I sang with the New York Choral Society when we were the backup chorus for his Carnegie Hall concerts.
Needless to say, we prepared like crazy for our first rehearsal with him. Somehow, our first song didn't go well, and we were looking around, wondering what was happening. Bob deCormier, our conductor, stopped the rehearsal, and Pete Seeger told us he'd been working really hard on the Clearwater Festival, he hadn't had a chance to practice as much as he needed to be as prepared as we wanted to be, and he wanted to apologize to each and every one of us. We just gave him a standing ovation. Not a guy who took himself too seriously. On Aug 11, 2017 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: Send Finale mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Finale digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" (Raymond Horton) 2. Re: Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" (Christopher Smith) 3. Re: Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" (Chuck Israels) 4. Re: Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" (David H. Bailey) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:19:15 -0400 From: Raymond Horton <[email protected]> Subject: [Finale] Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" To: [email protected], [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <CAAMjx4CF1Xd9y1bzh6w=2umn_rsdhewhitxe23cjm+_bvuz...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" https://www.yahoo.com/music/effort-free-civil-rights-anthem-120722464.html Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:31:02 -0400 From: Christopher Smith <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Finale] Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Okay, but apparently if you use the lyric ?we will overcome? and ?down in my heart? instead of ?we shall? and ?deep in my heart?, you are good to go; this version is in the public domain still. Whew. Christopher > On Aug 10, 2017, at 7:19 PM, Raymond Horton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" > > https://www.yahoo.com/music/effort-free-civil-rights-anthem-120722464.html > > Raymond Horton > Composer, Arranger > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church > Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 > Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:01:44 -0700 From: Chuck Israels <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Finale] Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Interesting ? and the description of Pete Seeger as a humble, generous, and well-meaning person certainly parallels my experience with him. I feel as if I practically grew up with him - singing and playing the guitar on stage with him at 10 or 12 years old and having him visit our home many times in the ensuing years. I can?t imagine Pete himself making an issue over ownership of what seems to me to be something that clearly belongs in the public domain. I often find the business of music disturbingly venal as soon as non-musicians get involved. Chuck > On Aug 10, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Raymond Horton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" > > https://www.yahoo.com/music/effort-free-civil-rights-anthem-120722464.html > > Raymond Horton > Composer, Arranger > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church > Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 > Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] Chuck Israels [email protected] (360) 201-3434 8831 SE 12th Ave. Portland OR 97202 <chuckisraelsjazz.com> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 06:12:17 -0400 From: "David H. Bailey" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Finale] Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome" To: [email protected], Chuck Israels <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 8/10/2017 8:01 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > Interesting ? and the description of Pete Seeger as a humble, generous, and well-meaning person certainly parallels my experience with him. I feel as if I practically grew up with him - singing and playing the guitar on stage with him at 10 or 12 years old and having him visit our home many times in the ensuing years. I can?t imagine Pete himself making an issue over ownership of what seems to me to be something that clearly belongs in the public domain. I often find the business of music disturbingly venal as soon as non-musicians get involved. > I agree with your impression of Pete Seeger -- I remember hearing or reading (I can't remember if it was part of his between-songs patter in a live recording or printed in an interview) him recount the tale of copyrighting the song "Where Have All The Flowers Gone." He had written it and performed it and others had picked it up and performed it and recorded it and one day his manager heard it on the radio and asked him "Didn't you write that?" Pete said "Yes." The manager asked if Pete had copyrighted it and Pete said he didn't think so. So the manager registered the copyright for him. I don't think Pete was all that interested in the business end of things. And I agree with your final statement -- once the bean counters get hold of things, the nice collegial feeling of the music world is ruined. -- ***** David H. 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