Posted by JohnB on Thursday, February 28, 2008
mainejohn Says:
Thursday, February 28, 2008 @9:07:15 PM
...and he still is! BTW...I grew up in Roxbury...played Little League Baseball against New Milford in the 50's.
Sy Lehrman Says:
Thursday, February 28, 2008 @9:09:18 PM
Now don't you go referring to Pete in the past tense.
JohnB Says:
Thursday, February 28, 2008 @9:57:43 PM
Apologies - I Didn't mean to refer to him in the past tense - It's just that he hardly performs at all any more. He continues to be one of my few heros for a variety of reasons not limited to music
Sy Lehrman Says:
Friday, February 29, 2008 @1:51:42 AM
Yes, his voice is rather poor these days and is, therefore, largely retired. I have long been an admirer and it increased when I realized what a victory he won back in the siteis when he not only got on CBS but had his son, If I had a Hammer become a national hit after all the history of that song in the previous twenty years. It is really quite remarkable. I once had occasion to relate the story to a school teacher and she was quite shocked at the whole tale and had, apparently known nothing about it.
Sean ONeel Says:
Sunday, March 2, 2008 @3:04:38 AM
Sy Lehrman Says:
Yes, his voice is rather poor these days and is, therefore, largely retired.
I'd like to be getting around that well at almost-90. Pete has forgotten more folk songs than most of us will ever learn.
I figure that inventing the long neck, and coining the terms "hammer on" and "pull off" alone are enough to make anybody legendary.
One of my favorite Pete-facts is that Dr. King heard Pete doing "We Shall Overcome" and liked it so much that it became the anthem for the Civil Rights Movement.
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