Pete Seeger - Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 '2003

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       In his 60-some years as a public performer, Pete Seeger has left an
indelible footprint on popular music. As a member of the Almanac Singers (with
Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, and Millard Lampell) in the 1940s and the Weavers
(again with Lee Hays, as well as Fred Hellerman and Ronnie Gilbert) a decade
later, Seeger helped midwife the urban folk boom of the 1960s. His comfortable
voice and graceful banjo style give his many compositions and folk adaptations
an easy and elegant dignity. Seeds is the third in a trilogy of double-disc
albums that feature songs either written or arranged by Seeger, with the
spotlight this time on previously unreleased material, most of which is on the
first disc. As a writer, Seeger has long been a master of protest songs,
whimsical songs, and songs of unbridled optimism, and "Trouble at the Bottom,"
"English Is Cuh-ray-zee," and "Flowers of Peace" (sung to the gorgeous melody of
"Wild Mountain Thyme") are welcome additions to his body of work. "Estadio
Chile," the horrifying story of the great Chilean singer Victor Jara, is simply
an unforgettable song, if painful to hear because of the cruelty it has to bear.
The final song on the first disc, "Sailing Down My Golden River," recorded with
the assistance of David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd fame) and orchestrated by Michael
Kamen, functions as a sort of elegant autumnal statement from Seeger. The songs
on the second disc are sung by contemporary folk artists who share an affinity
to Seeger's work and include some of his most famous tunes, including Dick
Gaughan's slow, stark, synthesizer-colored version of "Bells of Rhymney" and
Natalie Merchant's powerful take on "Which Side Are You On," a song written by
Florence Reece but popularized by Seeger and sung at many union gatherings.


Tracklist:
1 01. Pete Seeger - Oh Sacred World (00:20)
1 02. Pete Seeger - Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam) (03:44)
1 03. Pete Seeger - Trouble At The Bottom (02:16)
1 04. Pete Seeger - The Dove (05:58)
1 05. Pete Seeger - English Is Cuh-ray-zee (03:06)
1 06. Pete Seeger - A Little A' This 'n' That (02:21)
1 07. Pete Seeger - Maple Syrup Time (03:56)
1 08. Pete Seeger - Odds On Favorite (01:50)
1 09. Pete Seeger - Estadio Chile (02:30)
1 10. Pete Seeger - Flowers Of Peace (05:29)
1 11. Pete Seeger - Dr. King on Violence (00:40)
1 12. Pete Seeger - Take It From Dr. King (04:31)
1 13. Pete Seeger - Sower Of Seeds (06:04)
1 14. Pete Seeger - Visions Of Children (01:45)
1 15. Pete Seeger - Over The Rainbow (03:45)
1 16. Pete Seeger - Sailing Down My Golden River (03:52)
2 17. Pete Seeger - A Lucky Musician (00:24)
2 18. Pat Humphries - Old Devil Time (03:20)
2 19. John McCutcheon - Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter (04:49)
2 20. Janis Ian - Who Killed Norma Jean (03:21)
2 21. Tony Trischka - Jesu. Joy Of Man's Desiring (02:29)
2 22. Dick Gaughan - Bells Of Rhymney (05:47)
2 23. Martin Simpson - Turn! Turn! Turn! (04:40)
2 24. Michele Greene - From Way Up Here (03:06)
2 25. Tom Paxton - Times A-getting Hard, Boys (02:55)
2 26. Carolyn Hester - One Man's Hands (02:29)
2 27. Magpie - Sacco's Letter To His Son (04:13)
2 28. Peggy Seeger - Spider's Web (Natural History) (02:26)
2 29. Priscilla Herdman - River Of My People (02:21)
2 30. Last Forever - When I Was Most Beautiful (02:36)
2 31. Magpie With Kim & Reggie Harris - Tomorrow Is A Highway (03:55)
2 32. Natalie Merchant - Which Side Are You On (05:01)
2 33. Holly Near - Precious Friend (03:24)
2 34. Pat Humphries - To My Old Brown Earth (05:10)
2 35. Pete Seeger - 50/50 Chance (Spoken) (00:26) 

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