![]() ![]() Seeger still takes delight in lending his presence to important things, even if his voice doesn't carry like it used to. In middle age, he was a key figure in the folk revival that produced Dylan and, later, the protests that helped shape modern America. Joseph McCarthy and endured a blacklisting he simply shrugged away. He met Woody Guthrie, Alan Lomax and Lead Belly, and began to advocate for migrant workers and miners in the 1940s. Seeger's voice first rose in the 1930s against Hitler. But his presence, in a crowd of nearly 1,000 with guitar players and chanting sign-holders and police swirling around, gave the new protest movement something it seemed to lack over the last month.Ī momentary clarity, longtime friend Guy Davis thinks, A purpose. This time around, Seeger was carried along by two canes, not the sound of his banjo. Even time seems to have taken a step back in deference to the musical rabble-rouser's resolve and determination. Today, Pete Seeger is approaching the far end of a life lived walking hand in hand with American history, often at odds with the government that runs things. ![]()
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