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| | | Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger CDVarious Artists : | Includes liner notes by Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Jackson Browne, Jim Musselman, Bruce Cockburn. Contains a 28-page booklet for each disc. "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration ... Full DescriptionWith Vocals.
Pete Seeger's gift to American music cannot be overstated. Using basic, often biblical themes, he created and interpreted a body of work which is ingrained in the American national consciousness, and helped to further define the American musical tradition. Appleseed Recordings head Jim Musselman undertook the task of creating a tribute to Seeger, bringing together some of the finest contemporary musicians, folk and otherwise, to interpret some of Seeger's songs.
A standout track is "My Father's Mansions," contributed by British folk/rock troubadour and Woody Guthrie historian Billy Bragg and violinist Eliza Carthy. Seeger disciple Ani Difranco offers a disarmingly tender, delicate reading of "My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage." The most unusual track on the album, the Indigo Girls' take on "Letter To Eve" features processed vocals, elaborate percussion and production tricks. Seeger's standards are well represented: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" is given a poignant treatment by Tommy Sands and Vedran Smilovic; Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt sing "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," and Nanci Griffith performs "If I Had A Hammer" along with a band of notable Seeger devotees.
2 Cds-Feat.Bruce Springsteen, Indigo Girls,Bonnie Raitt
Producers include: Rod McVey, David Seitz, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Ysaye M. Barnwell.
Engineers include: Column Sands, Paul Dieter, David Seitz, Bob Doidge, Tom Tucker.Entertainment Weekly (3/23/98, pp.92-93) - "...sensitive interpretations by Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, Dick Gaughan, and actor Tim Robbins transcend folkie dogma to make an eloquent case for Seeger's stature as a cultural hero." - Rating: B Hide Description Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger Music Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger Songs Purchase Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart
Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger Music Review Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)    The spirit of Pete Seeger not in these performances.
As a Pete Seeger influenced Folk musician, playing 12-string and 5-string banjo learnt from Pete's records and instruction manuals, I was appalled by the artists chosen for this collection with the exception of Roger Mcguinn and Judy Collins, (both of whom have sounded better.Billy Bragg does NOT belong here, neither do Bonny Raitt (overaitted!) or Jackson Browne trying to be over clever with a ghastlty reggae version of the classic 'Kisses sweeter than wine'. Bruce Cockburn Kills
Seeger's classic song Turn,Turn,Turn, and Martin Simpson could have at least attempted to play Living in the Country as it should be played on a 12-string guitar. Even Ronny Gilbert is awful and some of the other artists are trying too hard to be different. All in all a very unsatisfying experience for a Seeger fan.How come Tao Rogriguez Seeger was eliminated from either of these two disks as well as Arlo Guthrie. Record companies are still controlling music So Pete Seeger is definitely "STILL SEARCHING"
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 What are they smoking in South Africa
You know, great souls don't usually stop innovating and I think of Pete Seeger as one of the greatest songmen of our times. It isn't what music he played, but what the songs meant in that time to those people. This album is a vibrant collection of other artists interpreting; which Pete would approve of. I saw him sing last summer and he was himself, with his own instruments and sound, but delighted to combine with others who were not pressed out of a Pete Seeger cookie cutter.
Submitted by catiechi (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
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