Pete Seeger, "Father of American Folk Music," Dies at 94
- OurStudio
- Jan 28, 2014
- 1 min read
To Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, the singer/songwriter/activist who died Monday at the age of 94 was "the father of American folk music."
But Seeger, who popularized This Land Is Your Land and We Shall Overcome and wrote If I Had a Hammer and Turn, Turn, Turn, never liked the term folk music.
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