In memory of our guiding lights - Russ, Mike and Charlie - “To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest”
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Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:22 pmPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:36 pmPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:14 pmPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:18 pmThumper wrote:Fresh Air is replaying a Terrie Gross interview with him. Not sure from when, just tuned in.
(edit: It's from '85)
What can a song do? What can a sailboat do? Some would say music exists just to soothe or distract people from their troubles. Some say sailboats are just rich men’s toys. Wrong, wrong. In the summer of 1969 they helped to start cleaning up a river. – from the book, Pete Seeger, in His Own Words
Fondly referred to as simply “Pete” by friends and associates, Seeger planted the seed that started Hudson River Sloop Clearwater when he and a few friends, decided to “build a boat to save the river” with the belief that a majestic replica of the sloops that sailed the Hudson in the 18th and 19th centuries would bring people to the river where they could experience its beauty and be moved to preserve it.
Seeger was able to inspire people to make the dream a reality; the keel was laid in October 1968 and christened with Hudson River water. The 106-foot sloop Clearwater was launched on May 17, 1969 at Harvey Gamage Shipyard in South Bristol, Maine, and the inaugural sail was to South Street Seaport in New York City, and then on to her permanent home on the Hudson River. Today, the sloop sails the Hudson River from New York City to Albany as a “Sailing Classroom”, laboratory, musical stage, and forum. Since her launch, over half a million people have been introduced to the Hudson River estuary.
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:28 pm"It's the end of a HUGE part of my life. Pete and his multitude of hopeful warriors shaped my thinking and my work. Don't know if we'll ever see/hear his kind again. Am also sad & lonely."