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IMBanjoJim - Posted - 03/09/2019: 14:10:29
Back in 1973, when I was still in high school, I read The Incomplete Folksinger, Pete Seeger’s collection of Sing Out magazine columns. I enjoyed it so much that I sent him a fan letter. I also asked how he managed to keep multiple instruments straight in his head; I was already playing guitar, but was considering banjo (I now have over 40).
He was kind enough to reply.
IMBanjoJim - Posted - 03/09/2019: 14:11:18
And the back:
Emiel - Posted - 03/09/2019: 14:14:15
Nice…!
Mooooo - Posted - 03/09/2019: 14:18:28
40 banjos
IMBanjoJim - Posted - 03/09/2019: 14:19:21
quote:
Originally posted by Mooooo
40 banjos
More, I think. Who can count that high?
chuckv97 - Posted - 03/09/2019: 14:41:13
Nice,, & true to form, shows how humble a man he was.
Edited by - chuckv97 on 03/09/2019 14:41:56
davidppp - Posted - 03/09/2019: 17:42:40
Yes, he answered his mail. About 25 years after a time I heard him live, a couple of the songs he performed kept coming to mind. I wrote asking if they were printed up somewhere, and he sent a postcard with the information. (By the way, they're great songs.)
mike gregory - Posted - 03/09/2019: 18:22:09
The trio I was in wrote him a letter, and got a postcard in reply.
I wonder if Sandy still has it.
I'll fire off an e-mail, ask her.
Lew H - Posted - 03/09/2019: 19:08:21
How cool to get a letter or postcard! I have his autograph on a banjo head.
John Gribble - Posted - 03/09/2019: 22:26:59
I was fortunate enough to get a postcard from him, too. It is one of my little treasures.
The only time I had the chance to meet him I passed, as I had my then-young daughter with me and it was getting late in the day. One of my regrets.
I recently read a borrowed copy of "The Incompleat Folksinger" and enjoyed it. He was certainly a man of enthusiasms. His article on playing the baroque recorder rekindled an interest I had in the instrument many years ago. So I bought a plastic Yamaha alto. Now I play an hour most days. And I now have two Yamaha and one Zen-on plastic altos, a couple better-quality plastic soprano instruments, one pre-owned good-quality wood soprano, and a little fund going for a nice wooden alto. RAS.
kwl - Posted - 03/10/2019: 07:45:20
I, too, received a post card from Pete. It was in reply to a question I asked about a song he recorded. He provided all the information I needed on that card.
