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Mike Seeger
12+ albums
folkAllbluegrassamericanatraditional
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Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. At 25, along with John Cohen and Tom Paley, he became a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers. His famous musical family includes sister Peggy Seeger and half-brother Pete Seeger. He was exposed to traditional music through his mother Ruth Crawford-Seeger and father Charles Seeger, who worked with musicologists John and Alan Lomax. He was an accomplished musician; a distinctive singer who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, and dobro. His influence on the folk scene is described at some length by Bob Dylan in his book, Chronicles. A week before his 76th birthday, Seeger died at his home in Lexington, Virginia on August 7, 2009, after stopping cancer treatment. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Old Time Country Music
Third Annual Farewell Reunion
True Vine
Southern Banjo Sounds
Animal Folk Songs For Children... and Other People!
American Folk Songs For Children
Early Southern Guitar Styles
Solo - Oldtime Country Music
Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways
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Feuding Banjos
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Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Tipple, Loom & Rail: Songs of the Industrialization of the South