Pete Seeger - Pete Remembers Woody '2012

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       This set is exactly what the title says it is -- Pete Seeger remembering
his friend and sometimes musical collaborator Woody Guthrie. What it isn't is a
collection of Pete Seeger singing Woody Guthrie songs, although there are a few
performances of Seeger doing that here -- one also gets Arlo Guthrie and others
presenting Woody Guthrie songs. Seeger's main role in this release is to
reminisce, which he does. Now 93 years of age, the 21-year-old Seeger met
Guthrie at a benefit concert in 1940 when Guthrie was 27 and, falling under the
spell of Guthrie's songs, music, and charisma, Seeger began traveling and
playing music with him, most notably in the Almanac Singers (there's a version
of the Almanac Singers' "Reuben James" included here). Seeger talks about what
it was like to travel with Guthrie and the genesis of songs like "This Land Is
Your Land," "New York Town," and "Do Re Mi." In the second half of this set,
Seeger talks about Guthrie's legacy, the folk boom he godfathered, and his
influence on Seeger's own journeys and struggles. Versions of Guthrie's songs
are scattered through these remembrances, giving them added grace and lift.
Guthrie himself makes an appearance, and is heard playing and singing "New York
Town" with Cisco Houston on a recording the two made in 1940. There really isn't
anything new in this package, but the way it's fit together, arranged, and
sequenced makes it more than just an archival sort of release. Seeger has his
own legacy, and to hear him talk about his friend and mentor is worth the price
of admission, and with the songs laced all through the story, it becomes an even
bigger story, one that is still unfolding in influence a decade or more into the
21st century.

Tracklist:
1 01. David Bernz - Woody's Ghost - Part 1 (02:44)
1 02. Pete Seeger - Pete Meets Woody (spoken word) (02:34)
1 03. Pete Seeger - Are There Any Mountains Near Here? (spoken word) (01:10)
1 04. Pete Seeger - Woody Writes "This Land is Your Land" (spoken word) (01:52)
1 05. Pete Seeger - America Learns "This Land is Your Land" (spoken word)
(01:15)
1 06. Pete Seeger - My Big Education (spoken word) (01:28)
1 07. Pete Seeger - 66 Highway Blues (02:18)
1 08. Pete Seeger - How to Sing in Saloons (spoken word) (01:10)
1 09. Pete Seeger - Riding the Freights (spoken word) (01:25)
1 10. Pete Seeger - Rambling the Appalachians (spoken word) (03:12)
1 11. Work o' the Weavers - Which Side Are You On? (02:58)
1 12. Pete Seeger - You'd Better Get Them Singing (spoken word) (01:45)
1 13. Vanaver Caravan - Union Maid (02:06)
1 14. Pete Seeger - Songs Woody Liked (spoken word) (01:59)
1 15. Woody Guthrie - New York Town (02:35)
1 16. Pete Seeger - Reading and Writing (spoken word) (03:30)
1 17. Pete Seeger - The Minstrel Song (spoken word) (01:46)
1 18. Pete Seeger - On the Radio, Tom Mooney and Will Geer (spoken word) (03:02)
1 19. Vanaver Caravan - Do Re Mi (03:25)
1 20. Pete Seeger - Woody Sez (spoken word) (01:08)
1 21. Pete Seeger - Why Do You Stand There in the Rain? (spoken word) (01:25)
1 22. Pete Seeger - The Flip-Flop (spoken word) (01:10)
1 23. Pete Seeger - The Almanacs Go West (spoken word) (02:53)
1 24. Almanac Singers - The Sinking of the Reuben James (03:24)
1 25. Pete Seeger - The Folk Process (spoken word) (00:20)
1 26. Work o' the Weavers - Woody Trilogy: Hard Travelin', This Train, There's a
Better World a-Coming (01:25)
1 27. Pete Seeger - Fighting Fascism Starts Right Here (spoken word) (01:13)
1 28. Work o' the Weavers - If I Had a Hammer (02:18)
2 29. David Bernz - Woody's Ghost - Part 2 (01:31)
2 30. Pete Seeger - From WWII to The Weavers (spoken word) (02:43)
2 31. Pete Seeger - Just Make It a General Song (spoken word) (00:52)
2 32. Work o' the Weavers - So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh! (03:15)
2 33. Pete Seeger - The Last Time I Heard Woody Sing (spoken word) (01:44)
2 34. Bill Vanaver - Pastures of Plenty (04:32)
2 35. Pete Seeger - The Freest Place on Earth (spoken word) (01:40)
2 36. Pete Seeger - This Machine Kills Fascists (spoken word) (01:03)
2 37. Pete Seeger - Little Arlo Writes Things Down (spoken word) (01:24)
2 38. Pete Seeger - Woody in the Balcony (spoken word) (01:47)
2 39. Work o' the Weavers - This Land is Your Land (05:03)
2 40. Pete Seeger - The Last Visit (spoken word) (01:07)
2 41. Work o' the Weavers - My Peace (02:34)
2 42. Pete Seeger - Woody Lives On (spoken word) (00:41)
2 43. Fred Gillen Jr. - I Ain't Got No Home (04:51)
2 44. Cathy Fink - Howdy Little Newlycome (04:14)
2 45. Amy Fradon - Peace Pin Boogie (03:37)
2 46. David Bernz - Woody's "Rulin's" (04:01)
2 47. Steve Kirkman - I've Got to Know (05:43)
2 48. David Bernz - Woody's Ghost - Part 3 (01:22) 

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