![]() ![]() And then, Lord knows, if you can't make a payment, they take your clothes. When you buy clothes on easy term, collect will treat you like a measly worm. I'm going to starve, and everybody will, 'cause you can't make a living in a cotton mill. Payday comes, you ain't got a penny 'cause when you pay your bills, you got so many. At the end of the week, you're not on the level. PETE SEEGER: (Singing) When you go to work, well, you work like the devil. As a young man, Seeger believed songs were a way of binding people to a cause. His conviction for contempt of Congress was eventually overturned on appeal. Seeger refused to answer questions about his politics when he appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955. He popularized Woody Guthrie's song "This Land Is Your Land" and wrote "If I Had A Hammer" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" In the 1940s, he sang union songs with the Almanac Singers.Ī few years later, he co-founded the Weavers, who surprised everyone, including themselves, when they became the first group to bring folk music to the pop charts until they were blacklisted. Seeger is one of the most important figures in the history of American folk music. ![]() Since today is Labor Day, we've pulled out our interview with Pete Seeger, who is famous for singing songs about working people, unions and social justice. Today we conclude our series of interviews with musicians from the FRESH AIR archive. ![]()
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