# Pete Seeger Passes Away At 94 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928 "2014-01-28T07:05:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/1 "2014-01-28T07:05:11Z")
[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z\_sma=AR\_PSS\_20140128&\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=AR_PSS_20140128&_r=0) RIP to one of America’s greatest musicians… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/2 "2014-01-28T08:13:49Z")
Ramble on, my ramblin’ boy, May all your rambles bring you joy… -Weavers ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/3 "2014-01-28T08:38:43Z")
The lion sleeps tonight. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/4 "2014-01-28T09:16:10Z")
He brought a lot of joy to a lot of people. R.I.P. My daughters loved singing Puff the Magic Dragon when they were young. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/5 "2014-01-28T11:16:46Z")
Oh. What a shame. I always considered him to be a very evolved human. I feel like crying. I’m so sorry Pete. I will miss you. It’s really a shame that somehow you did not impart your wisdom and philosophy of how to live life to other people in a way that got them to behave more like you. It’s just my opinion. But, the world would be such a better place if people behaved more like you. I believe you were always someone whose examle was worthy to follow and I sure do wish I had lived my life more like you lived yours. I don’t see any failure on your part. I don’t know what you could have done to get people to follow your example more than they did. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/6 "2014-01-28T11:30:58Z")
[Pete Seeger has died.](http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/iconic-folk-singer-activist-pete-seeger-dead-94-2D12008162#iconic-folk-singer-activist-pete-seeger-dead-94-2D12008162) I only got to really know his work recently when I read a book about _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_. Reading the book, I would bring up the clips on YouTube as I read about various performances. When I watched Pete Seeger singing “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy” I knew I needed to search out more of his work. Very powerful. [Here’s a YouTube link to that performance that CBS refused to air.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3SysxG6yoE) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/7 "2014-01-28T11:31:22Z")
Pete Seeger was one of the great singers who [tried to change America](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b24Ewk934g) during my impressionable years. Well done, sir. > [@aceplace57](#): > > My daughters loved singing Puff the Magic Dragon when they were young. Unless I’m missing something, you’re conflating with [Peter Yarrow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Yarrow) of P, Paul, and Mary. This other Peter sang a lot of songs written by Seeger, but Puff was his own. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/8 "2014-01-28T11:51:20Z")
It is so difficult to separate a person’s talent for songwriting and the wonderful songs they wrote and sang and the beautiful thoughts contained in those songs with the essence of the person themselves. I know a little about Pete Seeger and what I do know is that he lived his life according to the ideas and ideals that he sang about in his songs. He tried to make the world a better place for us all. He seemed to always have the time to sit down and join a group of people and sing about the best ideals that people can express in this world. What I was fortunate enough to have seen of him and his wife Toshi always left me envious of the day I might find a woman who I could love like he loved Toshi. He died almost exactly 6 months after Toshi died. I would guess his heart was broken when she passed away. He seemed to love her with all that he had. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/9 "2014-01-28T11:53:10Z")
Much respect - for his music and his integrity. Thank you, Pete. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/10 "2014-01-28T12:20:02Z")
one of the greatest folk singers this country has ever had. he had a body of work that was huge both solo and with others, many who we think the stars of folk music. he co-wrote quite a few significant songs. he had a lifetime of using his music to bring a message being a lifelong activist for a better world. he accomplished a number of lifetimes in his one. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/11 "2014-01-28T12:27:14Z")
O.K., I swear I did a search before posting this Thread! [Here’s the Thread that beat mine by four hours](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=714296), mods may feel free to merge the two. (I swear, I really swear. Not only did I do a Cafe Society search for Seeger, I also read down the Cafe Society front page!) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/12 "2014-01-28T12:53:10Z")
Shorpy [has this photo](http://www.shorpy.com/node/5689) of him when he was just a wee folkie ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/13 "2014-01-28T12:55:59Z")
RIP Mr. Seeger. And **bienville,** the other thread was originally posted in MPSIMS, which is probably why you didn’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/14 "2014-01-28T12:56:34Z")
I saw him in concert a few times, always an amazing show. He will be missed, he was a voice unlike any other. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/15 "2014-01-28T13:45:07Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > O.K., I swear I did a search before posting this Thread! > [Here’s the Thread that beat mine by four hours](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=714296), mods may feel free to merge the two. > > (I swear, I really swear. Not only did I do a Cafe Society search for Seeger, I also read down the Cafe Society front page!) Not a problem. I’ve merged the threads. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/16 "2014-01-28T14:20:14Z")
Somehow our local talk radio had an interview with Pete and Arlo Guthrie together about a year ago. Very interesting conversation: more about current US politics than music. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/17 "2014-01-28T14:22:36Z")
R.I.P. for a great human. A genuine inspiration to those of us who were around when this country seemed about to tear itself apart. He lived a good life with a mate who was his sweetheart, and who among us wouldn’t want the same? **Qin** , thanks for sharing this. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/18 "2014-01-28T14:32:55Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > I believe you were always someone whose examle was worthy to follow and I sure do wish I had lived my life more like you lived yours. > > I don’t see any failure on your part. I don’t know what you could have done to get people to follow your example more than they did. How does that final line go? \* “… I swear it’s not too late”\* ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/19 "2014-01-28T14:52:32Z")
When I was a young college student, he and Arlo Guthry were on the same flight from Madison, Wi to Chicago. They asked me to join them for lunch at Ohare.🙂 Both gentlemen. RIP Mr. Seeger ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928/20 "2014-01-28T15:01:27Z")
One of those wonderful human beings who could make you feel just a little bit better knowing he was in the world. We really could use more like him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-seeger-passes-away-at-94/679928.md?page=2)