Legendary Folk Singer & Activitist Pete Seeger Turns 90
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* Legendary Folk Singer & Political Activist Pete Seeger Turns 90, Thousands Turn Out for
All-Star Tribute Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Bernice Johnson Reagon
and Dozens More *
Legendary folk singer, banjo player, storyteller, and political and
environmental activist Pete Seeger turned ninety on Sunday. More than 18,000
people packed New York's Madison Square Garden Sunday celebrate the man, the
music and the movement. The all-star lineup included Bruce Springsteen, Joan
Baez, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Ani DiFranco, Bernice Johnson
Reagon, Billy Bragg, Ruby Dee, Steve Earle, Arlo Guthrie, Guy Davis, Dar
Williams, Michael Franti, Bela Fleck, Tim Robbins, Dave Matthews, Rufus
Wainwright, John Mellencamp, Ben Harper, and Ritchie Havens. We speak with some
of the musicians, play Seeger's music and play excerpts from our hour-long
interview with Seeger in 2004.
Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/4/le ... ete_seeger
Peace
All-Star Tribute Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Bernice Johnson Reagon
and Dozens More *
Legendary folk singer, banjo player, storyteller, and political and
environmental activist Pete Seeger turned ninety on Sunday. More than 18,000
people packed New York's Madison Square Garden Sunday celebrate the man, the
music and the movement. The all-star lineup included Bruce Springsteen, Joan
Baez, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Ani DiFranco, Bernice Johnson
Reagon, Billy Bragg, Ruby Dee, Steve Earle, Arlo Guthrie, Guy Davis, Dar
Williams, Michael Franti, Bela Fleck, Tim Robbins, Dave Matthews, Rufus
Wainwright, John Mellencamp, Ben Harper, and Ritchie Havens. We speak with some
of the musicians, play Seeger's music and play excerpts from our hour-long
interview with Seeger in 2004.
Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/4/le ... ete_seeger
Peace
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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