Tag Archives: Carter Family

A Changing of the Guard: Pete Seeger Dies at 94

Remembering American folk artist and activist Pete Seeger

  Pete Seeger, the banjo slinging granddaddy of American folk music, died late Monday night after six days of hospitalization in New York’s Presbyterian Hospital. The death of Pete Seeger resonates with the end of the folk-activist era in America, … Continue reading

Posted in Just Passed | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Will You Miss Me when I’m Gone?” by The Carter Family

A country music memorial song about missing a loved one who has passed

1927 was the year country music first reared its honest, whisky-worn head from the mountains of Appalachia. Radio was already in the process of transforming the way Americans connected to the rest of their country; suddenly lyrical, empathetic voices that … Continue reading

Posted in Expressive Music | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment