I am saddened that somebody of Pete Seeger's stature and influence - a truly great man - can pass away and all they want to talk about on TV is an actor who killed himself through his own stupidity. I know, that sounds awfully callous, but it shows where our cultural values lie and it saddens me.
 
Watch the documentary "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song", then the PBS doc "'Til the River Runs Clear". There is a third film whose title I cannot recall, also documenting the Clearwater story and also very moving. Then listen to Mick Jagger in 1965 bragging about how pop musicians were going to change the world. Mick never did, but Pete did.

To be honest I was never a fan of Pete Seeger's politics (to put it mildly), but I have to admire someone who was so determined and committed to the values he believed in. Plus this is one of nicest songs you will ever hear:
 

 
It's funny but I've never cared about politics where music is concerned. I've always been a great fan of Andy Irvine's music, but I don't share his world view at all. All that matters is the melody, the instrumentation, the voice and the feeling. Pete Seeger had it in droves.
 
Regarding "that" actor, well yesterday I happened to be in Starbucks in the East Village sat right next to a couple of guys who seemed to be actors who were good friends of him and were talking about his life in the last few weeks, and it was pretty juicy stuff (me pretending to look at phone all the while ). Without going into too much detail, it seems he was "knocking back the shots" (their words) like there was no tomorrow on top of the drugs. If someone wants to off themselves like this then whatever, but the guy had 3 kids to think about....so selfish. 
 

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I am saddened that somebody of Pete Seeger's stature and influence - a truly great man - can pass away and all they want to talk about on TV is an actor who killed himself through his own stupidity. I know, that sounds awfully callous, but it shows where our cultural values lie and it saddens me.
 
Watch the documentary "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song", then the PBS doc "'Til the River Runs Clear". There is a third film whose title I cannot recall, also documenting the Clearwater story and also very moving. Then listen to Mick Jagger in 1965 bragging about how pop musicians were going to change the world. Mick never did, but Pete did.

Nice. Very nice Bit.
 
It's hard. America has not had the hardcore political edges that I saw in Portugal and Spain, or in Brazil, we were there during the coup in '63. People really do not know, or understand what these do to the media and everything else around you. Likewise, in Brazil, in 1964 there also was a massive amount of music deploring the state of affairs and the military.  It becomes your inner theme, and you remember it forever.