Fred Hellerman, last surviving member of the Weavers, dies
Source: cnn
Fred Hellerman, last surviving member of the Weavers, dies
By Joe Sterling, CNN
Updated 1:14 PM ET, Sat September 3, 2016
The Weavers perform in a 25th Anniversary reunion concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. From left are: Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman.
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The Weavers, immensely popular, were blacklisted during the McCarthy era
Hellerman also produced Arlo Guthrie's 1967 record "Alice's Restaurant"
(CNN)Fred Hellerman, a singer and composer who was the last surviving member of the iconic and influential folk music quartet the Weavers, has died.
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Hellerman, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert and Lee Hays formed the Weavers in the late 1940s and recorded many folk standards, such as "If I Had a Hammer," "On Top of Old Smoky," "Goodnight, Irene," "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (also known as "Wimoweh" and "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," ..................
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The lion sleeps tonight......
niyad
(113,343 posts)Last edited Sat Sep 3, 2016, 07:24 PM - Edit history (1)
the weavers: wasn't that a time (the entire documentary)
madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)...and so many wonderful memories!
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)polite, caring and so talented.
Pete Seeger was there too and it was a real highlight for me since my mom had raised me on folk music in the 60s and 70s
RIP Mr Hellerman.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)was somehow involved with getting Pete Seeger to come to OSU. I got him to get me tickets. Pete was originally booked into a meeg room in the student union. But the room sold out even before most people knew he was coming. So they doubled the size of the room, then quadrupled it. They ended up selling out the Veterans Memorial Auditorium (4,000 seats).
I grew up on Woody, Pete, The Weavers, and other folk music legends.
So many gone. RIP Fred. Save a reunion concert seat for me.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)often to their songs. Just love the folk lyrics and a good song.
We have their music
elleng
(130,974 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,208 posts)The Weavers were absolutely great!
elleng
(130,974 posts)gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,034 posts)Chrisdutch
(70 posts)It's been too tough a year for our artistic sensibilities. Bowie, Frey, Prince, Maurice White, Paul Kantner, Keith Emerson....makes you scared to turn the news on. Fred Hellerman was a man of vision and guts who worked with great musicians of vision and guts. May he rest in peace.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)turbinetree
(24,703 posts)would turn on the car radio and when the Weavers would come on we would all be singing the songs...........