One of the godfathers of modern folk music, Pete Seeger has wielded massive
influence over several generations of singers and writers, including Bob Dylan
and Bruce Springsteen, and either wrote or popularised familiar songs like We
Shall Overcome, Where Have All The Flowers Gone, If I Had A Hammer and Turn Turn
Turn. The son of teacher, folklorist and classical musician Charles Seeger, he
took up ukulele and banjo as a child and quickly discovered a gift for
communicating with and holding the attention of audiences. Planning a career in
journalism he studied at Harvard, but the ...