Editing Pete Seeger (section)

==Legacy==
Response and reaction to Seeger's death quickly poured in. President [[Barack Obama]] noted that Seeger had been called "America's tuning fork"<ref>The phrase "America's tuning fork" is usually attributed to poet [[Carl Sandburg]], for example, see Corey Sandler, ''Henry Hudson: Dreams and Obsessions'' (New York: Kensington Books, 2007), p. 203. It is unclear when and where Sandburg, who thought highly of the Weavers, said this. Studs Terkel, who introduced Seeger as "America's tuning fork" at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival (see George Wein, Nate Chinen, ''Myself Among Others: A Life in Music'' [Da Capo Press, 2009], p. 314), later wrote that he had seen the phrase in ''[[DownBeat]]'' jazz magazine (see Terkel, ''Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Troubled Times'' [New York: The New Press], p. 249). The phrase was picked up in a [https://books.google.com/books?id=NEgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Pete+Seeger+America%27s+tuning+fork&pg=PA61 photo spread on Seeger] in ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine, October 9, 1964, p. 61. See also Ronald D. Cohen, ''Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940–70'' [University of Massachusetts Press, 1970], p. 223.</ref> and that he believed in "the power of song" to bring social change, "Over the years, Pete used his voice and his hammer to strike blows for workers' rights and civil rights; world peace and environmental conservation, and he always invited us to sing along. For reminding us where we come from and showing us where we need to go, we will always be grateful to Pete Seeger."<ref>{{cite web|title=Obama memorializes Pete Seeger|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/01/28/obama-pete-seeger-bruce-springsteen/4958941/|work=USA Today|access-date=January 28, 2014|date=January 28, 2014|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308050438/http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/01/28/obama-pete-seeger-bruce-springsteen/4958941/|url-status=live}}</ref> Folksinger and fellow activist [[Billy Bragg]] wrote that "Pete believed that music could make a difference. Not change the world, he never claimed that – he once said that if music could change the world he'd only be making music – but he believed that while music didn't have agency, it did have the power to make a difference."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/28/pete-seeger-folk-singer-activist-music-make-difference|title=Pete Seeger: folk activist who believed music could make a difference|first=Billy|last=Bragg|date=January 28, 2014|website=The Guardian|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-date=October 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014121055/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/28/pete-seeger-folk-singer-activist-music-make-difference|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bruce Springsteen]] said of Seeger's death, "I lost a great friend and a great hero last night, Pete Seeger," before performing "We Shall Overcome" while on tour in South Africa.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-honors-pete-seeger-with-stirring-we-shall-overcome-20140129 Diane Vadino, "Bruce Springsteen Honors Pete Seeger With a Stirring 'We Shall Overcome] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917075856/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-honors-pete-seeger-with-stirring-we-shall-overcome-20140129 |date=September 17, 2017 }}," ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', January 29, 2014.</ref>

Not all responses to Seeger's passing were complimentary. Michael Moynihan of ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' wrote an obituary entitled "The Death of 'Stalin's Songbird'" and included these remarks:{{blockquote|Along with countless other sensible people, I have often bristled at the mindless deification of Pete Seeger, the nonagenarian folk singer who died yesterday at age 94...we all remember good-but-overpraised songs like "If I Had a Hammer" and the treacly classic "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" But as the encomiums threaten to overwhelm, it's important to remember that Seeger, once an avowed Stalinist, was a political singer once devoted to a sinister political system—a position he held long after the Soviet experiment drenched itself in blood and collapsed in ignominy.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moynihan |first=Michael |website=The Daily Beast |date=29 January 2014 |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-death-of-stalins-songbird/ |title=The Death of 'Stalin's Songbird'}}</ref>}}

===Tributes===
{{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= | audio1 = [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958461934 “Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 28, 2014: Obituary for Pete Seeger"], [[Fresh Air with Terry Gross]]. Scroll down to 'View online' to hear the audio interview.}}

* A proposal was made in 2009 to name the [[Walkway Over the Hudson]] in his honor.<ref>[[Alan Chartock]], "New York has a chance to honor an American hero," ''Legislative Gazette'', April 24, 2009, found at [http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2009-04-24-63866.113122_New_York_has_a_chance_to_honor_an_American_hero.html Legislative Gazette website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802044042/http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2009-04-24-63866.113122_New_York_has_a_chance_to_honor_an_American_hero.html |date=August 2, 2012 }}. Accessed April 29, 2009.</ref>
* A posthumous suggestion that Seeger's name be applied to the [[Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement|replacement Tappan Zee Bridge]] being built over the [[Hudson River]] was made by a local town supervisor.<ref name="upi.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140128/pete-seeger-should-have-new-tappan-zee-bridge-named-for-him-downstate-politician-says|title=Pete Seeger should have new Tappan Zee Bridge named for him, downstate politician says|website=Dailyfreeman.com|date=January 28, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203032132/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140128/pete-seeger-should-have-new-tappan-zee-bridge-named-for-him-downstate-politician-says|url-status=live}}</ref> Seeger's boat, the [[sloop]] ''[[Hudson River Sloop Clearwater|Clearwater]]'', is based at [[Beacon, New York]], just upriver from the bridge and frequently sails down to Manhattan to continuing spreading Seeger's message and music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clearwater.org/|title=Clearwater|website=Clearwater.org|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=October 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002231745/http://www.clearwater.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Oakwood Friends School]], located in Poughkeepsie New York, not far from Seeger's home, performed "[[Where Have All the Flowers Gone?]]" at one of their worship meetings. The collaboration was with three teachers (playing guitar and vocals) as well as a student harmonica player and a student vocalist.
* A free five-day memorial called Seeger Fest took place on July 17–21, 2014, featuring Judy Collins, Peter Yarrow, Harry Belafonte, Anti-Flag, Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root, Steve Earle, Holly Near, Fred Hellerman, Guy Davis, DJ Logic, Paul Winter Consort, Dar Williams, DJ Kool Herc, The Rappers Delight Experience, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, David Amram, Mike + Ruthy, Tom Chapin, James Maddock, The Chapin Sisters, Rebel Diaz, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Elizabeth Mitchell, Emma's Revolution, Toni Blackman, Kim & Reggie Harris, Magpie, Abrazos Orchestra, Nyraine, George Wein, The Vanaver Caravan, White Tiger Society, Lorre Wyatt, AKIR, Adira & Alana Amram, Aurora Barnes, The Owens Brothers, The Tony Lee Thomas Band, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, New York City Labor Chorus, Roland Moussa, Roots Revelators, Kristen Graves, Bob Reid, Hudson River Sloop Singers, Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, Betty & The baby Boomers, Work O' The Weavers, Jacob Bernz * Sarah Armour, and Amanda Palmer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in New York.|url=http://goodnewsplanet.com/five-day-seeger-fest-concert-memorial-pete-seeger-amanda-palmer-anti-flag-toni-blackman-tom-chapin-steve-earle-holly-near-rebel-diaz-paul-winter-consort-peter-yarrow-others-will-h/N|access-date=September 18, 2014|date=September 18, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202002317/https://goodnewsplanet.com/n-j-burkett-2015-new-york-emmy-awards-grammy-award-winner/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2006, thirteen folk music songs made popular by Pete Seeger were reinterpreted by [[Bruce Springsteen]] on his fourteenth studio album, ''[[We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions]]''.
* In 2014, Wepecket Island Records recorded a Pete Seeger tribute album called [https://wepecket.ipower.com/WI026%20Notes.htm ''For Pete's Sake''].
* In 2020, [[Kronos Quartet]] released [[Long Time Passing]], an album of all new arrangements of Pete Seeger's music commissioned by the FreshGrass Foundation and released on [[Smithsonian Folkways]].
* On July 21, 2022, the United States Postal Service issued a Pete Seeger [[Non-denominated postage#Forever stamps|"Forever"]] stamp. The stamp is based on a photograph of Seeger playing a long neck banjo, taken by Seeger's son Daniel some time in the early 1960s. It's a commemorative in the Music Icons series, with a print quantity of 22,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/pete-seeger-stamps-S_580404|title=Pete Seeger Stamps|website=store.usps.com|access-date=September 21, 2022|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922230227/https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/pete-seeger-stamps-S_580404/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Awards===
Seeger received many awards and recognitions throughout his career, including:
* Induction into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] (1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C76|title=Songwriters Hall of Fame – Pete Seeger Exhibit Home|year=1972|publisher=songwritershalloffame.org|access-date=January 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209232609/http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C76|archive-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* The [[Eugene V. Debs]] Award (1979)
* The [[Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award]] (1986)
* The [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] (1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |title=Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards |publisher=Grammy.org |access-date=August 28, 2012 |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703201633/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[National Medal of Arts]] from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] (1994)
* [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honor]] (1994)
* The Harvard Arts Medal (1996)
* The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal (1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsdesk.si.edu/about/awards|title=Awards and Medals: 1996|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617144849/http://newsdesk.si.edu/about/awards|archive-date=June 17, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* Induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (1996)
* [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album]] of 1996 for his record ''Pete'' (1997)
* The Felix Varela Medal, [[Cuba]]'s highest honor for "his humanistic and artistic work in defense of the environment and against racism" (1999)
* The [[Schneider Family Book Award]] for his children's picture book ''The Deaf Musicians''. (2007)
* The [[Mid-Hudson Civic Center]] Hall of Fame (2008)- Seeger and Arlo Guthrie performed the first public concert at the Poughkeepsie, New York not-for-profit family entertainment venue, close to Seeger's home, in 1976. Grandson Tao Rodríguez-Seeger accepted the Hall of Fame plaque on behalf of his grandfather.
* [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album]] of 2008 for his record ''At 89'' (2009)
* The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award<ref>[http://www.peaceabbey.org/cofc-award/award-recipients/ Courage of Conscience Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610041225/http://www.peaceabbey.org/cofc-award/award-recipients/ |date=June 10, 2014 }} Retrieved August 7, 2012.</ref> for his commitment to peace and social justice as a musician, songwriter, activist, and environmentalist that spans over sixty years. (2008)
* [[The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize]] (2009)
*[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children]] of 2010 for his record album ''Tomorrow's Children'' with the Rivertown Kids and Friends (2011)
* [[George Peabody Medal]] (2013)
* [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album]] of 2013 nomination for ''Pete Seeger: The Storm King; Stories, Narratives, Poems'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peteseegerthestormking.com/|title=Pete Seeger: The Storm King Project|website=Peteseegerthestormking.com|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116003618/http://peteseegerthestormking.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=32|title=56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees: Best Spoken Word Album|date=January 2014|publisher=grammy.com|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=January 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130075903/http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=32|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Woody Guthrie]] Prize (2014) (inaugural recipient)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/02/22/pete-seeger-woody-guthrie-prize/5729229/|title=Pete Seeger gets a posthumous prize — and a sing-along|website=USA Today|access-date=2018-01-26|language=en|archive-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127085532/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/02/22/pete-seeger-woody-guthrie-prize/5729229/|url-status=live}}</ref>