Please read - Pete Seeger concert line-up change

RubysdadRubysdad Posts: 133
edited May 2009 in The Porch
Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Celebration at Madison Square Garden

We regret to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances Eddie Vedder will not be able to participate in the Sunday, May 3rd Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders at Madison Square Garden. Eddie offers his deep regrets on not being able to attend what is sure to be an amazing night not only celebrating the life of the legendary Pete Seeger, but raising awareness on an important cause that is near and dear to Pete's heart.

In an effort to support the continued work of the Clearwater Foundation, Eddie Vedder has made a $10,000 donation from Pearl Jam’s Foundation in Pete Seeger’s name.

Again, with more than 40 artists coming together to honor Pete Seeger, it is sure to be a great show.

For more information on the Clearwater Foundation and the Clearwater Concert, please visit http://www.clearwater.org/festival/aboutclearwater.html
For a complete lineup of the Clearwater Concert, visit http://www.seeger90.com/
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  • skyeriverwinterskyeriverwinter Posts: 1,894
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  • Local CrewLocal Crew Posts: 745
    thats too bad.
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  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    Dam, i was really excited for this. I'm still excited though, its gonna be a fun show. Maybe Ed is too busy recording.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    pearljam7 wrote:
    Dam, i was really excited for this. I'm still excited though, its gonna be a fun show. Maybe Ed is too busy recording.
    hopefully
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  • eyecanwalkeyecanwalk Posts: 711
    that sucks for those going hoping to see him
    he just better show up for his shows
  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    Bummer!!

    I hope Ed is alright? :|
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  • SS2972SS2972 Posts: 49
    i know why ed is not going cause of thge swine flu i bet
  • IamMineIamMine Posts: 2,743
    I hope all is well with EV and I'm impressed that he donated 10K to support for the cause!

    I'm sure Pete really appreciates that very much and will also miss seeing him.

    I hope PJ fans who have purchased tickets will be in for a great night!
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  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    SS2972 wrote:
    i know why ed is not going cause of thge swine flu i bet

    I think it is because Dirty Frank died. This was posted in another thread.

    Ed does not seem like a germaphobic.
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  • allstar340allstar340 NYC Posts: 812
    FUCK
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  • edvedder913edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    SS2972 wrote:
    i know why ed is not going cause of thge swine flu i bet

    I thought the same thing. Totally sucks. I was pushing myself to go to this show to begin with (just to see him) and now this news. I am so disappointed. This after having to cancel a much anticipated vacation to Mexico next week. This week has sucked BIG time.
  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    Sorry to hear about your week, if your down why not check out the Relentless Show on may 5th...it should be great. And still go to the Seeger show it will be fun!
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  • wendy wrockswendy wrocks Posts: 135
    SS2972 wrote:
    i know why ed is not going cause of thge swine flu i bet

    I think it is because Dirty Frank died. This was posted in another thread.

    Ed does not seem like a germaphobic.



    Yeah, I'm thinking Eddie's not much of a germaphobe either..... His sexy unkemptness are my first clue. His swilling wine with half the audience are my second clue.

    I have awesome seats and am bummed out but it will still be an awesome show!
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  • i was only really going to see ed. maybe i'll try to sell my ticket at the garden.
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  • SS2972 wrote:
    i know why ed is not going cause of thge swine flu i bet


    Ed isn't a total moron to let himself be swayed by media sensationalism and fear mongering.


    def something else....i hope all is well with the fam!!
  • RockMamaRockMama Deep Creek Lake, MD Posts: 478
    SS2972 wrote:
    i know why ed is not going cause of thge swine flu i bet

    I think it is because Dirty Frank died. This was posted in another thread.

    Ed does not seem like a germaphobic.

    No, But he does have two little kids at home to take germs to.
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  • maccimacci Posts: 1,057
    OH NO!!!!! I'm really bummed I bought two $250 tickets....I don't even wanna go now. :(
    My lips are shaking.......
  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    macci wrote:
    OH NO!!!!! I'm really bummed I bought two $250 tickets....I don't even wanna go now. :(
    You paid $250 for a ticket just to see Ed do a couple of songs? :oops:
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  • macci wrote:
    OH NO!!!!! I'm really bummed I bought two $250 tickets....I don't even wanna go now. :(

    that sucks! i feel the same way, but i didn't spend nearly as much.
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  • PJSEMPREPJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    I hope everything is okay with him and his family.
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  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    it's cause it's not a wedding party that has a bar that needs a closing :)
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  • possomistspossomists Posts: 428
    this news sucks, fudge, this really really sucks
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    This concert had way too many people hoping to appear.
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    i'll miss ed and all,
    but theres way too many performers to not enjoy this
    benefit concert event ( ahem bruce springsteen )
    ill be there at 4 when they open the doors.

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    PETE Seeger turns 90 tomorrow. But if you're at the bakery to buy him a birth day cake, turn around and walk out the door. Codfish cake is what he likes for his birthday, Seeger tells The Post.

    And more than three dozen artists -- led by Bruce Springsteen -- will be celebrating the fabled folk singer and activist on his birthday with a big bash at Madison Square Garden. It's a benefit for the Clearwater, the sloop and organization Seeger founded to help clean and preserve the Hudson River.

    The fund-raiser show -- which also features folks such as Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Ani DiFranco and many more -- was the only way Seeger would agree to participate in the big party.

    "I'm really not enthusiastic about big things," he says, shying from the attention. "I think if there's a world here in 100 years, it's going to be saved by millions of little things."

    Seeger lives in the Hudson Valley town of Beacon with Toshi, his wife of 65 years. "We met square dancing; I think she was a better dancer, but we both take it easy now at our age," he says. He does, however, still chop wood at his home (that he built by hand) overlooking the Hudson. "Actually, that's the only reason I'm still alive. It's my recreation."

    Seeger insists he'll be doing "very, very little traveling from now on. I sing with the kids in my hometown and for the Clearwater, but I don't expect to be making long trips."

    Having said this, he's just gotten home from New Orleans' Jazzfest. Earlier this year, he was in Washington, performing at the pre-inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial, where he sang the Woody Guthrie anthem "This Land Is Your Land." The Washington concert "was so well-organized, all I had to do for the 48 hours I was down there was memorize six verses that Woody wrote."

    He did get to meet then-President-elect Obama, who told him: "Mr. Seeger, my mother played me your music when I was 4."

    Seeger got another thrill, courtesy of Springsteen, whom the elder singer calls "really one of the most wonderful guys in the world."

    The day after the DC show was Martin Luther King Day and, according to Seeger, "I had to get home to sing with some kids in my hometown. I had a date to sing at a local Baptist church. So Bruce arranged for a special jet airplane. It took me only 45 minutes to go from Washington to my home airport. Well, you see why executives use these jets," the old lefty adds with a laugh.

    Of course, no conversation with Seeger is complete without a little singing on his part. During a half-hour chat, he sings "Oh you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union," in a recollection of a long-ago show at Madison Square Garden for the Transport Workers Union. He also croons a couple of repetitions of "All we are saying is give peace a chance," from a 1969 anti-war march on Washington.

    Here's hoping Seeger will continue to lead people in song with the likes of "If I Had a Hammer," "We Shall Ovecome" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

    Knock on wood -- or, in Seeger's case, chop wood.

    Cod cake, for Pete's sake

    Pete Seeger's codfish cake recipe, as told to Billy Heller:

    Get some frozen salt codfish -- they sell it in most stores.

    Thaw it, chop it up into very fine pieces and let it soak in fresh water, enough to get out some of the salt (you don't want all the salt out).

    Then, boil some potatoes, and mash 'em up.

    Now, mix the two together so you have a mixture. And some onions make it nice, too. Or garlic. Garlic improves almost anything in the world.

    Then put it in a big, big frying pan and make one great big cake out of it, about an inch and a half thick. And brown on the bottom.

    Just turn the whole thing upside down in one big whoop, and now it's brown on top.

    Cut slices for everybody.
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    i was only really going to see ed. maybe i'll try to sell my ticket at the garden.

    For real? :o :shock: There are soooo many incredible artists playing...
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    redrock wrote:
    i was only really going to see ed. maybe i'll try to sell my ticket at the garden.

    For real? :o :shock: There are soooo many incredible artists playing...


    Featuring....


    Pete Seeger
    Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
    Bruce Springsteen
    Tyler Ramsey (Band of Horses)
    Dave Matthews
    Warren Haynes
    John Mellencamp
    Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
    Ani DiFranco
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    Arlo Guthrie
    Dar Williams
    Béla Fleck
    Eric Weissberg
    Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses)
    Guy Davis
    Ben Harper
    Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
    Billy Bragg
    John Hall
    Bill Nershi (String Cheese Incident)
    Kate & Anna McGarrigle
    Bruce Cockburn
    Larry Long
    Del McCoury
    Martha Wainwright
    Emmylou Harris
    Mike & Ruthy Merenda
    Joan Baez
    NYC Labor Chorus
    Keller Williams
    Ruby Dee
    Kris Kristofferson
    Scarlett Lee Moore
    Michael Franti
    Tao Rodriguez-Seeger
    Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers)
    Teddy Thompson
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Tom Chapin
    Ramblin' Jack Elliott
    Tom Paxton
    Richie Havens
    Tommy Sands with Moya & Fionan
    Roger McGuinn
    Tony Trischka
    Steve Earle
    Toshi Reagon
    Taj Mahal

    And the Native American Indian Cultural Alliance...

    Bill Miller
    Margo Thunderbird
    Casper Lomadawa
    Oren Lyons
    David Amram
    R. Carlos Nakai
    Eddie Benton
    Tiokasin Ghosthorse
    Joseph Firecrow
    Vernon Masayesva
    Joanne Shenandoah
    Victorio Roland Mousaa

    All proceeds to benefit the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (www.clearwater.org),
    a non-profit organization created to defend and restore the Hudson River.
    For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
    That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
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  • redrock wrote:
    i was only really going to see ed. maybe i'll try to sell my ticket at the garden.

    For real? :o :shock: There are soooo many incredible artists playing...

    yes...for real. seen the list and i'm just not into dave matthews, bruce, john mellancamp or any of the rest of them enough to want to go that badly. i bought a seat behind the stage for a good price...sold it on craigslist for what i paid and hope the buyer enjoys the show. hope everyone else has a good time, too.
    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
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