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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:45:56 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Pete Seeger Passover</title><link>http://www.billburnettsongmine.com/pete-seeger-passover/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:57:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Pete Seeger Passover</title><dc:creator>Bill Burnett</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:36:47 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.billburnettsongmine.com/pete-seeger-passover/2009/4/16/pete-seeger-passover.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">299139:3668243:3663727</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 150px;" src="http://www.billburnettsongmine.com/storage/Ildi3-1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1239863991854" alt="" /></span></span>No&nbsp;singer songwriter alive or dead embodies the themes of Passover like Pete Seeger. Rising up, escaping shackles, speaking truth to power, leading a popular movement, ending slavery, supporting labor, peace and justice. And following the voice you hear--whether it comes from a burning bush or a burning heart. &nbsp;If you haven't yet seen the great documentary Power of Song, get it and see it. Immediately. And sign the petition to give&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nobelprize4pete.org">Pete Seeger the Nobel Peace Prize &nbsp;(http://www.nobelprize4pete.org).</a></p>
<p>And now listen and watch, as Pete leads a seder...</p>
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<p>Here's the song that CBS censored from the Smothers Brothers show. It was eventually broadcast, but the Smothers Brothers were cancelled soon after.</p>
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<p>This Vietnam era song still rings true today, even though Obama is president. &nbsp;What do you make of that?</p>
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<p>A song from the time of the great labor movement. In Pete's tradition, you gotta take sides.</p>
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<p>And after so many years of struggle and song, an exultant moment from three months ago, accompanied by<a href="http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html">Bruce Springsteen</a>&nbsp;and all of America!</p>
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<p>&nbsp;This "This Land" is a rare performance of the great&nbsp;<a href="http://www.woodyguthrie.org/">Woody Guthrie</a>&nbsp;classic with all its lyrics intact. &nbsp;Usually we get the watered down, schoolroom approved version. Among the missing verses, my favorite is &nbsp;<em>As I was walkin', I saw a sign there/And that sign said "No Trespassin'"/ But on the other side it didn't say nothin'/ THAT side was made for you and me!</em></p>
<p>Go now to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nobelprize4pete.org">http://www.nobelprize4pete.org,</a>&nbsp;and sign the petition. Let's give this folk singing, songwriting, banjo &amp; guitar strummin', crowd pleasing,peace mongering, civil rights marching, commie respecting, black listed, totally committed activist and American patriot the Nobel Peace Prize.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.billburnettsongmine.com/pete-seeger-passover/rss-comments-entry-3663727.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>
