Tuesday, January 28, 2014

A Storyteller Remembers Pete Seeger


 
 
Dear Friends,
 
I have been wondering today how we live without Pete Seeger in our lives? He was the inspiration for our hippie days, our homesteading days and our current lives in the face of politics and art. He knew how to bring community to all who gathered at his feet or around the record player.
 
A few years ago I had the privilege of hearing him perform at the National Storytelling Conference in Jonesboro, Tennessee. He was to do the gospel sing on Sunday morning under one of the largest tents. Ellen Munds and I got up extra early to make sure we had good seats. It was a cold morning with frost on the ground, but a lovely sunrise.
 
And there he was...Pete Seeger. I think I began to cry at the beginning of his show. He sang all of our favorites and everyone sang as well. At the end we sang acapella, Amazing Grace. By then everyone was standing and weeping all at the same time.
 
I will never forget that experience.
 
Thank you Pete Seeger for all you gave us. I can't help but weep now as I write.
 
Good night to Pete and farewell to one of America's greatest musicians, activists and human beings.
Until tomorrow,
Lou Ann

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