Cohen, Ronald D. - The Pete Seeger Reader

The Pete Seeger Reader brings together writing by and about Seeger and covers his songwriting, recording, book and magazine publishing, and political organizing over the course of his lengthy, storied career.

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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

Series	Readers on American Musicians