Pete Seeger - "English Is Crazy" Live at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage 2005

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Pete Seeger - "English Is Crazy" [Live at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage 2005]

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Now regarded as the dean of 20th-century folk singers, Pete Seeger started recording for Folkways founder Moses Asch in 1943. Asch continued to record Pete during the 1950s and beyond, with Pete eventually recording over fifty records for him and Folkways Records. Now in his eighties, Pete continues to make an occasional recording and still plays an occasional concert, where his audiences always sing along with him in unison. In 2005 he performed Josh White Jr.'s song "English Is Crazy" at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Washington, D.C., leading Smithsonian employees in the chorus "English is kuh-ray-zee." "English is Crazy" appears on 'Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs,' available on CD and digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: http://www.folkways.si.edu/pete-seeger/headlines-and-footnotes-a-collection-of-topical-songs/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ggnnzHVxJFuTDIY78ZF1R?si=3jhsp9pzQQGcgz63e3PVjg For nearly 60 years Pete Seeger, with his banjo and 12-string guitar, has made music which inspires people to improve their lives and world. Selections on this anthology, culled from the hundreds Seeger recorded for Folkways Records between 1955 and 1999, include concert and studio recordings about prominent events and themes of the twentieth century: the Spanish Civil War, union organizing, and the civil rights and antiwar movements. Eleven previously unreleased tracks (one recorded in 1999). Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.

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2009-11-24T15:03:58.000Z

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