Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Pete Seeger, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both a vital heritage and a catalyst for social change, died Monday. He was 94 and lived in Beacon, N.Y.  

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

3 comments:

Jerry House said...

One of the greats.

Todd Mason said...

Ah. Damn. Well, with Toshi having passed recently...

Thanks...I hadn't heard till now.

mybillcrider said...

They were married for 70 years. I'm sure that weighed heavily on him.