I wrote Pete Seeger a letter in 2008 telling Pete how much his music and his standing up for human rights had meant to me. I never expected a response. A few months later I got a handwritten letter from Pete. The envelope had a return address label that said Pete and Toshi Seeger with their home address. I was so honored that he wrote me. The letter said “old Pete Seeger” with his banjo beside his name. It’s one of my most treasured items. Pete took time to write to me, a nurse in Pittsburgh. What a great man. R. I. P. Pete. 🪕❤️
@@kenjollofsky I read an article in Acoustic Guitar Magazine about Pete Seeger. The story was focused on Pete's correspondence with people who wrote to him. He routinely wrote back to people with encouraging words and answered questions that folks sent to him. He felt it was his responsibility to respond to his fans since they were the ones who supported him. Pete Seeger was a class act as a musician, social justice advocate and just a warm caring person.
I'm watching in 2025, shortly after seeing A Complete Unknown, and as much as I've always loved Bob Dylan, that movie made me go from liking Pete Seeger to loving him and wanting to know more. I'm so glad this is on UA-cam because this has cemented my love and respect for this beautiful American patriot. May he RIP, if anyone deserves to, he does.
Same here. I even thought he should've gotten a Nobel, but the way the FBI wasted $$ in surveilling him for decades was probably a factor. I believe his life's work based on solid principles will stand the test of time. Love, love this man! Thanks to the Dylan movie, I'm all over Pete now. It's the one bright thing that gives me joy these days🥀🌻💮
That movie really does feel like a Pete Seeger movie in disguise. Almost as if that is the movie Mangold really wanted to make, but he needed Dylan to attract investors. Probably should have been a folk music miniseries.
Born in 1949, graduated from High School in 1967, sucked into the Vietnam war from 1968-69, graduated from college in 1975 and, finally, a 30+ year career in transportation management. Through all of those years there were many influences on my life - both good and bad - but Pete Seeger wrote the song book that brought it all together for me. I picked this video on a random search just for "something to do" tonight. I am so grateful that I did. Thank you, Pete.
I come back to this documentary when I cannot stand the headlines anymore, when I feel like I am powerless in a world so full of hate. It is the encouragement of Mr. Seeger's legacy that inspires me to keep going and to call out injustice. I may not wield a guitar or banjo, but it is our responsibility to keep striving towards peace.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I got a job at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1964 One day I was inspecting Performers passes at the Gate. A group of people came up everyone had a pass except one man. I said, “I’m sorry, Sir, I can’t let you in without a pass.” He stood silently without complaint, smiling. Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, came running over. “Pete, Pete, He’s all right!” That was how I met Pete Seeger for the first time. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Per, how heartily I agree. Pete was my dearest friend, although we never met, and he never knew it. Has been so since the early days of The Weavers, your words express exactly my feelings also.
I taught a class on Dylan at The New School in the Village in the early 2000’s and wanted Pete as a guest. Wrote him, he called me back and said he was too old to come to NYC but appreciated the offer. Best phone call of my life❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I think if I had to choose only one word to describe Pete Seeger, the word would be "authentic." Completely original, he has never wavered from his early beliefs, never sold out. He is wonderful. The world is lucky to still have him around.
I discovered Pete Seeger as a 12 year old when my unsuspecting parents gave me a copy of the Weavers 1961 reunion Concert at Carnegie Hall.From the quiet provincial city of Geelong my heart and politics were formed by the music and passion of this man. I owe a lifetime of political awareness and action for justice to Pete Seeger and now approaching 60 I want to express my gratitude and pride in what this son of America has taught me as a world citizen who loves singing.
Men like Pete Seeger never die; they live among those who fight for peace and freedom. Long live Pete Seeger - you are our mentor, you will be in our heart.
….and these days again we need to fight for the right to call out the truth - let’s sing together for the freedom of speech and peace for the world and no chemicals ruining our sources of life 🙄
When Pete played Merlefest in NC, April 2006, my 30 year old dream to sing along with Pete Seeger came true. It didn't matter how his voice sounded. The thrill was to sing along with him. He only played the one set at the festival and did it on the tiny Children's Stage, with no seating, the smallest stage at the multi-stage festival. His grandson Tao played acoustic guitar, as I recall. He came out and insisted that all the adults up front move back and all the kids move up front, which everyone did. Who is going to be the one to ignore Pete Seeger kindly asking you to move back for the kids? It was so wonderful. Him singing and playing his old banjo with the motto painted on it and telling stories between songs about the old days with the Almanac Singers, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, with a bunch of kids in front of the stage, sitting on the ground and looking up at him. When he came out solo to play a song for the big finale on the last day of the festival on the mainstage, I raced up to the front and got as close as I could to him. He went into Lonesome Valley and I sang along with him the loudest I've ever sang in my life. He had to have heard me. People next to me were looking at me and smiling. I was exhilarated for days afterword. It meant so much to me.
Pete Seeger is a beautiful human being. If anyone deserved a Nobel Peace Prize, he should be it. I appreciate his love for music and his love for human beings.
Pete Seeger played the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in 1988, and I was one of a lucky group of journalists to sit at his feet and take part in a group interview. It was one of the highlights of my life. Now, with tears running down my cheeks that the world has lost such a wonderful idealist and force for peace, I hope that his influence stays on, years and decades from now. The world needs so many more people like him.
A heart-felt thanks to all who made this lovely documentary about the amazing and inspiring Father of American Folk Music. I'm almost 80 years old , and I became aware of Pete with that Weavers' concert in Carnegie Hall way back in the 50's . His clear, proud voice caught me first , then his prodigious musicianship , and when I got a little older , his sheer and beautiful humanity . I was too young at the time to understand our government's nasty efforts in silencing and destroying Pete for ridiculous reasons , but those were nasty years in our political life . However, they kept him off the air for a long time , but he kept on being Pete and spreading his love for peace and equality and justice for all . And his message was too important , and he thrived and the American folk music world developed and grew . There is no other person who has so influenced my life like Pete Seeger . I consider him to be my father, my brother , my friend , my teacher and mentor . His inspiration burns still in my soul . God loves you, Pete , as does much of the world . Your ideas and ideals live on , in spite of some awesome and dark challenges . George Lewis, Sr.
In Project Musiceyes, a little music program I started for a group of traumatized refugees here in Holland in 2015, both Turn, Turn, Turn and We Shall Overcome always made us cry. I printed them back to back on the same sheet. Pete Seeger was the man I most admired, and he modeled the courage I would need to do the right thing, even when people threw monkey shit at my tiara. Like Joe Hill, he will never die. If you get enough people singing together, the mountain will move!
This man was the epitome of peace, love & kindness. I'm very glad he lived a long, happy married/family & creative life. I know he continues to live in eternal peace. Thank you for a great legacy, Mr. Pete Seeger. And poor BRILLIANT Paul Robeson & the way America tortured him & has ANY other woke Black person who could uplift himself & his people! America, you have a lot to atone for. Your actions didn't/don't shortchange only Blacks in this country but everyone else in it regardless of race, religion, creed or gender.
After nearly 70 years the words...the melody...the beat still lives... protected from the uglyness of the late 40' and early 50's by carind parents Thanls Mom and Dad
Welcome to the fan club! I found out about him in the early 1970s, and felt like I was a latecomer! Pete Seeger definitely helped shape my life, and I owe him an unpayable debt of gratitude.
Pete Seeger , what a human being!, such a wonderful all round person. Today I found a 2002 edition of his 'How To Play 5-String Banjo', what a find !, I'm over the moon as I couldn't afford a brand new one. Now I can learn to play my banjo with lessons from THE MASTER. I just can't say how joyous I feel !.
Pete visited my college in the mid-60s. They removed all the seats from the student union building, put a small circular stage in the middle of the floor which elevated Pete about a foot about the crowd. I sat at his feet and listened in awe. I realize now I should have appreciated him much more.
Pete Seeger is one of them where my heart opens up and I go deep. Jumped from Joni M. over to this one. Glad I was part of this time. Hope people like that never die. From Germany all the best. Crying big time.
Most of communists here In Russia really admire these great songs. He is the greatest worker's singer to my mind. Greetnings from Russia to all workers all over the world! We'll translate, overvoice and publish this film for russian workers!
Thanks for posting this wonderful tribute to this amazing being Pete Seeger, and to PBS for doing such a fabulous video. As some else commented, I didn't want it to end. But as Pete sang, to everything turn turn, there is a season. I feel like a better person for having watched this.
What a wonderful man, sadly missed. Love that scene at 22:30 when Pete and Toshi are walking through Greenwich Village and a woman approaches them and another woman blows a kiss and touches his jacket as if she was blessing him. Of course the whole documentary is great but that scene is unforgettable. Miss you Pete.
I always liked his music but did not know a lot of the details presented in this documentary. It took a strong personal constitution and unflappable bravery to be Pete Seeger. What a tremendous inspiration he is for human beings everywhere.
A great soul has left mother earth, but what a rejoicing in heaven. a mahatma, a great soul in coming in. Don't be sad, there is only joy! love and peace from Holland.
@@lovesings2us I used to be in a singing group called the Power Of Song. It was a Pete Seeger revival Group out of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music headed up by Mark Dvorak who actually met Pete and learned a few things from him. When I ,over here I started yup a Pete Seeger Sing A Long Concert each May to commemorate Petes Birthday. This concert was more of a sing a long concert and included about 12 other musicians from the area. We did it for two years and then Covid hit and the local music community went into "hiding." During the Pan dermic we lost a few musicians and now others are older and very ill, really great old timers who knew all the folk music for Petes era. It was great. while it lasted. We still haver an Open Mic once a month locally at one of the bars and also get together to sig at the senior center once a month but our musical fellowship took a hit during COVID. I now live in Western Michigan, South Haven. Most of the present musicians are mostly doing covers and originals and not much of the classic folk music or Pete's music. When I tried to gather musicians to help me do the Peter Concerts I was told by a few "No' because Pete was a communist. Can ya imagine that after all these yeas and all that Pete did? Safe journeys in these chaotic times.
Okay is this not the best thing we can watch right now???!!!! I remember the time my brother Pete went to Vietnam...my sister Eileen was protesting the war in high school...my Dad was in such a quandry....he a WWII vet....not liking that his son needed to go...Oh what times...I was 10 and half understanding the outer world.....Thank you Pete...Woody.... Martin... and my hero...Muhammad Ali and all the many other movers and shakers of this world! It's our turn!
Dear Pete I have learned so much from you starting with my first words of english through your songs when I was 14 years old . Now as a Frenchman of 65 I can see you on the internet and listen without problem . So thank you for all the humanity you gave us . Rest in peace
Thanks for posting this. I was aware that Pete seeger is an important figure in American culture, but this made me even more aware of this. Very moving and inspiring , thanks.
so oft hab ich diesen film gesehen... doch jedesmal rollen die tränen.. seit meinem 12. lebensjahr prägen mich pete seeger und leonard cohen... pete für die fröhliche seite ..cohen für die schwarze seele in mir.... respekt ... wünschte alle menschen dieser welt hätten etwas von pete´s weltanschauung und innerem frieden...i love him..
I'm knowing Peter Seeger, now, when I'm 70 years old, many time ago of the passed way of Seeger. So I thank very much that persons that upload the videos with the wonderful work of this extraordinary artist: Peter Seeger.
Trying to respond to Diane Henkel below: I have a photo of Pete Seeger from probably 1966 in Central Park. My mom had brought me there for a peace demonstration, one of the early ones against the war in Vietnam. In the photo, Pet has his guitar slung behind his back, with his hands out to the sides, holding back his entourage. He was holding back the entourage because a child, myself, was trying to take his picture with my first camera as they were walking towards me. That's who he was.
I loved Pete Seeger in my teens and early twenties, and this docoumentary was a trip down memory lane. I sang along with many of the songs. Funny how songs stay with you for so many years. I am 85 years old, and i remember many of these songs as though I’d been at a hootenanny last night.
Such a moving and inspiring video. Many many thanks for posting this! And the eloquent words of Bruce Springsteen (definitely a “descendant” of Pete) ring true now more than ever in ‘25….
Picked up 5-String Banjo in 1970, working from “How to Play the 5-String Banjo (Third Edition-Revised)” by Pete. Finally got to see him perform in OKC in the late 80s. Still playing. Still inspired. Still writing protest songs in this age of criminal oligarchies.
I am sad to hear of Pete's passing, not for him, but for the world. A light has dimmed; who will pick up that torch and carry it forward? Either way, he lives on in our hearts and in our lives, for he influenced so many of us to aim higher and live better. He brought about change through peace; the only change that will last. RIP
@@normitabarranco3378 Why can't you recognize a great man? What is this "communist" label that makes you reject all he's done? If Pete Seeger is a communist, then yes, I like communists. ESAD.
watched the whole thing. Im a child of the 50s and 60s and I remember Pete, saw him once in a concert, and never forgot. He was an amazing man, from start to finish. I miss him every day.
WOW, brings back memories. I sure remember hearing GOODNIGHT IRENE GOODNIGHT constantly on the radio when I was a kid. Pet Seeger was an ongoing force through all the early years, and certainly well into the 60's/sure vividly remember the trouble stirred up by WAST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY on the Smother Brothers show. Probably the closest thing to Pete Seeger style and sound was---maybe suprisingly---Peter Tork when he went off on his own to continue the banjo tradition and songs like CRIPPLE CREEK and CUCKOO and IN MY KITCHEN (which is more pure blues). But he had a similar sound and ---when not re-doing Monkees songs,---toured with James Stanley and followed the more "folk-y" tradition. His voice was similar in some ways too. Pete Seeger was a true hero across so many generations. Thanks for the video.
An amazing presentation of a great man and his contribution to America. I cried happy, hopeful tears as I watched and was especially moved to learn how the building of a boat helped to save the mighty Hudson River from destruction. It was the first time I heard the song "To My Old Brown Earth." Wonderful! Watch and you will cry happy, hopeful tears too!
What an inspiration for such a pivotal time in our country. Pete Seeger had the power of convection, the strength of love and the gift of music that still moves me today. May he rest in peace.
I went looking for a video of Pete playing his music - to lift my spirits and to sing along - and I found this incredible, beautiful Documentary. Thank you for sharing it. It brought me to tears , renewed my heart and my courage. I remember watching Pete play at President Obama's Inaugeral Celebration - so wonderful that he could be there! He was and is an inspiration, always. Part of how I got clear about the character of RFK Jr. (putting himself forward to run for President of our dear country) was when he promoted himslef, as an environmental lawyer, for saving the Hudson River. He has never once mentioned or spoken about The Clearwater and Pete Seeger and all of the regular people who made it possible. Thank you Pete, for your music, your courage, your honesty and your love.
Pete taught me how to sing, phonetically, and syllepticaly. When I was five he came to sing at the Randolph school, so often I thought he was a teacher there. When my father first met him he was painting the school porch. He taught me more about love, empathy, courage, hard work and politics, than any man apart from my father. You're missed by all of us. We miss you. 💚❤️💜🖤
Those of us old enough to have seen and experienced Pete live are lucky indeed, especially as our democracy now faces its greatest challenge from the fascist Republican oligarchs.
At camp in the ‘60’s, every song around the campfire was usually accompanied by a guitar player who had been inspired by Pete Seeger, songs like: If I Had a Hammer, Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, This Land is Your Land, We Shall Overcome, Five Hundred Miles, Kum Ba Ya, My Lord, etc.
Comment se fait-il que j'écoutais toutes les chansons de ce film il y a déjà 60 ans ? L'inconvénient majeur c'est que j'étais le seul dans ce cas dans une ville de 200 000 habitants.... C'est dingue de constater la peur congénitale de ces pauvres idiots de Yanks pour les communistes. Il faut bien qu'ils s'occupent.... "the only good Commie is one who's dead and you know that peace can only be won when we've blown ‘em all to kingdom come." Ce n'est pas aujourd'hui que l'on verrait une jeunesse unie marcher pour une belle et même cause comme la marche sur Washington pour l'emploi et la liberté le 28 août 1963, devant le Lincoln Memorial. Et comme disait Robert Allen Zimmerman : "I wish, I wish, I wish in vain that we could sit simply in that room again ; ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat, I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that". Now as through this world Pete Seeger rambled, he saw lots of funny men. Some will rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen.
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Pete Seeger for Peace and Justice.....Thank you Pete.....
I was deeply moved by this great documentary about one of the greatest singers of the world, who kept singing through all his life! I've never seen so many scenes of Pete singing and talking before! It's triumphant! Precious work that will be watched from generation to generation!
'Ode an die Freude' auf dem Banjo. Beeindruckend. Etwas langsamer gespielt ist es ein Hochgenuss. So ein Banjo mit einem, wie hier, fähigen Spieler, hat eine grosse Bandbreite.
I wrote Pete Seeger a letter in 2008 telling Pete how much his music and his standing up for human rights had meant to me. I never expected a response. A few months later I got a handwritten letter from Pete. The envelope had a return address label that said Pete and Toshi Seeger with their home address. I was so honored that he wrote me. The letter said “old Pete Seeger” with his banjo beside his name. It’s one of my most treasured items. Pete took time to write to me, a nurse in Pittsburgh. What a great man. R. I. P. Pete. 🪕❤️
That is amazing!
Just..... Wonderful
Diane, please see my note above- think you'd enjoy it- Ken
@@kenjollofsky I read an article in Acoustic Guitar Magazine about Pete Seeger. The story was focused on Pete's correspondence with people who wrote to him. He routinely wrote back to people with encouraging words and answered questions that folks sent to him. He felt it was his responsibility to respond to his fans since they were the ones who supported him. Pete Seeger was a class act as a musician, social justice advocate and just a warm caring person.
I started on banjo with Pete's red book in 1969 , & I'm still pickin & writing songs today Pete stands as my greatest American hero--a giant of a man
I'm watching in 2025, shortly after seeing A Complete Unknown, and as much as I've always loved Bob Dylan, that movie made me go from liking Pete Seeger to loving him and wanting to know more. I'm so glad this is on UA-cam because this has cemented my love and respect for this beautiful American patriot. May he RIP, if anyone deserves to, he does.
Me, too. The movie honours Pete Seeger and shows what integrity he had.
Same here. I even thought he should've gotten a Nobel, but the way the FBI wasted $$ in surveilling him for decades was probably a factor. I believe his life's work based on solid principles will stand the test of time. Love, love this man! Thanks to the Dylan movie, I'm all over Pete now. It's the one bright thing that gives me joy these days🥀🌻💮
Exactly the same route for me - from a Complete Unknown to here - and to Joan Baez - I am a noise.
That movie really does feel like a Pete Seeger movie in disguise. Almost as if that is the movie Mangold really wanted to make, but he needed Dylan to attract investors. Probably should have been a folk music miniseries.
Sad story that Pete freaked when Bob Dylan went electric. He is a pure folk artist for sure.
WOW, we need Millions of Pete Seeger's today in this world...What a remarkable and loving human being.
The mighty Banjo warrior!!
Yes, absolutely.
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I'm afraid we have raised millions of little Adolfs instead.
Compare to : Rage Against the Machine. 😅
I can help but cry when I watch videos of Pete. So much he fought for that has been crumbling away over the last 10 years. I miss you Pete ❤
Me too
Been crumbling away since Reagan not just the last 10 years
Born in 1949, graduated from High School in 1967, sucked into the Vietnam war from 1968-69, graduated from college in 1975 and, finally, a 30+ year career in transportation management. Through all of those years there were many influences on my life - both good and bad - but Pete Seeger wrote the song book that brought it all together for me. I picked this video on a random search just for "something to do" tonight. I am so grateful that I did. Thank you, Pete.
Exact history shared!
I come back to this documentary when I cannot stand the headlines anymore, when I feel like I am powerless in a world so full of hate. It is the encouragement of Mr. Seeger's legacy that inspires me to keep going and to call out injustice. I may not wield a guitar or banjo, but it is our responsibility to keep striving towards peace.
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I got a job at the Newport
Folk Festival in July 1964
One day I was inspecting
Performers passes at the
Gate. A group of people
came up everyone had a
pass except one man. I
said, “I’m sorry, Sir, I can’t
let you in without a pass.”
He stood silently without
complaint, smiling. Peter
Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and
Mary, came running over.
“Pete, Pete, He’s all right!”
That was how I met Pete
Seeger for the first time.
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I don't have to say "Rest in Peace" to you.
You *lived* peace.
Farewell, you beautiful, beautiful man.
Per, how heartily I agree. Pete was my dearest friend, although we never met, and he never knew it.
Has been so since the early days of The Weavers, your words express exactly my feelings also.
Agreed
@@Bozwell42 Pete + Per = Peter
So well said.
I taught a class on Dylan at The New School in the Village in the early 2000’s and wanted Pete as a guest. Wrote him, he called me back and said he was too old to come to NYC but appreciated the offer. Best phone call of my life❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I think if I had to choose only one word to describe Pete Seeger, the word would be "authentic." Completely original, he has never wavered from his early beliefs, never sold out. He is wonderful. The world is lucky to still have him around.
I discovered Pete Seeger as a 12 year old when my unsuspecting parents gave me a copy of the Weavers 1961 reunion Concert at Carnegie Hall.From the quiet provincial city of Geelong my heart and politics were formed by the music and passion of this man. I owe a lifetime of political awareness and action for justice to Pete Seeger and now approaching 60 I want to express my gratitude and pride in what this son of America has taught me as a world citizen who loves singing.
Men like Pete Seeger never die; they live among those who fight for peace and freedom. Long live Pete Seeger - you are our mentor, you will be in our heart.
Well said my friend, peace is something that most people should strive for but we humans must be stupid.
I agree; but still we should preserve hope. Because, that is the difference between sanity and insanity.
We stand on his shoulders 🔮❤️🔥🪬
….and these days again we need to fight for the right to call out the truth - let’s sing together for the freedom of speech and peace for the world and no chemicals ruining our sources of life 🙄
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When Pete played Merlefest in NC, April 2006, my 30 year old dream to sing along with Pete Seeger came true. It didn't matter how his voice sounded. The thrill was to sing along with him. He only played the one set at the festival and did it on the tiny Children's Stage, with no seating, the smallest stage at the multi-stage festival. His grandson Tao played acoustic guitar, as I recall. He came out and insisted that all the adults up front move back and all the kids move up front, which everyone did. Who is going to be the one to ignore Pete Seeger kindly asking you to move back for the kids? It was so wonderful. Him singing and playing his old banjo with the motto painted on it and telling stories between songs about the old days with the Almanac Singers, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, with a bunch of kids in front of the stage, sitting on the ground and looking up at him. When he came out solo to play a song for the big finale on the last day of the festival on the mainstage, I raced up to the front and got as close as I could to him. He went into Lonesome Valley and I sang along with him the loudest I've ever sang in my life. He had to have heard me. People next to me were looking at me and smiling. I was exhilarated for days afterword. It meant so much to me.
Pete Seeger is a beautiful human being. If anyone deserved a Nobel Peace Prize, he should be it. I appreciate his love for music and his love for human beings.
Pete Seeger played the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in 1988, and I was one of a lucky group of journalists to sit at his feet and take part in a group interview. It was one of the highlights of my life. Now, with tears running down my cheeks that the world has lost such a wonderful idealist and force for peace, I hope that his influence stays on, years and decades from now. The world needs so many more people like him.
An inspiration! And I'd like to say a word about his musicianship. Truly awesome. There's not a weak cut on any of his albums.
A heart-felt thanks to all who made this lovely documentary about the amazing and inspiring Father of American Folk Music. I'm almost 80 years old , and I became aware of Pete with that Weavers' concert in Carnegie Hall way back in the 50's . His clear, proud voice caught me first , then his prodigious musicianship , and when I got a little older , his sheer and beautiful humanity . I was too young at the time to understand our government's nasty efforts in silencing and destroying Pete for ridiculous reasons , but those were nasty years in our political life . However, they kept him off the air for a long time , but he kept on being Pete and spreading his love for peace and equality and justice for all . And his message was too important , and he thrived and the American folk music world developed and grew . There is no other person who has so influenced my life like Pete Seeger . I consider him to be my father, my brother , my friend , my teacher and mentor . His inspiration burns still in my soul .
God loves you, Pete , as does much of the world . Your ideas and ideals live on , in spite of some awesome and dark challenges . George Lewis, Sr.
Very well said, you are speaking for me also.
Beautiful ❤
Where is Pete now when we need people like him to change what is happening in our country and our world?
He's dead.
Like Joe Hill, he never died. He's in you and me and everyone who can see.
we are here ain't we? pete's crew....
Focus on young Talent to find Pete😊
In Project Musiceyes, a little music program I started for a group of traumatized refugees here in Holland in 2015, both Turn, Turn, Turn and We Shall Overcome always made us cry. I printed them back to back on the same sheet. Pete Seeger was the man I most admired, and he modeled the courage I would need to do the right thing, even when people threw monkey shit at my tiara. Like Joe Hill, he will never die. If you get enough people singing together, the mountain will move!
Thanks for the memories. We're going to songs and prayers in 2025.
Pete Seeger live at Carnegie Hall 1963 is an unbelievably great album
This man was the epitome of peace, love & kindness. I'm very glad he lived a long, happy married/family & creative life. I know he continues to live in eternal peace. Thank you for a great legacy, Mr. Pete Seeger. And poor BRILLIANT Paul Robeson & the way America tortured him & has ANY other woke Black person who could uplift himself & his people! America, you have a lot to atone for. Your actions didn't/don't shortchange only Blacks in this country but everyone else in it regardless of race, religion, creed or gender.
After nearly 70 years the words...the melody...the beat still lives... protected from the uglyness of the late 40' and early 50's by carind parents Thanls Mom and Dad
I’ve known about Pete Seeger for just a few months, but he has quickly become one of the human beings I admire most
Welcome to the fan club! I found out about him in the early 1970s, and felt like I was a latecomer! Pete Seeger definitely helped shape my life, and I owe him an unpayable debt of gratitude.
Pete Seeger , what a human being!, such a wonderful all round person. Today I found a 2002 edition of his 'How To Play 5-String Banjo', what a find !, I'm over the moon as I couldn't afford a brand new one. Now I can learn to play my banjo with lessons from THE MASTER. I just can't say how joyous I feel !.
I watched this from beginning to end; a great documentary!! Pete Seeger was a great man, and a humble man.
How many of us have taken a guitar and started to sing because they wanted to follow you? Thanks for every thing.
We sang all of his songs in my youth. In Germany. This documentary brings back those days. What an awesome human being.
We are singing, not because we are together, we are together because we sing.
Never forget our great poets. ❤❤❤
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WOW I had forgotten the impact this man had on our lives growing up. Really enjoyed this.
Pete visited my college in the mid-60s. They removed all the seats from the student union building, put a small circular stage in the middle of the floor which elevated Pete about a foot about the crowd. I sat at his feet and listened in awe. I realize now I should have appreciated him much more.
I have watched this deco three times now and it brings me to tears every time. Bless you Pete Seeger.
Pete Seeger is one of them where my heart opens up and I go deep. Jumped from Joni M. over to this one. Glad I was part of this time. Hope people like that never die. From Germany all the best. Crying big time.
This is a man who lived his truth! I adore everything about him. He is/was a High Priest.
Yes he was an icon of our time!
What a man. What a legend. What an artist. What a citizen of the world. What a life!
Seeing Pete Seeger teach those little kids, "This Land is Your Land" made me cry. What a pure soul he was.
Most of communists here In Russia really admire these great songs. He is the greatest worker's singer to my mind. Greetnings from Russia to all workers all over the world! We'll translate, overvoice and publish this film for russian workers!
Any communist left, not in nursing homes?
Thanks for posting this wonderful tribute to this amazing being Pete Seeger, and to PBS for doing such a fabulous video. As some else commented, I didn't want it to end. But as Pete sang, to everything turn turn, there is a season. I feel like a better person for having watched this.
What a wonderful man, sadly missed. Love that scene at 22:30 when Pete and Toshi are walking through Greenwich Village and a woman approaches them and another woman blows a kiss and touches his jacket as if she was blessing him. Of course the whole documentary is great but that scene is unforgettable. Miss you Pete.
My parents loved Pete Seeger so in the 50s they took me to a concert he performed at in my city. I remember we sang along with him to his songs.
I always liked his music but did not know a lot of the details presented in this documentary. It took a strong personal constitution and unflappable bravery to be Pete Seeger. What a tremendous inspiration he is for human beings everywhere.
A great soul has left mother earth, but what a rejoicing in heaven. a mahatma, a great soul in coming in. Don't be sad, there is only joy! love and peace from Holland.
Yes, Pete was indeed a mahatma.
His music and words still inspire me to be a better human being.
Me too. He and his songs live in my heart. Like a torch in the night. Urging me to work with others for justice and love.
@@lovesings2us We are Climbing Jacobs Ladder!
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@@lovesings2us I used to be in a singing group called the Power Of Song. It was a Pete Seeger revival Group out of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music headed up by Mark Dvorak who actually met Pete and learned a few things from him. When I ,over here I started yup a Pete Seeger Sing A Long Concert each May to commemorate Petes Birthday. This concert was more of a sing a long concert and included about 12 other musicians from the area. We did it for two years and then Covid hit and the local music community went into "hiding." During the Pan dermic we lost a few musicians and now others are older and very ill, really great old timers who knew all the folk music for Petes era. It was great. while it lasted. We still haver an Open Mic once a month locally at one of the bars and also get together to sig at the senior center once a month but our musical fellowship took a hit during COVID. I now live in Western Michigan, South Haven. Most of the present musicians are mostly doing covers and originals and not much of the classic folk music or Pete's music. When I tried to gather musicians to help me do the Peter Concerts I was told by a few "No' because Pete was a communist. Can ya imagine that after all these yeas and all that Pete did? Safe journeys in these chaotic times.
Okay is this not the best thing we can watch right now???!!!! I remember the time my brother Pete went to Vietnam...my sister Eileen was protesting the war in high school...my Dad was in such a quandry....he a WWII vet....not liking that his son needed to go...Oh what times...I was 10 and half understanding the outer world.....Thank you Pete...Woody.... Martin... and my hero...Muhammad Ali and all the many other movers and shakers of this world! It's our turn!
Dear Pete I have learned so much from you starting with my first words of english
through your songs when I was 14 years old .
Now as a Frenchman of 65 I can see you on the internet and listen without problem .
So thank you for all the humanity you gave us .
Rest in peace
Awesome memories. Thanks.
My first concert Atlanta Ga 19883or so
Thanks for posting this. I was aware that Pete seeger is an important figure in American culture, but this made me even more aware of this. Very moving and inspiring , thanks.
A Great Patriot & a brilliant wordsmith & folk singer,
so oft hab ich diesen film gesehen... doch jedesmal rollen die tränen.. seit meinem 12. lebensjahr prägen mich pete seeger und leonard cohen... pete für die fröhliche seite ..cohen für die schwarze seele in mir....
respekt ... wünschte alle menschen dieser welt hätten etwas von pete´s weltanschauung und innerem frieden...i love him..
Pete is an American Icon.
An incredible man. He did what he was put on this earth to do. An example to us all.
I'm knowing Peter Seeger, now, when I'm 70 years old, many time ago of the passed way of Seeger. So I thank very much that persons that upload the videos with the wonderful work of this extraordinary artist: Peter Seeger.
Amazing Talent - Songs you can understand with meaning that encompasses all time. Never to grow old.
Trying to respond to Diane Henkel below: I have a photo of Pete Seeger from probably 1966 in Central Park. My mom had brought me there for a peace demonstration, one of the early ones against the war in Vietnam. In the photo, Pet has his guitar slung behind his back, with his hands out to the sides, holding back his entourage. He was holding back the entourage because a child, myself, was trying to take his picture with my first camera as they were walking towards me. That's who he was.
Yikes! What a beautiful story. ❤
Vale Pete. You are my inspiration. I am 65 yo from Australia. Thank you for your music, your bravery, your leadership and how to live LIFE!
Excellent tribute to a great man. Thank you all for making this documentary
I loved Pete Seeger in my teens and early twenties, and this docoumentary was a trip down memory lane. I sang along with many of the songs. Funny how songs stay with you for so many years. I am 85 years old, and i remember many of these songs as though I’d been at a hootenanny last night.
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Pete Seeger was the absolute best. I was a child when I first heard him.there will never be anyone else like him.
Yesterday, somehow, I didnt know who Pete Seeger was. Today, I do. I wish I had known sooner. What a great man. RIP
Such a moving and inspiring video. Many many thanks for posting this! And the eloquent words of Bruce Springsteen (definitely a “descendant” of Pete) ring true now more than ever in ‘25….
Thanks to Oleg Chernov for posting this!
SOLIDARITY FOREVER!!!
Picked up 5-String Banjo in 1970, working from “How to Play the 5-String Banjo (Third Edition-Revised)” by Pete. Finally got to see him perform in OKC in the late 80s. Still playing. Still inspired. Still writing protest songs in this age of criminal oligarchies.
I am sad to hear of Pete's passing, not for him, but for the world. A light has dimmed; who will pick up that torch and carry it forward? Either way, he lives on in our hearts and in our lives, for he influenced so many of us to aim higher and live better. He brought about change through peace; the only change that will last. RIP
What a great man and a true American patriot, he protested war and inequality and fought for justice and civil rights for the poor his whole life.
If you like communists.
@@normitabarranco3378 Why can't you recognize a great man? What is this "communist" label that makes you reject all he's done? If Pete Seeger is a communist, then yes, I like communists. ESAD.
@@normitabarranco3378 what a totally ignorant, uneducated comment.
@@normitabarranco3378 what are you a slavemaster? a feudalist? a dictator in charge of a corporation? nothing wrong with communism.
I always remember Pete, the best folk singer and one of the best men. We need men like these.
thank you for the music and thank you for everything you have done you are a legend ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
watched the whole thing. Im a child of the 50s and 60s and I remember Pete, saw him once in a concert, and never forgot. He was an amazing man, from start to finish. I miss him every day.
Wonderful man!!! Thank you Pete and Toshi!!!
WOW, brings back memories. I sure remember hearing GOODNIGHT IRENE GOODNIGHT constantly on the radio when I was a kid. Pet Seeger was an ongoing force through all the early years, and certainly well into the 60's/sure vividly remember the trouble stirred up by WAST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY on the Smother Brothers show.
Probably the closest thing to Pete Seeger style and sound was---maybe suprisingly---Peter Tork when he went off on his own to continue the banjo tradition and songs like CRIPPLE CREEK and CUCKOO and IN MY KITCHEN (which is more pure blues). But he had a similar sound and ---when not re-doing Monkees songs,---toured with James Stanley and followed the more "folk-y" tradition. His voice was similar in some ways too.
Pete Seeger was a true hero across so many generations. Thanks for the video.
R.I.P. Mr. Seeger. God Bless you. Thank you for the wonderful songs.
An amazing presentation of a great man and his contribution to America. I cried happy, hopeful tears as I watched and was especially moved to learn how the building of a boat helped to save the mighty Hudson River from destruction. It was the first time I heard the song "To My Old Brown Earth." Wonderful! Watch and you will cry happy, hopeful tears too!
Pete has been such an influence on my own songs and mindset.
He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
What an inspiration for such a pivotal time in our country. Pete Seeger had the power of convection, the strength of love and the gift of music that still moves me today. May he rest in peace.
Pete Seeger was our national conscience and our national treasure. ❤
Rest in peace Pete Seeger. We're going to work together to put the world together.
Good luck 😉 Let me know how that works out.
People like Pete make the world a better place. Thanks from Galicia.
I went looking for a video of Pete playing his music - to lift my spirits and to sing along - and I found this incredible, beautiful Documentary. Thank you for sharing it. It brought me to tears , renewed my heart and my courage. I remember watching Pete play at President Obama's Inaugeral Celebration - so wonderful that he could be there! He was and is an inspiration, always.
Part of how I got clear about the character of RFK Jr. (putting himself forward to run for President of our dear country) was when he promoted himslef, as an environmental lawyer, for saving the Hudson River. He has never once mentioned or spoken about The Clearwater and Pete Seeger and all of the regular people who made it possible.
Thank you Pete, for your music, your courage, your honesty and your love.
Thank you Oleg! This is a treasure!!!
"Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day"
Requiescat In Pace, Pete. Keep pickin' that banjo, you marvellous man...
Oh, but how would they respond today?
Pete taught me how to sing, phonetically, and syllepticaly. When I was five he came to sing at the Randolph school, so often I thought he was a teacher there. When my father first met him he was painting the school porch. He taught me more about love, empathy, courage, hard work and politics, than any man apart from my father. You're missed by all of us. We miss you. 💚❤️💜🖤
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Those of us old enough to have seen and experienced Pete live are lucky indeed, especially as our democracy now faces its greatest challenge from the fascist Republican oligarchs.
- And Your Elitist Demons Too...~
We need more of this inspirational music today. He will always be remembered for his contributions to humanity through his music
At camp in the ‘60’s, every song around the campfire was usually accompanied by a guitar player who had been inspired by Pete Seeger, songs like: If I Had a Hammer, Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, This Land is Your Land, We Shall Overcome, Five Hundred Miles, Kum Ba Ya, My Lord, etc.
To my old brown earth. And to my old blue sky.
I'll now give these last few molecules of "I."
Rest in Pete
Thanks for your song and your attitude. R.I.P.
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what an incredible life this man lived. And what a legacy he has left.
A treasure for all of mankind to enjoy and his songs and work live on
RIP Pete. Best of the best. A legend in his own lifetime.
Comment se fait-il que j'écoutais toutes les chansons de ce film il y a déjà 60 ans ? L'inconvénient majeur c'est que j'étais le seul dans ce cas dans une ville de 200 000 habitants....
C'est dingue de constater la peur congénitale de ces pauvres idiots de Yanks pour les communistes. Il faut bien qu'ils s'occupent....
"the only good Commie is one who's dead and you know that peace can only be won when we've blown ‘em all to kingdom come."
Ce n'est pas aujourd'hui que l'on verrait une jeunesse unie marcher pour une belle et même cause comme la marche sur Washington pour l'emploi et la liberté le 28 août 1963, devant le Lincoln Memorial.
Et comme disait Robert Allen Zimmerman : "I wish, I wish, I wish in vain that we could sit simply in that room again ; ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat, I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that".
Now as through this world Pete Seeger rambled, he saw lots of funny men. Some will rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen.
Pete Seeger for Peace and Justice.....Thank you Pete.....
Beautiful person Pete Seeger ,peace loving ,activist ,poet ,composer and music hero ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🪕🪕🪕
Such a great man. I'm sure there are people writing songs with a social conscience but they don't get on any major media.
R.I.P Pete Seeger 🪕
What a guy, what a great soul, what an idol, unique in character, love and talent! Happyness in heaven, tears on earth!
I was deeply moved by this great documentary about one of the greatest singers of the world, who kept singing through all his life! I've never seen so many scenes of Pete singing and talking before! It's triumphant! Precious work that will be watched from generation to generation!
a life full of passion, caring and humanity.. Instead of making music history, he made history with music
'Ode an die Freude' auf dem Banjo. Beeindruckend. Etwas langsamer gespielt ist es ein Hochgenuss. So ein Banjo mit einem, wie hier, fähigen Spieler, hat eine grosse Bandbreite.
I saw him at my school in ..idk 1996 ..❤❤❤ it was the best time ever!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing. I love Pete Seeger. I knew his songs about 50 years ago, in Brazil.
So obsessed with woody and Bob …Pete was with out doubt the greater Human being
What a life .. brought so much to the world 🌞🌞💐
Much love and admiration for Pete Seeger
From Brazil