American folk musician and folklorist, Mike Seeger was the brother of folk musicians Peggy and Penny Seeger and half-brother of Pete Seeger, another iconic American folk musician and song-writer.
Mike Seeger was born in New York and grew up in the Washington D.C. area. His father, Charles Louis Seeger was an ehtno-musicologist and composer, and his mother was a composer who worked with Joh and Alan Lomax on the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.
Mike Seeger taught himself to play several instruments, including the autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, and dobro. At 20, he followed in his parent's footsteps and began collecting recordings of folk musicians around the US, including Lead Belly, American folk musician and folklorist, Mike Seeger was the brother of folk musicians Peggy and Penny Seeger and half-brother of Pete Seeger, another iconic American folk musician and song-writer.
Mike Seeger was born in New York and grew up in the Washington D.C. area. His father, Charles Louis Seeger was an ehtno-musicologist and composer, and his mother was a composer who worked with Joh and Alan Lomax on the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.
Mike Seeger taught himself to play several instruments, including the autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, and dobro. At 20, he followed in his parent's footsteps and began collecting recordings of folk musicians around the US, including Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and John Jacob Niles.
In 1958, Seeger co-founded the old-time band the New Lost City Ramblers in New York City with John Cohen and Tom Paley. Seeger received six Grammy nominations and was the recipient of four grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Seeger died of cancer at his home in Lexington, Virginia on August 7, 2009....more
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