The Field Guide » Charles Seeger http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com out standing in the field Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:19:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mike Seeger Gone to the New Lost City http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/08/08/mike-seeger-gone-to-the-new-lost-city/ http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/2009/08/08/mike-seeger-gone-to-the-new-lost-city/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:26:06 +0000 Holland Hopson http://fieldguide.hollandhopson.com/?p=275 Continue reading →]]> I just heard the news that old-time musician Mike Seeger died on Friday night. Mike was the son of folklorist Charles Seeger and composer Ruth Crawford-Seeger. His other siblings were Penny, Peggy and half-brother Pete Seeger (who recently celebrated his 90th birthday and seems to be going strong). Quite a lineage for a musician, and Mike certainly made the best of it. He was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers along with John Cohen (see here) and Tom Paley. I think their work in the 1960s represents some of the best of the folk revival movement.

Seeger’s solo work serves as a catalog of old-time banjo styles while also demonstrating his mastery of lesser-known folk instruments such as the quills and the mouth harp. I’m particularly fond of his recordings Southern Banjo Sounds (1998) and True Vine (2003), both released on Smithsonian Folkways.

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