Instead, he and his friends were members of the Young Communist League, the radical, self-appointed champions of the underdog, which in the pre-war period didn’t have the same Cold War connotations it does today. Kennedy and the poet Robert Lowell, but dropped out after two years in 1938.Īt just about nineteen years old, Seeger attended Harvard University but was bored by the stuffy lectures and the conservative politics of the blue-bloods who made up the majority of the student population. For those of you who know him well, hopefully there will be a tidbit of information you didn’t know for those who don’t know him at all, this is a quick introduction to Pete’s life and work. There are many Pete Seeger fans across the country and around the world, but we thought it would be good even for fans to have a little refresher on Pete’s life and influence through the 20th Century.
He sang in defense of the poor, the oppressed, and the exploited and always to enliven and encourage, to delight, and to tell tales.įrom September 22-26, 2015, celebrate the life of Pete Seeger with Mark Hellman and The Other Guys Theatre Company as they bring Pete’s life, songs and stories to the stage in The Incompleat Folksinger. He was a civil rights activist, an environmentalist and a constant advocate for the disadvantaged in American society. Pete Seeger was a legendary figure in the American folk movement.
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