Re: [ARSCLIST] John Hammond discovered everybody, was Community Radio

[Cary Ginell <SoundThink@xxxxxxx>]

In a message dated 7/18/2006 2:23:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Not  really..Seeger was recording for Asch and Disc (Folkways' predecessors) 
in the  78 era and was making LPs for Folkways from their inception, all 
through the  Weavers era and well beyond. He was probably just as happy to be 
living in the  country, chopping wood and growing his own food and doing an 
occasional  gig.

dl



I wouldn't say he was happy at all. Pete was not making much money  because 
of the blacklist. According to Seeger's biography, Asch kept the Seegers  
eating throughout the fifties by paying him a fixed weekly sum that started at  $25 
"in lieu of royalties." And Asch kept Pete working. By 1955 he had made 29  
albums for Folkways. He testified before the HUAC in August of 1955 and if it  
wasn't for the Folkways recordings, he would not have had any income. 
 
Cary  Ginell
Origin Jazz  Library
www.originjazz.com