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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'It's Pete' by Peggy Seeger
Song by Peggy Seeger on the occasion of Pete Seeger's 94th birthday.
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'It's Pete' by Peggy Seeger (Original Post)
G_j
Jan 2014
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G_j
(40,367 posts)1. This song really captures him
kick for Pete
WillyT
(72,631 posts)2. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!
countryjake
(8,554 posts)3. The Power of Pete!
Even folks who'd never sung a note in their entire lives would end up singing along with him. The man was able to inspire people like no other.
Smithsonian Folkways Pete Seeger
"We Shall Overcome": Remembering Folk Icon, Activist Pete Seeger in His Own Words & Songs
Democracy Now! ~ Tuesday, January 28, 2014
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/28/we_shall_overcome_remembering_folk_icon
G_j
(40,367 posts)4. great show today
inspiring
countryjake
(8,554 posts)6. Yes, but at the end where he sang...
We Shall Overcome.
The sadness, our loss, hit hard.
that really choked me up also..
LWolf
(46,179 posts)8. I love this. nt
I love it too. I actually got to spend some time with Peggy when she lived here, and I would see her at our local peace demonstrations.