USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the escalation of the Vietnam War by President Lyndon B Johnson after his election win in 1964, Seeger wrote the song “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy” about his experiences in the Second World War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr. Seeger was a prime mover in the folk revival that transformed popular music in the 1950s. As a member of the Weavers, he sang hits including Lead Belly’s “Goodnight, Irene”-which reached No. 1-and “If I Had a Hammer, ” which he wrote with the group’s Lee Hays.

Detailed explanation-3: -The banjo Pete played has a message on it: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.” It was a gentler version of the slogan that decorated Woody Guthrie’s guitar: “This machine kills fascists.” The banjo always accompanied Pete: The instrument in many ways made him, and he remade the instrument.

Detailed explanation-4: -As Army Pvt. Pete Seeger eagerly waited for a chance to fight for his country during World War II, military investigators quietly built a case that the young folk singer was “potentially subversive."

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1955 Pete Seeger answered a subpoena to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, but he refused to answer questions he said were improper, asserting a First Ammendment right not to speak. This led to a long court battle. He was indicted for contempt in 1957 and convicted in 1961.