Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009) was an American
folk musician and
folklorist. At 25, along with
John Cohen and
Tom Paley, he became a founding member of
the New Lost City Ramblers. His famous musical family includes sister
Peggy Seeger and half-brother
Pete Seeger. He was exposed to traditional music through his mother
Ruth Crawford-Seeger and father
Charles Seeger, who worked with musicologists John and
Alan Lomax. He was an accomplished musician; a distinctive singer who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, and dobro. His influe…
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