Here's some old footage of Pete singing Guantanamera. I'm not sure of the exact origin of this video posted on You Tube.
I have an old archival recording I made when I was about 14 years old at Camp Abellard in New York. Pete came and sang to us campers and I had a chance to record it on reel-to-reel tape. After the performance, he signed some autographs and chatted with the kids. I had a chance to introduce him to one of the campers there, Cesar, a young man from Cuba who wanted to play a song for Pete. That song was Guantanamera, a Cuban folk song from a poem by Jose Marti, and it was the first time Pete heard it. In the recording, Pete asks the Cesar to write the lyrics out for him, and he asked me to send him a copy of the recording.
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Four Eyes: The Pain and Joy of Wearing Glasses
by David Dunaway
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Four Eyes: The Pain and Joy of Wearing Glasses
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- PRX Producer's Profile Page
- davidkdunaway.com
- Across The Tracks: A Route 66 Story
- American Folklife Center: The Dunaway Collection
- My Wikipedia Entry
- My BlurbWire Entry
- My University of New Mexico web page
- Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?
- Writing the Southwest - book and radio series
- Rt 66 Oral History Office website
- Email me!
Links to other things of interest
- Appleseed Recording's "Pete Seeger Music" page
- Arizona Route 66 Association
- California Route 66 Association
- Dunaway @ Tumblr
- Illinois Route 66 Association
- Jim Capaldi's Pete Seeger Appreciation Page
- National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program
- Oklahoma Route 66 Association
- Route 66 Association of Missouri
- Route 66 Association of NM
- The American Folklife Center
Blogs of note
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We’ve Moved!!10 years ago
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Big move is imminent12 years ago
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To read about our trip down Route 6616 years ago
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Folk Routes on KUNM
I occasionally host a folk music program on local public radio. Listen to Folk Routes on KUNM-FM, Saturdays from 10 to noon.
Pete Seeger Radio Series available in Mp3 format.
About Me
For the last thirty years, I've documented the work of Pete Seeger, resulting in How Can I Keep From Singing? The Ballad of Pete Seeger, published by McGraw Hill in 1981 and revised, updated, and republished by Villard/Random House, 2008.
Having written half a dozen volumes of history and biography, my specialty is the presentation of folklore, literature, and history via broadcasting. I've been active in radio since 1972, but over the last dozen years I've been Executive Producer of award-winning national radio series for Public Radio International, including “Writing the Southwest” (1995); “Aldous Huxley's Brave New Worlds” (1998); “Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story” (2001); and Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing? (2008). I'm currently a DJ for KUNM-FM and a professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Having written half a dozen volumes of history and biography, my specialty is the presentation of folklore, literature, and history via broadcasting. I've been active in radio since 1972, but over the last dozen years I've been Executive Producer of award-winning national radio series for Public Radio International, including “Writing the Southwest” (1995); “Aldous Huxley's Brave New Worlds” (1998); “Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story” (2001); and Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing? (2008). I'm currently a DJ for KUNM-FM and a professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
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How Can I Keep From Singing? The Ballad of Pete Seeger
by David Dunaway
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