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Mike Seeger
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933
- Works
- 10
Top works
- The New Lost City Ramblers Song Book
- True vine
- Mountain music, bluegrass style
- Old-time string band songbook
- American Folk Songs for Children
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Film & TV
New York City, New York
Mike Seeger was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who mainly played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed in more than 40 other recordings. He desired to make known the…
Known for
- Always Been a Rambler2020
- Pete and Toshi Get a Camera2015
- The Winding Stream — Self2014
- Banjo Tales2012
- Give Me the Banjo — Self2011
- Old-Time Banjo Styles — Mike Seeger2005
- Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song — Self2002
- Homemade American Music — self1980
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919-05-03
- Active to
- 2014-01-27
Discography
- The Original Talking Union & Other Union Songs1941
- Darling Corey1950
- American Folk Songs for Children1954
- Frontier Ballads1954
- Frontier Ballads Volume I: Immigrants, The Trek1954
- How To Play The 5-String Banjo1954
- Goofing-Off Suite1955
- The Folksinger's Guitar Guide1955
- American Industrial Ballads1956
- Love Songs for Friends & Foes1956
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16,141
- Total plays
- 103,970
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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 pla
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mike
- Family name
- Seeger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Lexington
- Father
- Charles Seeger
- Mother
- Ruth Crawford Seeger
- Sibling
- Pete Seeger
- Occupation
- mandolinist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- old-time music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Folkways Records
- Official website
- mikeseeger.info
- Image
- Mike Seeger plays gourd banjo at Breakin Up Winter.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1933-08-15
- date of death
- 2009-08-07
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Mike Seeger
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