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Pete Seeger
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Pete Seeger runs through 3 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and The Staple Singers.
Shows where Pete Seeger appears
MLK: The Movement's Soundtrack
From Mahalia Jackson's 'How I Got Over' at the 1963 March on Washington to Nina Simone's furious 'Mississippi Goddam,' music became the Civil Rights Movement's voice of hope and protest.
1 of 10 tracks — We Shall Overcome
Dylan Electric: Betrayal or Rescue?
From Greenwich Village folk disciple to Newport's electric rebel, Bob Dylan's 1965 shift was a necessary artistic evolution, not a betrayal of acoustic purists like Pete Seeger.
1 of 7 tracks — Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Dylan's Newport Electric Shock
Bob Dylan plugs in at Newport 1965, sparking a folk firestorm with "Like a Rolling Stone" that challenges purists like Pete Seeger, even as The Byrds and Paul Butterfield Blues Band electrify the scene.
1 of 7 tracks — We Shall Overcome