2008 studio album by Pete Seeger
At 89 Released September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30 ) Genre Folk Length 48 :28 Label Appleseed
At 89 Pete Seeger , released on September 30, 2008, via Appleseed Records .[ 1] Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album .[ 2]
Composition
The album features a blend of instrumental and vocal songs, interspersed with spoken word segments. Several tracks were recorded at the Howland Center in Beacon, NY with a large group of people working in community.[citation needed
"Song of the World's Last Whale" is an anti-whaling song composed by Seeger in 1970 after he listened to the "whale song " discovered by Roger Payne .[ 3] New York Zoological Society which is concerned with whale conservation .[ 4] At 89 .[ 3] [ 5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pete Seeger except where noted
Title Writer(s) 1. "Nameless Banjo Riff" 0:39 2. "False from True" 2:49 3. "Now We Sit Us Down" 1:16 4. "Pete's Greeting" (Spoken) 0:32 5. "Visions of Children" 2:12 6. "Wonderful Friends" Pete Seeger, Lorre Wyatt 3:20 7. "The Water Is Wide" Traditional 2:32 8. "Pete Talks About Clearwater" (Spoken) 0:30 9. "It's a Long Haul" Travis Jeffrey, Seeger 1:12 10. "Throw Away That Shad Net (How Are We Gonna Save Tomorrow?)" 4:47 11. "Song of the World's Last Whale" 2:39 12. "The First Settlers" David Bernz, Seeger 5:01 13. "The D Minor Flourish/Cindy" Traditional 0:44 14. "Pete's Intro to If It Can't Be Reduced" (Spoken) 0:47 15. "If It Can't Be Reduced" 2:13 16. "Spring Fever" 0:52 17. "Pete Speaks About World War II" (Spoken) 0:31 18. "When I Was Most Beautiful" 2:54 19. "Bach at Treblinka" 1:18 20. "We Will Love or We Will Perish" Johann Sebastian Bach , Seeger1:32 21. "The Story of Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" (Spoken) 1:02 22. "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" Gordon Jenkins, Seeger 2:23 23. "One Percent Phosphorous Banjo Riff" 1:35 24. "Pete Speaks About Involvement" (Spoken) 0:13 25. "Or Else! (One-a These Days)" Bernz, Seeger 3:22 26. "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" 3:36 27. "Little Fat Baby" Bernz, Seeger 4:48 28. "Arrange and Re-Arrange" 3:18 29. "Alleluya" Traditional 2:00 30. "Pete's Extroduction" (Spoken) 1:14 31. "If This World Survives" Malvina Reynolds, Seeger 1:39 32. "How Soon?" 1:08
Credits and personnel
Sue Altkin – choir, chorus, vocals
David Bernz – banjo, choir, chorus, guitar, guitar (12-string), vocals
Robert Cagianese – additional violin ("Alleluya")
Karen Cashin - chorus
Sonya Cohen – vocals ("When I was most Beautiful")
Jonathan Dickau – choir, chorus, engineer, mixing, vocals
Angela Dourdis - chorus
James Durst – choir, chorus, guitar ("Little Fat Baby"), vocals, ("Little Fat Baby, and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
Alison Hartwell - chorus
Travis Jeffrey – vocals ("It's a long haul")
Caroline Kruzansky - chorus, vocals ("Or Else!")
Lisa McVey - chorus
Sara Milonovich – violin
Jenny Murphy - chorus
Mark Murphy – bass, choir, chorus, vocals
Melissa Ohrquist - chorus
Perry Robinson – clarinet
Martha Sandefer – choir, chorus, vocals ("Bach at Treblinka," "Little Fat Baby," and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
Pete Seeger – banjo, choir, chorus, guitar (12-string), guitar (nylon string), Native American flute, spoken word, vocals
Laurie Siegel – choir, chorus, vocals
Dave Tarlo - chorus, vocals ("Now We Sit us Down," and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
Bruce K. Taylor – choir, chorus, vocals
Connie Taylor – choir, chorus, vocals
Sarah Underhill - chorus
The Walkabout Chorus - vocals ("Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," "If this World Survives")
Johann Sebastian Bach – composer
David Bernz – arranger, composer, lyricist
Travis Jeffrey – composer, lyricist
Gordon Jenkins – composer, lyricist
Alan Lomax – arranger, collection
John A. Lomax – arranger, collection
Pete Seeger - arranger, composer, lyricist
Malvina Reynolds – composer, lyricist
Lorre Wyatt – composer, lyricist
Production
David Bernz – engineer, photography, producer
Jonathan Dickau – engineer, mixing
Christina Galbiati – graphic design
David Glasser – mastering
Judy Jacobs – photography
Jim Musselman – executive producer, liner notes
Pete Seeger – producer
References
^ "At 89 - Pete Seeger | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" . Allmusic . Retrieved Sep 25, 2018 .^ "51st Annual GRAMMY Awards" . Recording Academy . 28 November 2017. Retrieved Sep 25, 2018 .^ a b Kerr, Amy (January 28, 2014). "Thank You Pete Seeger" . Ocean Alliance Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2018 . ^ Webster, Bayard (May 26, 1970). "Whales Sing Siren Song for Scientist" . The New York Times Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018 . ^ Schuch, Steve. "An Author's Interview" . Nightheron.com . Archived from the original on February 20, 2001. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
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