#peter seeger

[babsi-and-stella]

Marianne Faithfull photographed by Peter Seeger, March 1967.

#Marianne Faithfull #Peter Seeger #Germany #Essen #stage #performance #photoshoot #singer #60s #sixties #vintage #fashion #make up #colour

[elennemigo]

BENEDICT IT'S NO LONGER ATTACHED TO BOB DYLAN'S BIOPIC DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.

Last news we had it's that they were supposed to start filming in this January and now the production is heading for summer (north)

I wonder what he had scheduled to film by then 🤔

welp...

#benedict cumberbatch #a complete unknown #James mangold #Peter seeger #news #my post

[broadsidemagazine]

Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Paul Stookey, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Bernice Reagon, Cordell Reagon, Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Pete Seeger, and Theodore Bikel at the Newport Folk Festival, July 1963.

#peter paul and mary #peter yarrow #mary travers #paul stookey #joan baez #bob dylan #bernice reagon #cordell reagon #charles neblett #rutha harris #pete seeger #peter seeger #theodore bikel #newport folk festival #newport folk fest #1963 #60s #folk #folk music #music #60s folk music #photo archive #not broadside

[beatleshistoryblog]

LECTURE 17: APOTHEOSIS: Early Bob Dylan in film footage of a televised performance of “Blowin’ in the Wind” from March 1963. Still heavily influenced by Oklahoma folk singer Woody Gurthrie at this point, young Dylan wrote a number of memorable folk songs that overshadowed anything that his predecessors had created. His elders, including Pete Seeger, had high hopes for Dylan. But Dylan was not one to remain caged by anybody or any cause. He burst out of his cocoon in 1965 a folk rock musician, backed by his friend, Blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield, and he cast aside the traditional folk scene to reach a level of greatness he could only achieve by breaking free of their influence. 

#Bob Dylan #folk music #folk rock #Woody Guthrie #Peter Seeger #Mike Bloomfield #The Beatles #1960s

[thislovintime]

Via Historic Films, Peter Tork performing “Seeger’s Theme” at the Speakeasy in Greenwich Village, early 1980s (dated 1982 on the Historic Films website).

“I wanted to record the cut [’Seeger’s Theme‘] because I always thought that the piece had a lot of rhythm, and I hoped to display it. I keep trying.” - Peter Tork, The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees box set

“[When I was about 14] I asked for a banjo, and they went out, my folks went out and bought me a little tiny, dinky five-string banjo. And Pete Seeger’s book, How To Play the Five-String Banjo, I think I bought that myself, and learned how to play from that. Nobody said, ‘Here, take a banjo,’ or, ‘Gee, you’d be good at it,’ or anything like that. I just wanted to play it.” - Peter Tork, Headquarters radio, 1989

“I’m a great admirer of Pete Seeger." - Peter Tork, Disc and Music Echo, January 13, 1968

“‘When I was a kid, before the Monkees, I was not primarily a rock and roller,’ said Tork during a 1998 interview. ‘I was primarily an acoustic folkie. For us, as acoustic folkies, the politics were very clear. We were strongly liberal, in the Pete Seeger mold. We certainly had a strong sense of right and wrong, and we certainly believed a lot that was wrong with society was the fault of the moneyed class. I think all of us to some extent believed ourselves to be socialists.’" - We all want to change the world: Rock and politics from Elvis to Eminem (2003) (x)

#Peter Tork #1980s #80s Tork #Tork videos #<3 #Tork quotes #Pete Seeger #Seeger's Theme #The Monkees #Monkees #60s Tork #00s Tork #<333 #Tork banjo #Headquarters Radio #Disc and Music Echo #We All Want To Change The World: Rock and Politics from Elvis to Eminem #can you queue it

[balladofhollisbrown]

mitski coyote, my little brother cover. btw. if you even care

#mitski #iris’ picks #pete seeger #peter la farge #music #spotify #i’m going insane this is a beautiful cover

[krispyweiss]

Roger McGuinn at Midland Theatre, Newark, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2023

There’s no need for Roger McGuinn to write a book. His Songs and Stories With … tour is his autobiography. And hearing the man speak and sing about his incredible life and career is much more enjoyable than reading about it anyway.

As the jangle of an electric guitar playing the Byrds’ arrangement of “My Back Pages” filled the hall - “My ‘My Way,’” McGuinn called it - he walked on stage, stepped to a mic and began to sing. At 81, McGuinn’s voice betrayed some fragility at various points during his two-set, 110-minute performance inside Newark, Ohio’s, three-quarters-full Midland Theatre. But he still plays and sings like a Byrd.

After the opener, McGuinn, dressed in all black save for a red feather in his fedora, took a seat and, surrounded by a banjo, 12- and six-string acoustic guitars, his trusty electric Rickenbacker and tropical plants, proceeded to tell his life’s story. And the concert had the arc of a book, beginning with his childhood in Chicago where he first heard “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Be-Bop-A-Lula” - snippets of which he played - before he went to the Old Town School of Folk Music and got turned on to Bob Gibson and Lead Belly, leading McGuinn to offer full versions of “Daddy Roll ’Em” and “On Easter Morn’ He Rose.”

A teenaged McGuinn then met Pete Seeger, from whom he learned “Turn! Turn! Turn!,” played on electric, and “Rolling Down to Old Maui,” rendered acoustically. He was hired by the Limeliters, met David Crosby in California and Joan Baez (“Virgin Mary”) in New York. He traveled to South America and was inspired to write what would become the bridge of “Chestnut Mare” while sitting on a cliff and eventually went to work for Bobby Darin in Las Vegas - McGuinn was there when Darin discovered Wayne Newton. This was all before McGuinn met Peter Fonda, which prompted “The Ballad of Easy Rider.”

McGuinn wrapped the first set with “I Wasn’t Born to Follow” and “Mr. Spaceman.” He opened set two the way he’d opened the gig, with the sounds of “So You Want to be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star” announcing his arrival and “Lover of the Bayou” following. And despite any wear and tear on his vocal cords, the McGuinn of 2023 is smoother than the raspy McGuinn of 1970’s (Untitled).

From here, McGuinn’s storytelling turned nonlinear as he talked about his friendship with Tom Petty (“King of the Hill”); touring Europe with him and Bob Dylan (a singalong “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”); and the shenanigans of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder trek. It was here that McGuinn got permission to record Joni Mitchell’s “Dreamland,” also performed, and was inspired to write “Jolly Roger” by the pirate-like nature of the cross-country escapade in a retrofitted Greyhound bus borrowed from Frank Zappa

McGuinn plucked the banjo on “Old Blue” and recalled working in the Brill Building and nicking the Beach Boys to write and record “Beach Ball” with the the City Surfers, featuring the Bee Gees on background vocals. He then went on to explain how the Byrds ripped off the Beatles not only in their name but by taking the latter’s idea of using folk chords in rock music and - sampling “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to demonstrate - as inspiration for creating folk-rock with songs like “The Water is Wide” and “You Showed Me.”

The Byrd was as enthusiastic as a small child with a new toy when he talked about reconnecting with Crosby and joining forces with Gene Clark, Michael Clarke and Chris Hillman; meeting the Beatles and the Stones in England; and serving as the opening act for Hoyt Axton, whose mother wrote the aforementioned “Heartbreak Hotel,” thus bringing the story full circle.

The set proper closed with McGuinn showing off his substantial lead-guitar chops on a lengthy acoustic rendering of “Eight Miles High,” before he walked off without a word. He walked back on without a word, preceded again by the telltale jangle, and performed “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better,” “She Don’t Care about Time” and “May the Road Rise to Meet You” while standing at the off-center mic.

Including parts or all of 30 songs in total, the set and its stories left even the most knowledgable McGuinn fans even more so. And no one left a stranger.

Grade card: Roger McGuinn at Midland Theatre - 8/22/23 - A-

8/23/23

#roger mcguinn #the byrds #2023 concerts #bob dylan #elvis presley #gene vincent #bob gibson #lead belly #pete seeger #the limeliters #david crosby #joan baez #bobby darin #wayne newton #peter fonda #joni mitchell #frank zappa #the beach boys #the bee gees #the beatles #the rolling stones #hoyt axton #gene clark #michael clarke #chris hillman

[randomrichards]

FESTIVAL (1967):

Newport festival

Showcase 60s folk music

Message still rings true

#festival #random richards #poem #haiku #poetry #haiku poem #poets on tumblr #haiku poetry #haiku form #poetic #documentary #haiku on tumblr #criterion collection #joan baez #bob dylan #johnny cash #theodore bikel #peter paul and mary #pete seeger #son house #howlin' wolf #mike bloomfield #sonny terry #brownie McGhee #Osborne brothers #Donovan #judy collins #Mimi #richard fariña #newport folk festival

[snailvamp]

I think everyone should listen to folk music. Go for a walk and listen to some folk music .

#woodie Guthrie Archie fisher #Peter Paul abd Mary. John prine. #Pete Seeger bob dylsn #go . shoo go on do it #pickle mouth

[fruitsilly]

if i had a penny for every time i liked a musician called peter who played the banjo id have two pennies. which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice

#the musicians in question: peter tork and peter seeger #apple rambles #ok going to bed now. everyone listen to peter seeger

[filosofablogger]

♫ If I Had A Hammer ♫

I could have sworn I had played this one before, but I’m not finding it in my archives, so this one will be new here! For me, Peter, Paul and Mary are the very definition of folk music and it is their version of this song that I most remember, but … turns out this tune has a very colourful and controversial past that I was unaware of.  I guess that proves I’ve never played it here before, else I…

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#communism #controversial music #justice &amp; equality #Lee Hays #Leonard Nimoy #Pete Seeger #Peter Paul and Mary #Trini Lopez

[babsi-and-stella]

Marianne Faithfull photographed by Peter Seeger, March 1967.

#Marianne Faithfull #Peter Seeger #Essen #Germany #stage #performance #singer #heart shaped glasses #vintage #black and white #fashion #sixties #60s

[elennemigo]

6th

✦ Benedict talked about King Charles III in a video aired by the BBC.

11th

✦ Videos and pictures with Benedict fiming Netflix series "Eric" surfaced (I´m gonna list them all here,although they appeared in different days): Warning Potential Spoilers Ahead -> Videos x x x x x x/ Pics x x x x Galleries

13th

✦ New old pic from Benedict stay in Budapest.

16th

✦ Benedict to star In "The Thing With Feathers", adaptation from Marc Porter´s novel. Dylan Southern will direct this project, produced by SunnyMarch.

17th

✦ Signature picks up Jodie Comer’s "‘"The End We Start From" (Benedict appears in and executive produces the film)

19th

✦ Director James Mangold confirmed Benedict cast in his Bob Dylan´s biopic "A Complete Unknown", as folk singer Peter Seeger.

21st

✦ "The End We Start From" Sells To Paramount’s Republic Pictures In Mid Seven-Figure North America Deal — Cannes Market.

23rd

✦ Benedict and Claire Foy are leading the voice cast for Channel 4’s latest Judith Kerr Christmas animation, Mog’s Christmas.

23rd

✦ Announcement: June 6, Q&A with star Dickie Beau after his show Re-Member Me with special guest Benedict Cumberbatch!

29th

✦ Benedict will be part of the new season of Running Wild with Bear Grylls, appearing in the second episode next July!

                     ⊱ ────── { FIN } ────── ⊰

#benedict cumberbatch #benedict monthly #may 2023 #netflix eric #the thing with feathers #marc porter #a complete unknown #peter seeger #james mangold #the end we start from #jodie comer #mog´s christmas #claire foy #running wild with bear grylls #bear grylls #my post #news #it´s been since we have a longer post here! woooooo!! #so many new projects!

[myimaginaryradio]

Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Peter Paul And Mary - 1962

#peter paul and mary #where have all the flowers gone #pete seeger #folk music #saturday mood #Youtube

[brieucgwalder]

Where have all the flowers gone*

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls have picked them everyone.Oh, when will they ever learn?Oh, when will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men…

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#Cossacks #E #Equinoxio #Pete Seeger #Peter Paul and Mary #Ukraine #Where have all the flowers gone

[thislovintime]

(Some) photos by Bob Campbell, Henry Diltz, Michael Putland.

Q: “What got you interested in playing the banjo?” Peter Tork: “My folks had Weavers records in the house. Weavers was the group that Pete Seeger belonged to. They were the nation’s top vocal group in, I think, 19- oh God, I don’t know what, ‘49 or something like that. They had a record out [...] which was essentially an anglicized version of the song they later did in Hebrew, a Hebrew dance tune, it was a lot of fire and fun, they did it with an orchestra then, it was very commercial. Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hayes, Fred Hellerman were The Weavers and they were basically a commercial pop group based on kind of a folk music kind of an operation. And they went along pretty strongly until the McCarthy hearings and then they were pretty much shoved underground for a long time until their reunion in, what, about, oh, I don’t know, ‘57 or ‘-8 or ‘59 or something like that, and from then on it was about I guess it would be ‘56, because I’d be 14 and they... and, yeah, I got my banjo about then. And I asked for a banjo, and they went out, my folks went out and bought me a little tiny, dinky five-string banjo. And Pete Seeger’s book, How To Play the Five-String Banjo, I think I bought that myself, and learned how to play from that. Nobody said, ‘Here, take a banjo,’ or, ‘Gee, you’d be good at it,’ or anything like that. I just wanted to play it.” - Headquarters radio, 1989

Dear Mr. Tork, I am so glad you are willing to talk to your fans like this, what a great idea! You've always seemed to be a beautiful person in so many ways. I wish you had put out an album of your banjo songs. Having said that, I am 31 years old, and I listen to your music in all its incarnations a lot, so much so that I fell in love with the banjo because of it. My best friend of over 20 years bought me a banjo for my birthday. So, I would like to know if a banjo is difficult to learn for someone with no musical ability or experience (the 4th grade clarinet lessons don't count). Or is there another instrument I should try to learn first like piano or guitar? Do you have any tips for someone starting out on an instrument or the banjo in particular? Thank you, Peace and love to you and yours, Eve P.S. I love your middle name.

Dear Eve, As far as I’m concerned, no instrument is harder than any other, overall. If you want to play the banjo, play the banjo. I recommend most particularly Pete Seeger’s book, How to Play the 5-String Banjo. It was hugely valuable to my learning. The thing about the banjo, at least the way I play it, is that there is a kind of hump that’s a bit high getting over right at the start. Once that’s behind you (and it’ll take a month or six weeks depending on how hard you work at it), the rest of it’s a piece of cake. Incidentally, I reject the notion that anyone doesn’t have musical ability. It’s true that some learn faster than others, but that’s true of everything, and why people should discourage themselves in the musical realm is pretty much beyond me. True musical inability is about as common as congenital blindness. Everyone else can improve with effort. Remember, the surest predictor of success in any endeavor is not talent but work. Thanks for asking. Peter Halsten [2008]

“[M]y goal was always to wend my way merrily through life, playing my little banjo and my little guitar and singing my songs.” - Peter Tork, When The Music Mattered (1984)

#Peter Tork #Tork quotes #<3 #60s Tork #70s Tork #90s Tork #<333 #Tork letters #Pete Seeger #Peter deserved better #Tork performances #more for the solid Tork advice files #'my goal was always to wend my way merrily through life playing my little banjo and my little guitar and singing my songs' #<3333 #also love that he signed with his middle name in response to that q #:) #Tork banjo #love his mind #1967 #1968 #1976 #1994 #1989 #1997 #2008 #1984 #Ask Peter Tork #can you queue it