The Pete Seeger Reader
- Editor: Capaldi, James
- Editor: Cohen, Ronald
Although a wide range of prose styles is represented, encompassing terse depositions from seasoned Red-hunters and the self-consciously folksy styles of Woody Guthrie and Seeger himself, the... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction
- A. Background
- 1. Gene Marine, Guerrilla Minstrel (1972)
- 2. Pete Seeger: 2002 (2005)
- B. The Early Years
- 3. Lawrence Emery, Interesting Summer (1939)
- Pete Seeger, Pete And His Banjo Meet Some Fine Mountain Folks, (1940)
- 4. Pete Seeger, Banjo Picker in Kentucky and Back Where I Come From (1941)
- 5. George Lewis, America is in Their Songs: Pete Bowers and Al [sic] Hays collect U.S. Folk Ballads (1941)
- 6. The Almanac Singers [Pete Seeger] to Son House (1942)
- E.A., The 'Almanacs' Part, But Keep on Singing (1943)
- 7. Pete Seeger, Report From The Marianas (1945)
- 8. Woody Guthrie, People's Songs and Its People (1990)
- 9. Pete Seeger, People's Songs Workshop (1946)
- Pete Seeger, People's Songs and Singers (1946)
- Report to members (1946)
- Pete Seeger, Report to members (1946)
- 10. Pete Seeger, Letter to People's Songs supporters (1948)
- Pete Seeger, Letter to People's Songs supporters (1948)
- Pete Seeger, Minutes of the Meeting of National Board of Directors of People's Songs (1948)
- C. The 1950s
- 11. Robert W. Dana, Village Vanguard Has Real Hoe-Down (1950)
- Jay Russell, How the Weavers Break Night Club Ice (1950)
- Out of the Corner (1950)
- Weavers' Yarn (1951)
- Frederick Woltman, Melody Weaves On, Along Party Line, (1951)
- 12. Alan Lomax notes Darling Corey (1950)
- Pete Seeger to Ray M. Lawless (1953)
- 13. Irwin Silber, Pete Seeger (1954)
- 14. Monty Mons, Pete Seeger: An Appreciation (1955)
- Summary of government charges, 1955-1957 (1957)
- 15. Pete Seeger, A letter of greetings to the editors and readers of Sing Along (1957)
- 16. Blind Raferty (aka Dave Van Ronk) (1957)
- Emerson L. Batdorff, It's Not Nose in Folk Song, Artist Proves, (1958)
- 17. Ronald Radosh, Commies (2001)
- D. The 1960s
- 18. Moses Asch, Foreword (1961)
- 19. Statement In Court By Pete Seeger Before Judge Thomas F. Murphy, Federal Court, New York (1961)
- David Marcus, Seeger Cites Battle Of Politics, Arts, (1961)
- 20. Eric Winter, Pete Seeger sails in to a hero's welcome (1961)
- Pete Seeger, When you're singing just be yourself (1961)
- 21. Alan Hjerpe, Pete Seeger In L.A. Concert (1962)
- 22. Pete Seeger, The Country Washboard Band (1963)
- Pete Seeger, Introduction: Woody Guthrie Folk Songs (1963)
- Pete Seeger, Introduction: The Bells of Rhymney (1964)
- 23. Pete Seeger letter to Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen (1963)
- Pete Seeger, What's In A Word? (1964)
- Pete Seeger Arrives In Prague To Begin Concert Tour In Eastern Europe (1964)
- Ruth Daniloff, Pete Seeger In Moscow (1964)
- 24. Jon Pankake, Pete's Children: The American Folksong Revival, Pro and Con (1964)
- 25. [Pete Seeger], Pete Seeger (1965)
- Ralph J. Gleason, A Folk Singer Who Meets You Half-Way, (1965)
- 26. Paul Cowan, Non-Confrontation In Beacon, New York, (1965)
- 27. Big and Muddy (1967)
- 28. Pete Seeger, To Save a River, Guideposts (1970)
- E. The 1970s and After
- 29. Tom Smucker, If Every Concert Were A Benefit, Pete Seeger Would Be Frank Sinatra (1976)
- Joe Klein, Pete Seeger's steelyard benefit, (1977)
- 30. Marc Fisher, America's Best-Loved Commie (1994)
- 31. Scott Alarik, No more awards! Pete Seeger (1996)
- 32. Greg Kot, The Boss pulls off celebrating Seeger (2006)
- 33. Dick Flacks, Pete Seeger's Project, (2009)
- AFTERWORD
- Bibliography