Who is Pete Seeger?
Pete Seeger is an American folk singer, song writer, political activist, and banjo player, whose given name was Peter R. Seeger. Pete Seeger was born in Patterson, New York on 3 May 1919, the son of musicologist Charles Seeger and violinist Constance Seeger, both of whom taught at Juilliard. In addition, Pete Seeger’s stepmother Ruth Crawford was a noted composer. Having planned to become a painter, Seeger’s first occasion of hearing the five-string banjo was the catalyst for his music career. After two years at Harvard University as an undergraduate, he left to roam the Southern United States with musicologist Alan Lomax, collecting field recordings of folk songs.
Pete Seeger is an American folk singer, song writer, political activist, and banjo player, whose given name was Peter R. Seeger. Pete Seeger was born in Patterson, New York on 3 May 1919, the son of musicologist Charles Seeger and violinist Constance Seeger, both of whom taught at Juilliard. In addition, Pete Seeger’s stepmother Ruth Crawford was a noted composer. Having planned to become a painter, Seeger’s first occasion of hearing the five-string banjo was the catalyst for his music career. After two years at Harvard University as an undergraduate, he left to roam the Southern United States with musicologist Alan Lomax, collecting field recordings of folk songs. Although his career was hampered at times by the blacklist of leftist entertainers, Pete Seeger managed to craft a multi-faceted career that included performance as a soloist, with groups, such as the Almanac Singers and the Weavers. He also wrote songs and instructional material for the five-string banjo and the twelve-stri