Before his death in 2014, AG interviewed Pete Seeger about his life and influence on contemporary folk music for its July 2002 cover story. Below is that interview in full: by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Few individuals have enriched our musical lives in as many ways, and for as many years, as Pete Seeger. As a young Harvard dropout in the late ’30s, he collected songs with Alan Lomax; in the ’40s, he hardwired folk music and politics with Woody Guthrie and the Almanac Singers; in the ’50s, he helped spark the folk revival with the Weavers; and he’s piped up … Continue reading Read an In-Depth Q&A with Pete Seeger from the Archives