Saturday, August 8, 2009

American Folk Musician Mike Seeger has died

Mike Seeger, of the Seeger family of musicians died of cancer on August 7th, 2009. Seeger spent many years traveling in the Southern United States recording people performing folk songs and was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers. Seeger performed on instruments such as the banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin among others.
Here is a recording of a performance at the Kennedy Center in 2003:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=SEEGERMIKE

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