[78-L] Seeger, Weaver 78s?

[buster]

Well it's over now, and it was wonderful. He's 90 and still full of  
fire. Look up "living legend" in the dictionary and you'll find his  
photo.

Thanks for the info, flowing in as we enjoyed the show.



On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Robert Shirer <rshirer at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> Banjo.
> Cheers,
> Bob Shirer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Seeger, Weaver 78s?
>
>
>> And of course Pete probably plays banjo, not guitar, on Lonesome
>> Train..anybody
>> remember for sure?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Robert Shirer wrote:
>>> Peekskill is on Charter as well.  Got it as a throw in in a bunch of
>>> Weaver
>>> Deccas from Oboy for little money.  I had forgotten the Lonesome  
>>> Train
>>> set
>>> from way back when when Burl Ives was a progressive.  Oh well.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bob Shirer
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 11:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Seeger, Weaver 78s?
>>>
>>>
>>>> This got out before I remembered that Seeger is also heard playing
>>>> guitar
>>>> (not
>>>> singing, as I recall) on the Decca "Lonesome Train" set.
>>>>
>>>> dl wrote:
>>>>> Couldn't remember the Hootenanny disc, and I own the durned  
>>>>> thing. I
>>>>> mentioned
>>>>> Encore, which is where you'll find Talking Atom b/w Newspaper Men.
>>>>> There's also
>>>>> the Peekskill Story..can't remember what label that was on and the
>>>>> Political
>>>>> Action box set is way across the room.
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Shirer wrote:
>>>>>> Quite a few.  On his own, beginning with the Almanac Singers,  
>>>>>> five
>>>>>> albums
>>>>>> and a few singles; then lots of Asch and Disc albums (the Folksay
>>>>>> album
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> Woody and Cisco, Leadbelly, etc); a few singles on Charter, one  
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> Charter
>>>>>> with the Weavers, the "Hammer Song" with the Weavers on  
>>>>>> Hootenanny,
>>>>>> lots
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> lots of Weavers discs on Decca.  There are more, that's just  
>>>>>> off the
>>>>>> top
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> my head.  I have most of them; that's something I'd like to be a
>>>>>> completist
>>>>>> on.  There are a few campaign songs from the late forties for the
>>>>>> Progressives and Henry Wallace that will be hard to find.  A  
>>>>>> worthy
>>>>>> quest.
>>>>>> Almost all of the aforementioned are on the very pricey Bear  
>>>>>> Family
>>>>>> compilation "Songs for Political Action."
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Bob Shirer
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "buster" <busterdog at mac.com>
>>>>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:13 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Seeger, Weaver 78s?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sitting in our seats waiting for the start of a concert  
>>>>>>> featuring
>>>>>>> Pete
>>>>>>> Seeger right now, and wondering what if any 78 outputs he may  
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> had?
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