July 16th, 2003 • INTERVIEW:

From The Show: 'Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?': The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation w/Pete Seeger

From the show "'Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?': The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation w/Pete Seeger" originally aired on July 16th, 2003

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Going Down the Road with Woody Guthrie: A Centennial Celebration

American Routes heralds the 100th birthday of our nation's greatest roving troubadour and social commentator, Woody Guthrie, with a two-hour special dedicated to his life in music. We'll visit with friends and relatives who share tales of Guthrie's trials and triumphs, from Okemah, Oklahoma to Coney Island, New York. Guthrie's children, Nora and Arlo, reflect on their father's life, scholar Guy Logsdon discusses Guthrie's Dust Bowl days and Pete Seeger shares the backstory to Woody's anthem for the "down and outers." Plus music and memories from Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Moses Asch, Bob Dylan and so many others.

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'Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?': The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation w/Pete Seeger

A year after his passing, American Routes remembers Alan Lomax, the great folklorist, musicologist and documentarian. While working mostly for the Library of Congress, Lomax made groundbreaking recordings with Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Jelly Roll Morton, Muddy Waters and countless others. Family and friends, contemporaries and musicians recall his many accomplishments. Lomax's sometime collaborator Pete Seeger took a different route as a singer of folksongs. The great social activist, environmentalist, and banjoman, Pete Seeger speaks of his life in music and social justice--two things he's brought together for over 60 years.

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Emmylou Harris & Yo La Tengo

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Emmylou Harris & Yo La Tengo

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Emmylou Harris & Yo La Tengo

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Emmylou Harris and Yo La Tengo

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November 15th, 2000 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Emmylou Harris and Yo La Tengo

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Emmylou Harris / Yo La Tengo

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August 8th, 2001 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Emmylou Harris / Yo La Tengo

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July 16th, 2003 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

'Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?': The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation w/Pete Seeger

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July 16th, 2003 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

'Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?': The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation w/Pete Seeger

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July 14th, 2004 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?: The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation with Pete Seeger

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July 14th, 2004 • FROM THE PLAYLIST

Where Have All the Folk Songs Gone?: The Alan Lomax Legacy and a Conversation with Pete Seeger

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