Pete Seeger
February 3, 2014
RIP Pete Seeger
May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014
Listening right now to a live stream of a Pete Seeger tribute and memorial concert going on at Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage.
The concert’s organized and emceed by Holly Near and features a whole bunch of musicians and groups who are taking the stage one at a time to do one song each… a steady stream of them. Very sweet. I was eating dinner for the first hour and missed Ronnie Gilbert (and who knows how many others); hopefully she’ll come back. Right now Holly’s called back a stage-full of banjo pickers and they’re singing, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” which is very moving.
And now.. “We Shall Overcome,” whew! Amazing.
And it looks like they’re finishing with “Goodnight Irene” with Ronnie Gilbert.. and the whole bunch. Holly said Wavy Gravy was just off stage blowing bubbles.
And encored/ended with “When the Saints Go Marching In.”
Goodnight, Pete, goodnight.
Life of Wry 
February 3, 2014 at 10:08 pm
I was watching the last few songs too. Sorry I missed the individual performances. The server wasn’t working as I imagine it was deluged.
February 3, 2014 at 10:26 pm
Oh man, that’s too bad. I happened to get a solid connection, but could see by the comments that others were having trouble. I really enjoyed it, even on a small laptop screen. 🙂 Holly Near’s voice is still clear and beautiful.