Interview with Pete Seeger
Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Pete Seeger talks about his parents' influence on his early interest in music and discusses learning to play several instruments as a child. He tells the stories of how he met Woody Guthrie, Alan Lomax, and the formation of the Almanac Singers and The Weavers. He talks about his activism, protests, and political views. He talks about the history of several songs, including "Guantanamera" and "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," among others.Interview Accession
Interviewee Name
Interviewer Name
James Reams
Interview Keyword
Lomax, Alan (Artist) Alan Lomax (Artist) Guthrie, Woody (Artist) Woody Guthrie (Artist) Banjo players Activism Protests Social protest songs Musical instrument makers. Childhood Guantanamera (Song) Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Song) Hudson River Sloop Clearwater English is Cuh-Ray-Zee (Song) Quite Early Morning (Song) Musical families King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Guanta?namo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)Interview LC Subject
Music. Music--Performance. Musical performance Musical instruments. Music--Instruction and study. Bands (Music) Folk songs. Musical groups. Music--Social aspects. Communities in music Musicians Bluegrass music. Bluegrass musicians Folk music. Banjo music (Bluegrass) Sound recordings. Sound--Recording and reproducing Records. Civil rights movements--United States Songs. Television programs. Television and politicsInterview Rights
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The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History has been licensed by the International Bluegrass Music Museum as the exclusive archival repository for this collection. All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, belong to the International Bluegrass Music Museum.?Interviews may only be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky.
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