Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:07 PM
72 replies, 5501 views
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Author | Time | Post |
 My Pete Seeger story... (Original post) |
dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | OP |
| frazzled | Jan 2014 | #1 | |
| elleng | Jan 2014 | #2 | |
| B Calm | Jan 2014 | #3 | |
| steve2470 | Jan 2014 | #4 | |
| Ron Green | Jan 2014 | #5 | |
| Logical | Jan 2014 | #6 | |
| malaise | Jan 2014 | #7 | |
| reformist2 | Jan 2014 | #8 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #15 | |
| dipsydoodle | Jan 2014 | #9 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #16 | |
| 2banon | Jan 2014 | #22 | |
| MyOwnPeace | Jan 2014 | #63 | |
| 2banon | Jan 2014 | #68 | |
| struggle4progress | Jan 2014 | #10 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #13 | |
| Adenoid_Hynkel | Jan 2014 | #35 | |
| rurallib | Jan 2014 | #11 | |
| mcar | Jan 2014 | #12 | |
| RoccoR5955 | Jan 2014 | #14 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #17 | |
| TBF | Jan 2014 | #28 | |
| Le Taz Hot | Jan 2014 | #18 | |
| 2banon | Jan 2014 | #19 | |
| zentrum | Jan 2014 | #20 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #23 | |
| zentrum | Jan 2014 | #55 | |
| DirkGently | Jan 2014 | #21 | |
| Generic Other | Jan 2014 | #24 | |
| hfojvt | Jan 2014 | #25 | |
| MineralMan | Jan 2014 | #31 | |
| hfojvt | Jan 2014 | #38 | |
| mountain grammy | Jan 2014 | #26 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #45 | |
| mountain grammy | Jan 2014 | #61 | |
| aquart | Jan 2014 | #69 | |
| ReRe | Jan 2014 | #27 | |
| MineralMan | Jan 2014 | #29 | |
| s-cubed | Jan 2014 | #30 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #47 | |
| Little_Wing | Jan 2014 | #32 | |
| onlyadream | Jan 2014 | #33 | |
| Botany | Jan 2014 | #34 | |
| longislandAnnie | Jan 2014 | #36 | |
| senseandsensibility | Jan 2014 | #37 | |
| WillyT | Jan 2014 | #39 | |
| BuelahWitch | Jan 2014 | #40 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #48 | |
| BuelahWitch | Jan 2014 | #50 | |
| MyOwnPeace | Jan 2014 | #64 | |
| BuelahWitch | Jan 2014 | #67 | |
| babylonsister | Jan 2014 | #41 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #43 | |
| warrior1 | Jan 2014 | #42 | |
| Paka | Jan 2014 | #44 | |
| blaze | Jan 2014 | #46 | |
| etherealtruth | Jan 2014 | #49 | |
| BlancheSplanchnik | Jan 2014 | #51 | |
| adirondacker | Jan 2014 | #52 | |
| Beacool | Jan 2014 | #53 | |
| spanone | Jan 2014 | #54 | |
| Hekate | Jan 2014 | #56 | |
| Jetboy | Jan 2014 | #57 | |
| Cha | Jan 2014 | #58 | |
| Dark n Stormy Knight | Jan 2014 | #59 | |
| DFW | Jan 2014 | #60 | |
| FailureToCommunicate | Jan 2014 | #62 | |
| dorkzilla | Jan 2014 | #65 | |
| FailureToCommunicate | Jan 2014 | #66 | |
| deutsey | Jan 2014 | #70 | |
| Name removed | Jan 2014 | #71 | |
| cyberswede | Jan 2014 | #72 |
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:09 PM
frazzled (18,397 posts)
1. Lucky you!
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:10 PM
elleng (123,955 posts)
2. That's a wonderful story, dorkzilla.
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Thanks very much for sharing it.
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:12 PM
steve2470 (37,420 posts)
4. wonderful story, thank you ! nt
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:22 PM
5. K&R for you and for the best man ever.
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:26 PM
malaise (256,869 posts)
7. What a lovely experience
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Wow!! Lucky you.
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:28 PM
8. Ah Sesame Street, that subversive little show!
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:28 PM
9. It was a Pete and another person I just happen to know who shall remain nameless
Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #9)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:44 PM
16. So does this close personal friend also have the initials DD? LOL!!! nt
Response to 2banon (Reply #22)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 11:45 AM
MyOwnPeace (16,418 posts)
63. Pete's story about the axe....
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:29 PM
10. Pete Seeger and Oscar the Grouch
Response to struggle4progress (Reply #10)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:34 PM
13. +1000000000
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I'm listening and crying. Thank you for that memory...
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:29 PM
rurallib (60,795 posts)
11. wonderful story
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:30 PM
mcar (41,083 posts)
12. Lovely story
Response to RoccoR5955 (Reply #14)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:45 PM
17. YES!!!! Please! We're all celebrating him, and what a better way to do that then share...
Response to RoccoR5955 (Reply #14)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:55 PM
28. Please do - would love to hear them! nt
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:02 PM
zentrum (9,864 posts)
20. Now that you've told yours....
Response to zentrum (Reply #20)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:13 PM
23. What a nice story and I can picture him singing that song to your sister
Response to dorkzilla (Reply #23)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 12:46 AM
zentrum (9,864 posts)
55. Agree with you. No one like him.
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:17 PM
Generic Other (28,975 posts)
24. What a great memory for you to treasure
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:36 PM
25. I don't remember seeing him on Sesame Street
Response to hfojvt (Reply #25)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:00 PM
MineralMan (145,255 posts)
31. He was, though.
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:42 PM
mountain grammy (25,494 posts)
26. great experience for an 18 year old.. so glad you knew who he was
Response to mountain grammy (Reply #26)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:58 PM
45. That's what immediately warmed my heart...
Response to dorkzilla (Reply #45)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 10:11 AM
mountain grammy (25,494 posts)
61. He informed you and changed you, like he did with everyone who listened
Response to dorkzilla (Reply #45)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 01:15 PM
69. And the great great thing is you got to let him know.
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:57 PM
MineralMan (145,255 posts)
29. A lovely memory.
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:58 PM
30. A wonderful story! This is not how I met Pete, but how my little boy did:
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:04 PM
Little_Wing (417 posts)
32. Such a special memory
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:04 PM
onlyadream (2,139 posts)
33. Wow, that was awesome!
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What a special memory.
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:06 PM
Botany (68,123 posts)
34. Pete made you rich in ways that are different from money.
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:15 PM
longislandAnnie (13 posts)
36. I had the memorable experience of singing and marching with Pete and Toshi
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:19 PM
37. Thanks for the tribute to a wonderful, iconic
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:20 PM
39. WOW !!! - Thank You For That !!! - K & R !!!
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:28 PM
40. That was my first remembrance of him too!
Response to BuelahWitch (Reply #40)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 10:03 PM
48. Lol, I don't remember him on the Smothers Brothers either!
Response to dorkzilla (Reply #48)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 10:08 PM
50. I only know because I saw it on the DVD a few years back
Response to BuelahWitch (Reply #50)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 11:52 AM
MyOwnPeace (16,418 posts)
64. The book "Dangerously Funny"
Response to MyOwnPeace (Reply #64)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 12:45 PM
67. Yes! I read it, which is why I began watching the DVDs
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:33 PM
babylonsister (170,324 posts)
41. Holy mackeral!
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:54 PM
44. Thank you for that memory.
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I was around in the '60's and heard (and sang with him) in concert. Everyone sang at his concerts. What a wonderful experience to sit and chat with him on the train. He was a true American and a hero to so many of us.
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 10:00 PM
blaze (5,567 posts)
46. Thanks dorkzilla!!!
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 11:38 PM
BlancheSplanchnik (20,219 posts)
51. soooooo cool!
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 11:57 PM
52. Thanks so much for sharing that wonderful story. nt
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 12:18 AM
53. What a nice story.
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Thanks for sharing it.
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 12:27 AM
spanone (133,785 posts)
54. a treasure.
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 03:33 AM
Hekate (84,050 posts)
56. Thank you so much for sharing that wonderful story
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I can tell that the encounter warmed you forever, as it would have done for me.
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Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 04:11 AM
57. Something really cool about meeting that man on a train!
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 05:07 AM
Cha (286,502 posts)
58. A beautiful meeting, dorkzilla! A gift from
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the Universe.. you were meant to be there at that moment in time.. to enrich your life and Pete Seeger's.
And, to enrich ours 30 years later~ mahalo |
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 05:39 AM
Dark n Stormy Knight (9,647 posts)
59. Cool!
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 08:58 AM
DFW (51,157 posts)
60. What a fabulous story! n/t
Response to dorkzilla (Original post)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 11:37 AM
FailureToCommunicate (13,461 posts)
62. WONDERful encounter dorkzilla. Here are my few brushes with Pete:
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All the Seegers -Pete, Peggy, Mike were familiar recordings around our house as I grew up, so when I was fortunate to 'work' along side of Pete at numerous Hudson Clearwater Revival festivals back in the 1970's Pete seemed more like a kindly uncle than a folk superstar. Not sure if any of us really actually 'worked along side of him'. It felt like we were always trotting behind him trying to keep up with his seemingly boundless energy! As we ended late nights of singing in a dining area, Pete would quietly get up and resume sweeping up the place. Early in the mornings, as we were just getting up, there was Pete already picking up litter from the fields. I said good morning Pete, how ya doing, and he'd say: "Oh, strugglin on, strugglin on"
One other time I got the chance to sing FOR Pete at a singer/songwriter weekend event. Pete was very kind to each of us in his critique of our songs, even if you could tell he wasn't too impressed. To me he said "Well, but don't take my opinion as gospel, long ago I told Woody that I didn't think much of his new song "This Land is Your Land"" Pete was always so encouraging of ANYONE to make music and sing your heart out. Thanks Pete for all the courage you showed, by example, to stand up for progressive causes with grace. And for inspiring generations of kids to feel like they could (should!) get up and sing. That music for humans, like for birds, was in our nature, and we should not just leave it to the professionals and pop stars! I picture you in heaven rousing a group of harp players to join in one of my favorite songs of yours as you got older: Old Devil Time: May you ever keep on "strugglin on, strugglin on"  |
Response to dorkzilla (Reply #65)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 12:22 PM
FailureToCommunicate (13,461 posts)
66. You really should! Besides the great music, of course, there was cutting edge
Response to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #62)
Wed Jan 29, 2014, 02:04 PM
70. I know, as Mark Twain said, that each person is a moon and a has a dark side
