Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Singer  1919 -2014

American singer, songwriter and activist. Read his Wikipedia entry here. This article is from Living Tradition.

The D-Day Dodgers

From 1966, episode 15 of Rainbow Quest, a television program produced for one series run in 1965 and 1966 by the Advertisers Broadcasting Company for UHF station WNJU-TV in the New York City market. Throughout the show’s 39-episode run, Seeger hosted many guest musicians. He also himself presented the histories of diverse American and international folk music traditions through spoken and musical segments.

See: https://archive.org/details/RainbowQuest15

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Manura Manyah

Pete Seeger and Jean Redpath discuss Scottish songwriter Matt McGinn and Seeger sings McGinn’s “Manura Manyah”

From episode 17 of Rainbow Quest.

The Ballad of Tim Evans

Song written by Ewan MacColl. With guest Judy Collins.

From episode 32 of Rainbow Quest.

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Colours

With guest Donovan. The version of Donovan’s song includes an unpublished verse about the musician Derroll Adams.

From episode 23 of Rainbow Quest.

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I know where I’m going

From episode 16 of Rainbow Quest.

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Barbara Allen

From episode 33 of Rainbow Quest.

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Lady Margaret

From episode 33 of Rainbow Quest.

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Bonny Laddie, Hielan Laddie