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Interviewer: Josh Baron, Editor-in-Chief Relix Magazine
The Scene: By phone, Seeger on the way to perform in 2009
The Source: Digital recorder
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Interviewer: Josh Baron, Editor-in-Chief Relix Magazine
The Scene: By phone, Seeger on the way to perform in 2009
The Source: Digital recorder
Transcript
David Gerlach: This is Blank on Blank. I’m David Gerlach. Thanks for listening as we partner with journalists and interviewers, writers and authors to build this archive of American interviews. So the questions today is: how does a song become more than just a song or even just a popular song? How does it come to define an era and carve out a prominent place in American history? Well our contributor Josh Baron got an answer when he spoke with folk music legend Pete Seeger. They talked over the phone and Pete Seeger was still going strong past 90 years old
Pete Seeger: “Josh Baron this is Pete Seeger. But i’m hard of hearing, so you have to speak very, very clearly.
Josh Baron: “It’s a deal.
David Gerlach: Now back in 1963 Pete Seeger recorded the song We Shall overcome. It was played during a famous concert at Carnegie Hall. This just weeks before the March on Washington. And the s...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We Shall Overcome | Pete Seeger | Complete Carnegie Hall Concert. | Sony | 00:00 | |
| We Will Overcome | The Mighty Clouds of Joy | At the Revival. | CMG Music Group Gospel | 00:00 | |
| We Shall Overcome | Guy Carawan | Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival, Vol. 2. | Folkways Records | 00:00 |
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