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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: American Toubadour, Folk Singer and Activist Pete Seeger Has Died at Age 94 [View all]tomg
(2,574 posts)last 50 years ( bought my first Pete Seeger at album at 14) I have had the joy of hearing Pete Seeger speak and sing many times. He sang at rallies, at benefits, at my wife's school. One time, though, I remember very well. In fall of 2005, my wife and I were at a rally and march in New York. It was wet, miserable and rainy. So we marched and marched, and as we marched I got wetter and colder and crankier. So I turned to Kit and said "I am just so goddamn fed up. I've been doing this since I was 17. I'm too old for this." And then we turned a corner, and up ahead on a stage was Pete - like always - singing away and keeping folks going." And Kit turns to me and says "Don't you feel like a damn fool, now."
I can't tell you how many times Pete Seeger - by his singing, through his activism, and in his life -kept people going. I don't know what to say, but his is such a deep loss.