Carry it On! by Pete Seeger5/26/2023 It is not possible to sum up the contributions of Pete Seeger in this commentary, nor in any article, anthology or book. But I will return to this seemingly absurd point later. Country music. Nashville, I believe, owes Pete a statue in the center of town. Not folk music, mind you, as that has been around for some time. Part of the thesis of the film, called Open Country, is that Pete Seeger should be considered a founder of country music. In the course of working on an excruciatingly long-term film project on the politics of country music, the influence of Pete Seeger arises quite often. I was even thinking of him the night news of his death flashed on my screen. I spend a lot of time thinking about Pete Seeger.
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