Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Bookmarks: Pete Seeger

Blank On Blank is a great idea; it takes journalists original interview tapes, digitises them and sticks them online. Here, for example, is Pete Seeger on the history of We Shall Overcome:

It was the only record I ever made which sold. The record was called “We Shall Overcome.” It sold 500,000 copies, which for me was a huge sale. I was singing for some young Lutheran church people in Sundance, Idaho, and there were some older people who were mistrustful of my lefty politics. They said: ‘Who are you intending to overcome?’ I said: ‘Well, in Selma, Alabama they’re probably thinking of Chief Pritchett.; they will overcome. And I am sure Dr. King is thinking of the system of segregation across the whole country, not just the South. For me, it means the entire world. We’ll overcome our tendencies to solve our problems with killing and learn to work together to bring this world together.’


1 comment:

Dave Heasman said...

Bob Seger. Pete Seeger.

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