Don't know about their politics but did (and still do) enjoy their music. Had just moved from TX to NYC and was living in a hotel on 46th Street in '60. A group of us used to go to the village fairly regularly after work. They often played in a "coffeehouse" near Washington Square. If my memory is correct, that's where they actually started to play as a group somewhere around '61 or so. Sometimes the nights ended up as mornings (g) I was in my early 30's back then, lots of good memories. I'm going to have to look for WHKP... 73, Mac, kr0i In a message dated 7/8/2010 12:10:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Dunno about Peter, Paul and Mary, but "If I Had a Hammer"'s two writers were respectively a Communist and what the McCarthyites used to call a "fellow traveler." Pete Seeger joined the Young Communist League (YCL) in 1937, and the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) in 1942. Lee Hays was a regular contributor to the Marxist periodical New Masses in the 1930's. In a letter published in the January 11, 1938 issue, he describes himself as "a rank-and-file worker of a Soviet America." Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
