Almanac Singers

Biography

The Almanac Performers lasted for hardly a year in support of left out three dozen songs, and their work was at least as controversial since it was popular. However they had been among the 1st folk music groupings arranged for politics reasons to record, and their lineup — Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Woody Guthrie, and Millard Lampell — was a digital “who’s who” of topical ointment and well-known folk music for another 20 years. These were the group where Seeger initial installed officially with Hays, along with the initial direct link within the professions of Seeger, Hays, and Guthrie, and their impact lingers a lot more than 50 years once they disbanded. The Almanac Performers had their begin in 1940, when Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Millard Lampell 1st met up. Seeger and Hays experienced already been performing together at numerous left-wing politics features, and Lampell — who was simply Hays’ roommate — started hearing them within their house, where Seeger regularly remained. The trio began informally, as Lampell became a member of the duo. The trio performed at fund-raising celebrations for different politics organizations, and their music demonstrated popular — that they had an earthy, unpretentious method of tunes, and their deliberate “hillbilly” picture fooled prospective viewers, who experienced no idea what these were in for. Pursuing their rousing overall performance in the American Youngsters Congress conference in Washington, D.C., in Feb of 1941, where they regaled the delegates — mainly pacifists and leftists — with anti-Roosevelt and anti-war tunes, the Almanac Performers had been a heading concern. Seeger, Hays, and Lampell weren’t only expert songsmiths, but had been similarly adept at changing traditional tunes, grafting on lyrics that described issues of your day, like the mistreatment of employees as well as the intended neglect of the federal government in shopping for them. They might go into conferences of construction guys or factory employees, who got restless upon viewing these “hillbillies” with guitars and banjos, but generally, hundreds of employees would be becoming involved over the choruses by the finish from the performance, prepared to hear and to remain for regardless of the conference organizers asked. The name “the Almanac Performers” was designed to maintain their image as easy and straightforward as you possibly can. Seeger reasoned that a lot of country people possessed just two books, The Bible as well as the Farmer’s Almanac, the previous intended to encourage them to the next globe as well as the latter to greatly help them through that one. Woody Guthrie agreed upon on within the springtime of 1941, and finally Sis Cunningham and Bess Hawes (the sister of Alan Lomax) emerged aboard aswell, even though sextet under no circumstances recorded therefore. Others who met up using the trio or quartet informally on different events included bluesmen Leadbelly and Josh White colored, and folk performers Burl Ives and Richard Dyer-Bennett. Even though Communist Party — whose NY headquarters was just a few blocks from where Seeger, Hays, and Lampell resided — deemed the Almanacs as suspiciously free-thinking (specifically their metropolitan communal life-style) and funny, they were pleased to utilize the group to help expand their trigger. The group became a favorite fixture at union conferences and fund-raising occasions for several left-wing politics groupings. The Almanac Performers’ music was carefully linked with their politics, which is impossible to inform of their background without entering their politics, which both motivated the group and in addition doomed it at the same time. Every one of the Almanacs had been associated with leftist politics organizations, like the Communist Party. A few of this is ascribed to vibrant naïveterinariané and innocence, instead of any serious philosophical perception in Marx, Lenin, or Stalin. Additionally, it ought to be remembered that before arrival of Roosevelt’s New Offer, it had appeared to many People in america as if the Communist Party provided the only politics tone of voice for poor and working-class People in america. Further, many People in america, especially one of the intelligentsia, hadn’t deserted their respect for the Communist Party, specifically after it became the only politics force in European countries that was securely against Hitler as well as the makes of fascism. Area of the Almanacs’ function was to entice labor groupings and their associates in to the fold. These were highly anti-Roosevelt, due to what they regarded the president’s vulnerable support of employees’ privileges (ignoring the actual fact that Roosevelt was hated with the higher classes to be too sympathetic towards the functioning course), and his putting your signature on from the country’s initial peace-time draft costs. In the springtime of 1941, after some weeks without achievement, the Almanac Performers arranged for his or her 1st recording, entitled Tracks for SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR, which got the Communist Party’s formal isolationist range (Hitler and Stalin having authorized a nonaggression pact the prior yr), urging listeners to withstand any American participation within the battle in European countries. Ironically, the recording came out just a few weeks before Germany attacked the Soviet Union, as well as the Almanac Performers soon had cause to partially disown its content material. That record was made out of help from folk-song collector Alan Lomax, potential film movie director Nicholas Ray, and NBC professional Joe Thompson, who persuaded Eric Bernay, who owns a midtown Manhattan record shop and a little independent label known as Keynote, which the Almanacs had been a good potential customer. Bernay have been associated with leftist politics and was musically open-minded — he’d performed a key function in arranging sponsorship from the Spirituals to Golf swing concert at Carnegie Hall a couple of years earlier, that John Hammond had opted searching for Robert Johnson and then discover that the blues tale had passed away, and instead came back with Big Costs Broonzy. He was cautious with the politics behind their music, nevertheless, and issued Tracks for SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR on “Almanac Information,” to avoid any repercussions against Keynote. The very first record sold sufficiently for Bernay to really have the group record another album, Speaking Union, comprised of labor tunes, this time around the Keynote label. The Almanacs continued to be highly anti-Roosevelt, with least among their records targeted at the chief executive experienced the hands of his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, who believed it had been in dubious flavor, and apparently angered the chief executive himself. Still, the energy from the group’s music was undeniable. They weren’t performing country or Traditional western music, although they drew on those styles for repertory. In a way, the Almanac Performers helped define folk music like a industrial category, because the 1st group to consciously sell this repertory to some mass public in this manner. The group cut a fresh series of tracks of a relatively less politics character on July 7, 1941, within a hastily arranged session made by Alan Lomax, to improve 250 dollars to get a car to produce a visit to California. The primary quartet was augmented on a few of these tracks by the current presence of part-time Almanac people Pete Hawes (aka Joe Bowers) and his sibling Butch (Bess Lomax’s hubby). The ensuing tracks later made an appearance in two albums, primarily released on 78 rpm disk and afterwards as LPs, and lastly about the same Compact disc, entitled Sod Buster Ballads (that your users hated) and Ocean Chanties. The group proceeded to go off to California after performing the 18 tunes and didn’t find out about the albums until they came back months later on. The Almanac Performers’ fortunes increased and fell quickly. They attracted a good amount of interest because of the success of the appearances at numerous rallies, especially on the trip out Western. Once in California, nevertheless, friction started to appear between your users, as their differing goals and reasons became obvious — Lampell’s politics motivations had been never as solid as those of Seeger, and the actual fact that he and Guthrie utilized the group and its own music as a way of getting fairer associates of the contrary sex produced him suspect, in addition to an object of jealousy. Lampell and Guthrie still left the flip, while Seeger and Hays continuing to interact, augmented by other people who sat in. They came back towards the East Coastline several months later on, where Seeger and Hays started arranging what became referred to as “Almanac Homes,” glorified communal crash pads where would-be performers could go to sit in, pay attention, and, if you need to, to reside. Their politics, which continued to be awkwardly pacifist because the scenario in European countries worsened, in conjunction with the daily adjustments in American culture, made it difficult for the Almanacs to get any lasting balance or achievement. For all their leftist sympathies, the Almanac Performers now present themselves lumped as well as an ever-shrinking couple of lingering pacifist idealists, disillusioned Globe Battle I veterans, and hardcore right-wing Republicans like Congressman Hamilton Seafood in opposing American entrance into Globe Battle II. The strike on Pearl Harbor finally managed to get possible (and required) for the group to break using its isolationist previous. Three months following the strike on Pearl Harbor, in another of the strangest ironies from the group’s brief background, the Almanac Performers (with Arthur Stern right now changing Lee Hays) had been featured inside a Feb 1942 unique broadcast continued all radio systems entitled THAT IS War. Their overall performance was well received, and it appeared as if a nationwide radio contract along with a recording cope with a significant label would follow. But newspapers began operating stories in regards to the group’s politics history, and the actual fact that until just a couple months earlier these were echoing the Soviet party series and an isolationist placement, and any radio or documenting deals had been forgotten. The associates became scattered towards the needs from the American battle effort, as well as the Almanacs dissolved, although Seeger and Hays hardly ever appeared to be too much from one another. They later produced the Weavers, endured years to be blacklisted because of their old leftist politics ties, but still managed to impact another era indirectly with the music from the Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul & Mary, and also the Beach Kids (“Sloop John B”), among numerous others. Lampell was also blacklisted, but became an effective songwriter, screenwriter, and novelist. Ironically, despite his becoming crippled by Huntington’s disease, which finished his career following the middle-’50s, Guthrie continued to really have the very best impact of all, by using self-proclaimed disciple Bob Dylan. Possibly the great, last irony of most was that the Almanacs acquired popularized the term “hootenanny,” signifying a casual gathering of folk performers and listeners, which became therefore familiar it became the name from the 1960s ABC tv folk music display. But due to his previous politics organizations, Pete Seeger, co-founder from the Almanacs, was prohibited from showing up on Hootenanny.

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#	Fact
1	He was named as a Communist by Burl Ives in 1952.
2	His first child, a son, named Peter Ota Seeger born in 1944, died at six months of age, while Pete was deployed overseas.
3	Hudson Valley, New York [May 2006]
4	He was one of Bob Dylan's biggest advocates among the folk scene. When Dylan went "electric" (with a backing band) at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, however, Seeger was reported to be enraged and even, some claim, tried to severe the power to the amplifiers with an ax. Seeger, for his part, said this never happened but admitted to being annoyed at the time, not because Dylan was "turning his back" on folk music but because he and his friends couldn't hear any of the words over the rock music on what they felt was an overly loud, poorly mixed sound-system.
5	Father of Tinya V.S. Seeger and father-in-law of Shabazz A. Jackson of Beacon, New York; Grandfather of Moraya Seeger Jackson (born in 1988) and grandfather-in-law of Christopher Landis DeGeare of Minnesota.
6	Stepbrother-in-law of Ewan MacColl.
7	Stepuncle of Neil MacColl.
8	Made an appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967) but the song he performed, "Waist Deep in The Big Muddy" (an allegory about the then-escalating Vietnam War), was deemed too controversial by the CBS network, and it was censored from the broadcast.
9	Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
10	He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1994 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
11	He is a composer, lyricist, vocalist, and banjo player.
12	Is part of a distinguished musical family. His parents were teacher and musicologist Charles Seeger and classical violinist Constance Edson. His half brother and sister were born to Charles and second wife composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, and are singers Mike Seeger and Peggy Seeger.
13	Kennedy Center Honoree, 1994.
14	Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 (under the category Early Influence).
15	Has performed with both Woody Guthrie and Arlo Guthrie.
16	He wrote the song "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)", which was recorded by Judy Collins and later became a #1 hit for The Byrds in 1965. The lyrics were adapted from the Old Testament of the Bible; namely from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, Verses 1-8.
17	The inscription on his banjo reads: "This instrument surrounds hate and forces it to surrender."
18	Is an advocate of alternative fuel vehicles, and owns an electric pick-up truck.
19	The Harry Chapin song, "Old Folkie", is a tribute to Seeger.



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
September 12th	2017/I	performer: "Preserven El Parque Elysian", "Coyote, My Little Brother" post-production
Wear		performer: "Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier" completed
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour	2016	writer: "If I Had a Hammer"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
A Perfect Day	2015	writer: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
Marxist Lucifer King	2015	Video documentary short "We Shall Overcome", uncredited
Under the Dome	2014	TV Series music - 1 episode
Orange Is the New Black	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pride	2014/I	performer: "Solidarity Forever"
Don't Let Them In	2013	Short performer: "Times are Getting Hard Boys"
The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark	2013	Documentary arranger: "Turn Turn Turn"
The Butler	2013/I	"We Shall Overcome"
The Secret Disco Revolution	2012	Documentary arranger: "We Shall Overcome" / performer: "We Shall Overcome"
Miss Farkku-Suomi	2012	"We Shall Overcome"
True Blood	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Marty Stuart Show	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Woody Allen: A Documentary	2012	Documentary writer: "If I Had a Hammer"
Hemingway & Gellhorn	2012	TV Movie writer: "Jarama Valley"
Alice in Wonder City	2012	TV Series lyrics: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" / writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone"
Cloclo	2012	writer: "Si j'avais un marteau If I Had A Hammer"
Sen Kimsin?	2012	arranger: "Guantanamera"
No me la puc treure del cap	2012	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Beatrix, Oranje onder Vuur	2012	TV Mini-Series music - 4 episodes
Atop the Fourth Wall	2011	TV Series writer - 1 episode
American Experience	2011	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Sing Your Song	2011	Documentary "Guantanamera" / writer: "Sylvie Bring Me Li'l Water, Silvie"
La Marató 2010	2010	TV Special writer: "Tard, tard, tard"
Doctors	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Nostalgia Critic		TV Series music - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2009
Ja el tenim! El disc de La Marató	2010	TV Movie documentary writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Tard, tard, tard"
Panamericana - Life at the Longest Road on Earth	2010	Documentary arranger: "Guantanamera" 04:34
Temple Grandin	2010	TV Movie writer: "If I Had a Hammer" 1949
GasLand	2010	Documentary performer: "This Land Is Your Land"
Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief	2010	TV Movie documentary arranger: "We Shall Overcome"
The National Parks: America's Best Idea	2009	TV Mini-Series documentary 1 episode
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel	2009	Documentary performer: "Goodnight, Irene"
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay	2009	"We Shall Overcome"
Inspector George Gently	2009	TV Series 1 episode
The Damned United	2009	music: "Guantanamera"
Banda sonora	2008	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Choir: Boys Don't Sing	2008	TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Summerhood	2008	performer: "Little Boxes"
First Sunday	2008	"We Shall Overcome"
Por Toda Minha Vida	2007	TV Series arranger - 1 episode
L'invité	2007	writer: "Si j'avais un marteau" "If I Had a Hammer
I'm Not There.	2007	writer: "If I Had a Hammer The Hammer Song"
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks	2007	Documentary performer: "Step by Step", "Scabs Crawl In" / writer: "Step by Step", "Scabs Crawl In"
Clatterford	2006	TV Series 1 episode
Independent Lens		TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes, 2005 - 2006 performer - 1 episode, 2006
Drømmen	2006	arranger: "We Shall Overcome"
Der letzte Tanz	2005	TV Movie music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season"
American Masters		TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2005 writer - 1 episode, 2005
A Dona da História	2004	arranger: "Guantanamera"
White Chicks	2004	writer: "Guantanamera"
Stateside	2004	"Guantanamera"
Get Up, Stand Up	2003	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Cold Case	2003	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Our Country	2003	Documentary short writer: "Turn, Turn, Turn To Everything There is a Season"
The Challenge	2003	TV Movie arranger: "Guantanamera"
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	2002	writer: "If I Had a Hammer The Hammer Song"
American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land	2002	TV Movie music: "Turn, Turn, Turn" / writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone"
In America	2002	writer: "Turn, Turn, Turn" 1962
RFK	2002	TV Movie writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
Easy Listening	2002	arranger: "Guantanamera"
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song	2001	Documentary music: "Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind" / writer: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
Zwei Männer am Herd	2001	TV Series arranger - 1 episode
Rebelové	2001	music: "Rekni, kde ty kytky jsou /Where Have All the Flowers Gone/"
Extranjeros de sí mismos	2000	Documentary performer: "Jarama Valley" popular
Steal This Movie	2000	performer: "This Land Is Your Land"
Crazy in Alabama	1999	arranger: "We Shall Overcome"
Music of the Heart	1999	"We Shall Overcome"
Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs	1999	lyrics: "Si javais un marteau" If I Had a Hammer / music: "Si javais un marteau" If I Had a Hammer / writer: "Si javais un marteau" If I Had a Hammer
Great Railway Journeys	1999	TV Series documentary arranger - 1 episode
Antz	1998	writer: "Guantanamera"
A Bright Shining Lie	1998	TV Movie writer: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
Last Night	1998/I	performer: "Guantanamera" / writer: "Guantanamera"
The Simpsons		TV Series 1 episode, 1991 writer - 1 episode, 1998
Daria	1998	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bug Juice	1998	TV Series music - 1 episode
Tohuwabohu		TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1998 writer - 1 episode, 1994
George Wallace	1997	TV Movie "We Shall Overcome"
The Delicate Art of the Rifle	1996	writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" - as Peter Seeger
Mr. and Mrs. Loving	1996	TV Movie writer: "Turn Turn Turn"
Derrick	1996	TV Series arranger - 1 episode
Steal Big Steal Little	1995	"Guantanamera"
Just Cause	1995	arranger: "Guantanamera"
La pasión turca	1994	arranger: "Guantanamera" / performer: "Guantanamera"
A Low Down Dirty Shame	1994	"GUANTANAMERA"
There Goes My Baby	1994	music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season"
Forrest Gump	1994	"Where Have All The Flowers Gone" 1961 / music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" 1959
Dangerous Touch	1994	arranger: "GUANTANAMERA"
The Day My Parents Ran Away	1993	TV Movie arranger: "GUANTANAMERA"
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings	1993	Video arranger: "Guantanamera"
Searching for Bobby Fischer	1993	performer: "Green Grass Grows All Around"
Kidsongs: Play Along Songs	1993	Video short writer: "Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me"
Malcolm X	1992	"We Shall Overcome"
The Mambo Kings	1992	"Guantanamera"
29th Street	1991	writer: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Dogfight	1991	arranger: "WE SHALL OVERCOME" / performer: "WE SHALL OVERCOME"
Tribute to Harry Chapin	1991	TV Special documentary performer: "Circle"
The Wonder Years		TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1988 - 1990 lyrics - 1 episode, 1991 music - 1 episode, 1991
Woodstock: The Lost Performances	1990	Video documentary arranger: "We Shall Overcome"
The Freshman	1990	arranger: "GUANTANAMERA"
Sing Yourself Silly!	1990	Video short performer: "Put Down the Duckie" 1986 - uncredited
Berkeley in the Sixties	1990	Documentary "We Shall Overcome"
Wild Flowers	1989	TV Movie music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited
Cousins	1989	arranger: "GUANTANAMERA"
Sesame Street, Special	1988	TV Movie performer: "Put Down the Duckie"
Arena	1988	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Fourth Protocol	1987	"We Shall Overcome", uncredited
Raising Arizona	1987	"Goofing-Off Suite"
The Golden Girls	1986	TV Series arranger - 1 episode
Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action	1986	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show	1986	TV Series 1 episode
Volunteers	1985	writer: "If I Had a Hammer The Hammer Song" - as Peter Seeger
Before Stonewall	1984	Documentary "We Shall Overcome", uncredited
Heart Like a Wheel	1983	music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season"
The Kingston Trio and Friends: Reunion	1982	TV Movie writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone"
Saturday Night Live	1980	TV Series arranger - 1 episode
More American Graffiti	1979	writer: "Turn, Turn, Turn"
Claude François - le film de sa vie	1979	Documentary writer: "Si j'avais un marteau If I Had A Hammer"
The Godfather: Part II	1974	writer: "Guantanamera" - uncredited
An Evening with Marlene Dietrich	1973	Documentary lyrics: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" / music: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
The Dean Martin Show	1970	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Homer	1970	writer: "Turn Turn Turn to Everything There Is a Season", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
Carry It On	1970	Documentary writer: "We Shall Overcome"
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon	1970	performer: "Old Devil Time" / writer: "Old Devil Time"
The Johnny Cash Show		TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1970 music - 1 episode, 1970
Opportunity Knocks	1968	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Magic of Marlene	1968	TV Movie writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"
The Redwoods	1967	Documentary short performer: "Goofin' Off", "Film Score from Indian Summer"
I Am Curious (Yellow)	1967	"We Shall Overcome", uncredited
Hollywood a Go Go	1965-1966	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Anarchy U.S.A.	1966	Documentary "We Shall Overcome"
The Big T.N.T. Show	1966	Documentary writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
An Evening with...	1965	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Shindig!		TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1965 music - 1 episode, 1965
The Ed Sullivan Show	1964	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Age tendre et tête de bois	1963	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers	1962	TV Special writer: "If I Had a Hammer"
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	1959	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Lux Show	1957	TV Series lyrics - 1 episode

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Along the Erie Canal	1998	Documentary short
Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union	1992	Documentary
Rien qu'une petite chanson d'amour	1974	Short
The Foolish Frog	1971	Short
Gavilan	1968
Silvo	1967	Documentary short
Lines: Horizontal	1962	Short
Cattle Ranch	1961	Short documentary
Indian Summer	1960	Short

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Inside the Music	2009	TV Series	Narrator
The Foolish Frog	1971	Short	Narrator (voice)
Alice's Restaurant	1969		Pete Seeger

Writer

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Pete & Toshi Get a Camera	2015	Documentary writer
The Foolish Frog	1971	Short story

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Indian Summer	1960	Short musician

Producer

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Rainbow Quest	1965	TV Series executive producer

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Saturday Night Live	2014	TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Independent Lens	2006	TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
Protesters	2004	Video the producers are grateful to
Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop	2000	Documentary thanks
All You Need Is Love	1977	TV Series documentary the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of - 1 episode

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy		Documentary post-production	Himself
Strength in Union		Documentary filming	Steel Worker
Rooted in Peace	2016	Documentary	Activist / Musician / Singer
The Resurrection of Victor Jara	2015	Documentary	Himself
Pete & Toshi Get a Camera	2015	Documentary
Freedom Summer	2014	Documentary	Himself
Songs to Keep: Treasures of an Adirondack Folk Collector	2013	Documentary	Himself
Democracy Now!	2012-2013	TV Series	Himself
The Robeson Concert & Riots of 1949	2012	Documentary	Storyteller - Documentary (True Story)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation	2012	Documentary	Himself
Dear Governor Cuomo	2012	Documentary
The Colbert Report	2012	TV Series	Himself
American Masters	1999-2012	TV Series documentary	Himself
My First Guitar	2011	Documentary	Himself
Give Me the Banjo	2011	Documentary	Himself
Over 90 & Loving It	2011	Documentary	Himself
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune	2010	Documentary	Friend / Musician
Sounds Like a Revolution	2010	Documentary
Music of Ireland: Welcome Home	2010	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement	2009	Documentary	Himself
Play On, John: A Life in Music	2009	Documentary	Himself - Musician
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel	2009	Documentary	Himself: Folk Singer / Activist
Folk America	2009	TV Series documentary	Himself
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial	2009	TV Special	Himself
In Search of Myster Ey	2008		Himself - Folk Musician
Late Show with David Letterman	2008	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The Power of Their Song: The Untold Story of Latin America's New Song Movement	2008	Documentary	Himself
'Til the River Runs Clear	2007	TV Movie documentary	Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song	2007	Documentary	Himself
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place	2007	Documentary
The Kingston Trio: 50 Years of Havin' Fun	2006	Video documentary
Swim for the River	2006	Documentary	Himself - Musician / Activist
Noms	2006	TV Series	Himself
Folk Britannia	2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Legend of Liam Clancy	2006	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
The Peace! DVD	2005	Video documentary	Himself
The American Ruling Class	2005		Himself - Folksinger
This Machine Kills Fascists	2005	Video documentary
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	2004	Documentary	Himself (The Weavers)
Natural Heroes	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself
Peter, Paul, and Mary: Carry It on - A Musical Legacy	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as Peter Seeger)
Get Up, Stand Up	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself - Interviewee
XXI Century	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself - Singer & Songwriter
Save Our History	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Strange Fruit	2002	Documentary	Himself
Bill Moyers on the Hudson	2002	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
American Roots Music	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century	2001	Documentary	Himself
The Travellers: This Land Is Your Land	2001		Himself
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes	2001	Documentary	Himself
Latido Latino I: señas de identidad	2001	Documentary	Himself
Latido Latino II: tiempos mestizos	2001	Documentary	Himself
The Internationale	2000	Documentary short	Himself
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	2000	Documentary	Himself
Crossing the Line	1999	Video documentary short	Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	1998	TV Series	Himself
An Act of Conscience	1997	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards	1997	TV Special	Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	1996	TV Special documentary	Himself
Joe Heaney: Sing the Dark Away	1996	TV Movie	Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	1994	TV Special	Himself - Honoree
Raimon: 30 anys d'Al vent	1993	TV Movie	Himself
Tribute to Harry Chapin	1991	TV Special documentary	Himself
Memory & Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress	1990	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael	1990	TV Series	Himself
Today	1990	TV Series	Himself
Sesame Street	1972-1989	TV Series	Himself
Sesame Street, Special	1988	TV Movie	Himself (segment "Put Down the Duckie")
Arena	1988	TV Series documentary	Himself
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly	1988	Video documentary	Himself
Reading Rainbow	1986	TV Series	Himself
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'	1984	Documentary
Chords of Fame	1984	Documentary	Himself
In Our Hands	1984	Documentary	Himself
Seeing Red	1983	Documentary	Himself - Folksinger
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time	1981	Documentary	Himself
Pete Seeger on the Hudson	1979	TV Movie	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1978	TV Series	Himself - Folksinger
All You Need Is Love	1977	TV Series documentary	Himself
Love It Like a Fool	1977	Short	Himself
Cousteau: Oasis in Space	1976	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1969-1972	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show	1972	TV Series	Himself
The David Frost Show	1969-1971	TV Series	Himself
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon	1970		Himself
The Johnny Cash Show	1970	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Playboy After Dark	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	1967-1968	TV Series	Himself
Festival	1967	Documentary	Himself
A Roomful of Music	1965	TV Series	Himself - Performer
Rainbow Quest	1965	TV Series	Himself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium	1964	TV Series	Himself
Tonight in Person	1963	TV Series	Himself
Festival of Arts	1962	TV Series	Himself
International Cafe	1960	TV Series	Himself
Parade	1959	TV Series	Himself - Singer
The Faye Emerson Show	1950	TV Series	Himself
To Hear Your Banjo Play	1947	Short	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Democracy Now!	2012-2015	TV Series	Himself
Saving My Tomorrow	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Winding Stream	2014	Documentary	Himself
Gasland Part II	2013	Documentary	Himself
Palme	2012	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
My Father and the Man in Black	2012	Documentary	Himself
No me la puc treure del cap	2012	TV Series	Himself
My Music: John Sebastian Presents Folk Rewind	2010	TV Movie	Himself
GasLand	2010	Documentary	Himself
Banda sonora	2008	TV Series	Himself
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Ballad of Peter La Farge	2006	Documentary short	Himself
Legends of Country Blues Guitar	1994	Video	Himself (uncredited)
Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams	1991	Video documentary	Himself (as The Weavers)
Sing Yourself Silly!	1990	Video short	Himself

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2014	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Spoken Word Album	For the album "The Storm King."



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#	Quote
1	Where have all the flowers gone Long time passing?
2	The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible.
3	[excerpt from testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee: August 18, 1955] I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or the color of their skin or situation in life. I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers. And I am proud that I never refused to sing for anybody.
4	[further testimony] I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known. I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, or I might be a vegetarian, make me any less of an American. I will tell you about my songs, but I am not interested in telling you who wrote them. I will tell you about my songs, and I am not interested in who listened to them.
5	Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.
6	If there's something wrong, speak up!
7	If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always get people to sing with me.
8	I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more of what Russia made of it than Christianity is what churches make of it. But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail.
9	To every thing {turn, turn, turn} There is a season [turn, turn, turn] And a time for every purpose under heaven.
10	It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
11	People wanting autographs. I have a special form letter that starts off: "I wish I could persuade you that collecting autographs is one of the more foolish ways we can spend our precious days. There are important things needing to be done in every community." How can people be brought together to do these important things? I've tried with banjos and boats.
12	[I receive letters] asking if I will come and accept an award someplace. This is a more general letter: "Dear so and so, thank you for your invitation, but...." A big word "but." I work hard on these letters: "My lefty reputation kept me out of the spotlight, but now I've blown my cover. I have to say no to all sorts of good people who want me to listen to their CD, read their book...."
13	Songs are weapons.
14	Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
15	(About his songs) "Some may find them merely diverting melodies. Others may find them incitements to Red revolution. And who will say if either or both is wrong? Not I." - (Interview: "Rolling Stone Magazine"; April 13, 1972)



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