Pete Seeger yog ib tus neeg Asmeskas nto moo ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam qhuas neeg ntawm xyoo pua nees nkaum. Nws dhau los ua neeg nto moo tsis tsuas yog tus txawj hu nkauj, tab sis kuj yog ib zaj nkauj sau paj huam, tus ua haujlwm, tus paub txog ntuj thiab txhawb nqa lub tswv yim ntawm "kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb".
Biography
Peter lossis Pete Seeger yug rau lub Tsib Hlis 3, 1919 hauv New York. Nws txiv Charles Seeger yog ib tug kws suab paj nruag neeg Asmeskas, neeg ntiaj teb zoo nkauj, thiab cov kws qhia nkauj hauv University of California. Thiab Ruth Crawford Seeger, niam ntawm Pete Seeger, kuj yog ib tug kws tshuab raj thiab nkauj. Ib qho ntxiv, nws qhia kev ntaus nkauj rau hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv Juilliard.
University of California Santa Barbara Lub Tsev Duab: Coolcaesar / Wikimedia Commons
Cov niam txiv txoj kev hlub rau nkauj yog kis rau cov menyuam. Nws tus muam Peggy Seeger thiab ib nrab-kwv tij Mike Seeger kuj tau mob siab rau lawv lub neej los ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab kho kom zoo nkauj rau hauv tebchaws Asmeskas.
Pete Seeger tus viv ncaus Peggy Seeger Yees Duab: Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Salford Press Office / Wikimedia Commons
Raws li rau Pete Seeger, nws yog ib tus menyuam muaj txiaj ntsig thiab nyeem tau zoo. Pete tau mus kawm Avon Old Farms School rau cov tub hluas, kawm tiav rau xyoo 1936 nws nkag mus hauv Harvard University ntawm tag nrho cov nyiaj pabcuam. Txawm li cas los xij, ob xyoos tom qab, nws ua tsis tiav nws daim ntawv xeem thiab tso npe tawm hauv tsev kawm. Txog rau lub sijhawm xyoo 1930, Seeger tau mus ncig thoob tebchaws, mus ncig sab nraud lossis hauv kev tsheb nqaj hlau.
Hauj lwm thiab muaj tswv yim
Hauv xyoo 1940, Pete Seeger pib ua suab paj nruag. Nws, nrog rau Millard Lampell thiab Lee Hayes, tsim nws thawj pab pawg neeg "The Almanac Singers". Lawv tau kaw ob peb zaj nkauj. Tab sis xyoo 1942, thaum Lub Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb thib 2, Pete tau tsim kho rau hauv pab tub rog thiab pab pawg tau tawg tag. Tom qab ua tsov rog tas, nws tau rov qab los tsev, nrhiav tau phau ntawv hu nkauj "Hu Nkauj Tawm!" thiab rov qab los ua nkauj rau sawv daws mloog.
Hauv xyoo 1949, Seeger tau tuav haujlwm hauv Tsev Kawm Hauv Nroog thiab Lub Tebchaws nyob hauv Greenwich Village, New York. Thiab xyoo 1950 cov pab pawg "The Almanac Singers" tau hloov pauv mus ua "Weavers" thiab Pete rov qab pib tsim thiab ua yeeb yaj kiab cov suab paj nruag. Lawv cov nkauj "Nyob rau Lub Ntsej Muag Qub Hluav Taws Xob" thiab "Goodnight, Irene" saum toj kawg nkaus cov suab paj nruag tseem ceeb. Lawv mam li tso ib cov xov tooj ntawm lwm qhov xws li "Dusty Old Dust", "Kisses Sweeter dua Caw" thiab "Wimoweh".
Txawm li cas los xij, xyoo 1953, pawg neeg koom nrog pab pawg tsis raug cai thiab "Weavers" nres ua si cov kev ua yeeb yam, tsuas yog qee zaum tshwm sim rau theem. Nyob rau lub sijhawm thib ob xyoo 1950, Seeger tau tsim tsa pawg neeg tshiab, Kingston Trio, sau thiab tso ntau tus nkauj.
Pete Seeger ua yeeb yam hauv San Francisco Yees duab: Brianmcmillen / Wikimedia Commons
Lub sijhawm tom ntej hauv tus kws hu nkauj cov haujlwm tau muaj cov nkauj nkauj. Xyoo 1966, nws tau sau cov nkauj "Dangerous Songs!?", Uas zoo li kev thuam txog Asmeskas Thawj Tswj Hwm Lyndon Johnson. Ib xyoos tom qab, nws tau txais ntau dua los ntawm kev sau zaj nkauj "Waist Deep hauv qhov Loj Av" txog tus thawj coj uas tau tuag nyob hauv Kev Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Zaum II.
Tsis ntev nws tau koom tes tsim Hudson River Sloop Clearwater ib puag ncig cov zej zog, uas nquag tawm tsam tiv thaiv kev ua qias tuaj ntawm Hudson River thiab ua haujlwm kom huv. Xyoo 1969, Seeger sau cov nkauj hu tias "Ntu Lonesome Valley" txog Hudson River. Nws yog lub sijhawm no uas nws tau sawv ntawm lub taub hau ntawm lub zog hloov mus ua kom muaj suab paj nruag nyob rau hauv cov neeg coob coob. Xyoo 1972, Pete Seeger luam tawm phau nkauj hu nkauj "Incompleat Folksinger".
Plaub xyoo tom qab, nws tau sau thiab tom qab ntawd sau cov yeeb yaj kiab tawm tsam kev ploj tuag Delbert Tibbs. Nws tau txiav txim siab los ntawm zaj dab neeg ntawm qhov tsis ncaj ncees hais txog kev tua neeg thiab kev ua phem tus neeg sau Delbert Tibbs, uas raug rau txim tuag thiab tom qab ntawd txiav txim.
Xyoo 1980 nws tso cov nkauj nkauj "God Bless The Grass". Qhov haujlwm no, zoo li nws cov haujlwm suab paj nruas thaum lub sijhawm xyoo caum, tau hais tawm kev tawm tsam ntawm kev tawm tsam kev ua phem.
Txij xyoo 1989 mus rau 1992, Seeger tso tawm ntau cov nkauj, suav nrog "American Industrial Ballads", "Folk nkauj rau Cov Hluas" thiab "Traditional Christmas Carols".
Pete Seeger ntawm Newport Folk Festival Yees duab: William Wallace / Wikimedia Commons
Txij xyoo 1996 txog 2000 nws tso tawm nkauj xws li "Pete", "noog, tsiaj nyaum, kab thiab ntses", "American Folk, Game thiab Cov Nkauj hu ua" thiab lwm yam. Hauv xyoo 2008, Pete sau cov yeej-yeej koob album "Ntawm 89". Cov xyoo tom qab no, nws tau hais lus nyob hauv kev nthuav tawm ntawm Asmeskas Thawj Tswj Hwm Barack Obama.
Hauv 2010, thaum muaj hnub nyoog ntawm 91, Seeger nthuav tawm nws cov nkauj los sau Me Nyuam Tom Tag, uas tau mob siab rau kev kawm ib puag ncig. Xyoo tom ntej, hauv nws txoj haujlwm, nws txuas ntxiv tsa cov teeb meem ntawm kev tshem riam phom thoob ntiaj teb, ib puag ncig thiab saib kev cai ntawm pej xeem cov cai.
Khoom plig thiab kev ua tiav
Xyoo 1993, Pete Singer tau txais Grammy Award rau Suab Paj Nruag kev ua tiav lub neej, uas yog muab rau cov neeg ua yeeb yam rau lawv cov txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev tsim kho suab paj nruag.
Xyoo 1997, nws tau qhuas Grammy rau Qhov zoo tshaj plaws Folk Album rau nws album "Pete". Xyoo 2008, Seeger rov qab yeej qhov khoom plig zoo nkauj no rau Cov Txheej Txheem Zoo Tshaj Plaws Album "Ntawm 89".
Hauv 2013, Pete Seeger txoj haujlwm muaj tswv yim tau qhuas George Peabody Medal, tau muab rau nws qhov tshwj xeeb hauv kev tsim thiab tsim cov suab paj nruag hauv Asmeskas.
Tsev neeg thiab tus kheej lub neej
Xyoo 1943, Pete Seeger sib yuav Toshi-Alina Ota, uas nws nrog nws nyob txog thaum nws tas sim neej. Toshi tau tag sim neej vim mob cancer xyoo 2013. Nkawv thawj tus menyuam tuag 6 lub hlis tom qab nws yug los. Pete yeej tsis tau pom nws. Nkawm niam txiv tom qab no muaj peb tug me nyuam ntxiv.
Txog thaum nws cov hnub kawg, Seeger tuav txoj haujlwm ua kasmoos thiab tawm suab rau kev txuag tsiaj. Nws tau tag sim neej rau lub Ib Hlis 2014 thaum nws muaj 94 xyoos.
