His activism has been a constant in his career.
Seeger’s commitment to the revival of American folk music is rivaled only by his commitment to using music as an instrument for social change. An early job assisting folk archivist Alan Lomax to transcribe and record traditional music in the American South cemented his commitment to reviving the American folk music tradition. Seeger grew up surrounded by music, learning to play the ukulele, guitar and banjo by the time he was in his teens.
His work has inspired countless musicians including Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and the Dixie Chicks, and his tireless political and environmental activism have galvanized generations of admirers to follow his lead and take action.īorn on to Charles and Constance Seeger, music was in Seeger’s blood from the first his father was a Professor of musicology and his mother, a classical violinist. It’s no exaggeration to say that Pete Seeger has done more to popularize American folk music than any other contemporary musician, authoring or co-authoring the songs that have become folk standards: “If I Had a Hammer,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” and “Turn! Turn! Turn!” to name just a few.
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