Chopping Wood – Pete Seeger w/ David & Jacob Bernz
Schedule
Thu, 16 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Beacon Sloop Club | Beacon, NY
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On Thursday Jan. 16th at 7:00 pm The Beacon Sloop Club’s 2024 Lecture Series Presents, Chopping Wood – Pete Seeger w/ David & Jacob Bernz, part book reading and part sing along, derived from conversations between David and Pete. Have you seen Ed Norton’s recent portrayal of Pete Seeger? This is an opportunity to hear Pete’s own words. Minimally edited to preserve Seeger’s trademark cadence, the book is punctuated by historical images and additional commentary by David Bernz, as well as remembrances from other musicians and friends and a foreword by Arlo Guthrie.
We invite you to listen in as Pete unabashedly shares historical and family stories; tells of learning the banjo, traveling with Woody Guthrie, and finding commercial success with The Weavers; explains how he wrote books and put together songs; delves into controversial subjects like communism and the Peekskill Riots; and highlights those he admired and respected, including Bruce Springsteen, who honored Pete with his Seeger Sessions album in 2006.
Pete and David share the heavy lifting as they tackle subjects such as the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Pete’s relationship to Greenwich Village, and the need for copyright reform. Together, they describe how Pete put his worldview into practice in his local community, and how he lived with local hero status in later life.
David and Jacob Bernz are a father-son team of folksingers and songwriters hailing from Beacon New York. David’s performance ensembles have included “Dave, Perry, Rande, “Stone Soup” and “Work o’ the Weavers” and he has released CDs with each. David has also received two Grammy Awards producing CDs for Pete Seeger including Best Folk Album 2008 and best children’s album 2010. Jacob is a prolific young songwriter with five CDs of original material. Combining many influences into a genre all his own, Jacob’s delivery is uniquely poetic and personal, together they weave a tapestry of songs old and new.
Free, Beacon Sloop Club, 2 Red Flynn Dr., Beacon, NY. For more information: www.beaconsloopclub.org (845) 463-4660, (914) 879-1082
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