From her first solo album in 1955 at 19 to her Last Farewell tour earlier this year at 90, Peggy Seeger has sung with effervescence, power, and a feminist edge.
You’re welcome. She was long overdue for the attention. It’s one of those pieces where if you can’t find what you’re looking for, you write it yourself!
Belated thank you for this wonderful story. In the early 1970s two albums that were on constant repeat in my radical Marxist feminist collective house in Cambridge, Mass., were Peggy and Ewan's "At The Present Moment" on Rounder Records (it included "I'm Gonna Be An Engineer") and "Hot Blast" on Folkways (which included Calum and Neil MacColl). We were a motley group of activists and musicians ("cultural workers" as we called ourselves in the lefty parlance of the day) and we learned all these songs to sing at picket lines and in coffee houses. I saw and met Pete and Mike many times over the years but don't believe I ever saw. Peggy. Your article deepened my appreciation of her life and importance. And she's still here! BTW, when did you work at Nuclear Times? My girlfriend at the time (1984-85) was on the staff and we wrote some pieces together. Regards and thanks.
An amazing life, and a story well told.
thanks for the wonderful deep dive into a quiet legend of folk music!
You’re welcome. She was long overdue for the attention. It’s one of those pieces where if you can’t find what you’re looking for, you write it yourself!
It sure is, and thanks
'Play Misty For Me' was the first film Clint Eastwood directed, but not his first film. Just a point of clarification!
true dat. my mistake
So great to learn about Peggy Seeger, hear some of her music and wander through her life, led by a writer with insight into all sides of her.
Belated thank you for this wonderful story. In the early 1970s two albums that were on constant repeat in my radical Marxist feminist collective house in Cambridge, Mass., were Peggy and Ewan's "At The Present Moment" on Rounder Records (it included "I'm Gonna Be An Engineer") and "Hot Blast" on Folkways (which included Calum and Neil MacColl). We were a motley group of activists and musicians ("cultural workers" as we called ourselves in the lefty parlance of the day) and we learned all these songs to sing at picket lines and in coffee houses. I saw and met Pete and Mike many times over the years but don't believe I ever saw. Peggy. Your article deepened my appreciation of her life and importance. And she's still here! BTW, when did you work at Nuclear Times? My girlfriend at the time (1984-85) was on the staff and we wrote some pieces together. Regards and thanks.
You're welcome and thank you back. I worked at Nuclear Times in 1982, so we didn't cross paths.