Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

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Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

His banjo "surrounds hate and forces it to surrender" — Smithsonian Folkways remembers Pete Seeger (1919-2014). We will soon be publishing a tribute page to Pete, without whom our organization would not be possible. This video was originally published for his 90th birthday. #PeteSeeger Learn more: http://www.folkways.si.edu/magazine/2009_spring/artist-spotlight-seeger.aspx Pete Seeger has more than 60 albums in the Smithsonian Folkways collection: https://folkways.si.edu/pete-seeger/the-smithsonian-folkways-collection Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.

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music folk "Woody Guthrie" "Pete Seeger" Smithsonian Folkways old-time non-profit