a River (1970) 198

Part V The 1970s and After

47 Tom Smucker: If Every Concert Were a Benefit, Pete Seeger Would Be Frank Sinatra (1976) 213

48 Joe Klein: Pete Seeger's Steelyard Benefit (1977) 218

49 Marc Fisher America's Best-Loved Commie: Even a Radical Can Become a National Treasure. Just Ask Pete Seeger (1994) 220

50 Scott Alarik: No More Awards! Pete Seeger (1996) 229

51 Greg Kot: The Boss Pulls Off Celebrating Seeger (2006) 232

52 Dick Flacks: Pete Seeger's Project (2009) 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019986201X

9780199862016

OCLC:

862222140

Publisher Number:

99956887301