民歌巨星Pete Seeger元月27日於紐約去世了（94歲），他曾與the Weavers合唱團一起將民歌變成社會抗爭的一股力量，激起一代歌迷們的追隨。雖然去年12月他動了心臟手術，但他的孫子說那並非他的死因。
Pete Seeger出生於紐約曼哈頓，双親都從事古典音樂工作，受到父母親的薰陶，他先學優克李利，然後學班久琴，最後學吉它，雖然進了哈佛大學，但受到搞音樂的影響而輟學。
Pete Seeger因為父親的一位朋友的關係在國會圖書館工作，培養出他對美國民歌的愛好，他尤其喜歡藍調歌手Ledbelly，Pete Seeger於1941年與Woody Guthrie共同創立了the
Almanac Singers合唱團，1948則成立了the Weavers，這個合唱團有很多受歡迎的暢銷曲包括Ledbelly的名曲"Goodnight Irene" (#1-1950), "On Top Of Old
Smokey" (#2-1951), "Tzena Tzena Tzena" (#2-1951) 與 "So Long (It's been Good To Know Yah)" (#4-1951).
因為高度政治化的觀點，the Weavers於1953與1955年成了黑名單裡的合唱團，Pete Seeger因曾於1936年至1949年參加過共產黨，國會要求他作證說明此事，然而因Pete Seeger拒絕出席而被判藐視國會，但此案六年後獲得翻轉。
Pete
Seeger所寫或改寫的一些歌都被認為有創意，包括"If I Had A Hammer" 、"Where
Have All The Flowers Gone" 與"Turn Turn
Turn"，但他個人所唱的歌只有一首由Malvina Reynold寫的 "Little Boxes" 於1964獲得過第70名，然而他仍於1994年獲得甘迺迪中心榮譽獎，且於1996年被選入搖滾樂名人堂，1993年則獲得Grammy in終生成就獎。
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
Where have all the flowers gone, long time
passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time
ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Gone to young girls, every one!
When will they ever learn, when will they
ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone, long
time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long
time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to young men, every one!
When will they ever learn, when will they
ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone, long
time passing?
Where have all the young men gone, long
time ago?
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone to soldiers, every one!
When will they ever learn, when will they
ever learn?
And where have all the soldiers gone, long
time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, a long
time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, every one!
When will they ever learn, when will they
ever learn?
And where have all the graveyards gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long
time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, every one!
When will they ever learn, oh when will
they ever learn?
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