![]() Look back at Pete Seeger’s remarkable life in photosĪnd I asked him how do you want to approach “This Land Is Your Land?” It would be near the end of the show and all he said was, “Well, I know I want to sing all the verses, I want to sing all the ones that Woody wrote. I said, man, you better wear something besides that flannel shirt! He says, yeah, I got my longjohns on under this thing. At rehearsals the day before, it was freezing, like 15 degrees, and Pete was there. It was like, “Pete, you outlasted the bastards, man!” It was so nice. ![]() My own growing up in the Sixties in towns scarred by race rioting made that moment nearly unbelievable, and Pete had 30 extra years of struggle and real activism on his belt. That day as we sang “This Land Is Your Land,” I looked at Pete, the first black president of the United States was seated to his right, and I thought of the incredible journey that Pete had taken. Democrats Burst Out in Laughter as Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for ‘Decorum’Īs Pete and I traveled to Washington for President Obama’s Inaugural Celebration, he told me the entire story of “We Shall Overcome.” How it moved from a labor movement song, and with Pete’s inspiration, had been adapted by the civil rights movement. ![]()
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