A Mighty Wind
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
“There is a season ….”
Pete Seeger, who is either the guy who sang Rock and Roll Never Forgets, was one of the guys in Peter, Paul and Mary or else is some other dude, was apparently a member of the Communist Party at some point back when people like Joseph McCarthy gave a crap about that kind of stuff.
Seeger apologized back in the 1950s for not recognizing that Josef Stalin was a “very cruel misleader,” which is kind of like saying you’re sorry for not pegging Pol Pot as a “really nasty prankster.”
Still, Seeger had never penned an anti-Stalin tune. Until now. Today. 2007.
The big story in folk music circles over the weekend (so you can imagine what kind of slow news year decade half-century it’s been for folk music) was that Pete Seeger has written a new song critical of Josef Stalin called Big Joe Blues.
Seeger, who is 88-years-old, either forgot what year it is or needs to take lessons from Bob Dylan on how to stay musically relevant.
The Big Joe Blues? I guess Pete just wasn’t feeling the vibe enough to pen the Attila the Hun Rag or the Genghis Khan Boogie.
How about bringing it all back home into this century, Pete?
I’m not sure but I think the song was released as 45-rpm record.
You know, this might make good dessert talk….
Pete Seeger, A Mighty wind, folk music, Bob Dylan, Josef Stalin, Joseph McCarthy, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Mickey Crabbe
