피트 시거

소개

피트 시거(Pete Seeger, 1919년 5월 3일 ~ 2014년 1월 27일)는 미국의 포크 음악가이다. 미국 포크 리바이벌의 선구자이며, 현대 미국 포크 음악의 시초가 되는 인물이다.

Peter Seeger was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and left-wing social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, especially their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, workers' rights, counterculture, environmental causes, and ending the Vietnam War.