Pete Seeger is one of my heroes. He "discovered" my Uncle Matt McGinn and
brought him to the US in 1962, where Matt played Carnegie Hall and
headlined above a skinny young Bob Dylan!
Uncle Matt's successful folksinging career changed the course of my life, as I saw for myself that music and poetry were not just for the "elites," but for wee lassies whose daddies were bricklayers, too. I am a poet and author today because Pete Seeger promised his sister Peggy and her husband, Ewan McColl, to "keep Matt McGinn singing!"
Uncle Matt's successful folksinging career changed the course of my life, as I saw for myself that music and poetry were not just for the "elites," but for wee lassies whose daddies were bricklayers, too. I am a poet and author today because Pete Seeger promised his sister Peggy and her husband, Ewan McColl, to "keep Matt McGinn singing!"
You need Flash Player in order to view this.vp.events.addOnDOMLoadHandler(function() {vp.website.createVideoPlayer('mediaPlayer_caf189a3_d649_463b_813f_ead5b8fbef48', 'http://youtube.com/v/Ezyd40kJFq0', 617, 553, false);});Pete Seeger - "Forever Young"From "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International". http://amnestyusa.org/chimes Buy this track now! http://tinyurl.com/6wkdvxc Also see: "The Story Behi...
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