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Undervalued as a songwriter - especially in the shadow of MacColl,
Heading for Home is but one of scores of valuable songs that Seeger has
written, many grafted onto or from the living tradition. Her themes are
love and betrayal, human solitude and need for affection, as well as
the broad sweeps of socialist, feminist values and ideas. I looked
across the amber light of the stone, timber and whitewash Market House,
heard the incessant, sleety rain on the roof and witnessed an audience
enthralled, left to sing on their own and all heading for home with
thoughts and emotions drawn from deep, deep wells. Great gig, Peggy! - Francis Devine, Irish Times
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With the singing voice of a 20-year old, the tone and temperament of a slightly acidic and world-wise 40-year old, and possessing the studied acumen of a 500-year old, the lady enjoyed a warm intimate gathering of friends and family upon the occasion of her 70th birthday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England. - Mark S. Tucker
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The Peggy Seeger Songbook
The Peggy Seeger Songbook, Warts and All
(OK 64985)
This volume is part songbook, part autobiography, and part social and
political history. The presentation of the 149 songs included here
paints a vibrant portrait of an outspoken artist/advocate and her
musical, personal, and political development. Seeger shares not only
the stories behind the songs, but the situations in her life - and in
the world around her - that prompted their creation. In doing so, she
gives us insights into the inner workings of her song-making process as
well as contributing to our understanding of the important issues
addressed by many of the lyrics. Her best known songs, "Come Fill Up
Your Glasses," "Gonna Be an Engineer" and "The Ballad of Springhill"
have, among others, become classics. This songbook, sprinkled
throughout with drawings by Jacky Fleming, is also just that: a
classic.
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