On the two CD set, Pete Remembers Woody, Pete recounts his vivid firsthand reminiscences, wide-ranging and frequently humorous, of Woody's adult life Guthrie's transmutation of his experiences and omnivorous readings into popular although often controversial songs, his tips on freight-hopping and saloon singing, encounters with musical contemporaries Leadbelly and others, and many of the life lessons Pete has subsequently used in his own career, still ongoing in this Centennial year of Guthrie's birth. Interspersed with Pete's recollections of Woody are versions of some of Guthrie's most famous songs performed by idealistic links in the topical music chain like Arlo Guthrie (dueting with Pete on one of the few Woody-Seeger co-writes, 66 Highway Blues), the Work 'o the Weavers (This Land is Your Land, So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh!), CD producer David Bernz, whose own three-part Woody's Ghost serves to bookend and provide an intermission between the two CDs, and Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, who added music to Woody's lyrics for Howdy Little Newly come. The Vanaver Caravan, the 40-year-old troupe of musicians and dancers, performs the Depression plaint Do Re Mi, Union Maid, Pastures of Plenty and Peace Pin Boogie, while members of Hope Machine tackle I Ain't Got No Home and I've Got to Know. Woody himself, with another of his running buddies, Cisco Houston, is heard on a 1940's recording of New York Town. Fink's banjo-playing on various traditional tunes helps tie together the masterful sequencing of spoken stories and related songs.

Tracklist:

Woody's Ghost - Part 1
Pete Meets Woody (Spoken Word)
Are There Any Mountains Near Here? (Spoken Word)
Woody Writes "This Land Is Your Land" (Spoken Word)
America Learns "This Land Is Your Land" (Spoken Word)
My Big Education (Spoken Word)
66 Highway Blues
How To Sing In Saloons (Spoken Word)
Riding The Freights (Spoken Word)
Rambling The Appalachians (Spoken Word)
Which Side Are You On?
You'd Better Get Them Singing (Spoken Word)
Union Maid
Songs Woody Liked (Spoken Word)
New York Town
Reading And Writing (Spoken Word)
The Minstrel Song (Spoken Word)
On The Radio, Tom Mooney And Will Geer (Spoken Word)
Do Re Mi
Woody Sez (Spoken Word)
Why Do You Stand There In The Rain? (Spoken Word)
The Flip-Flop (Spoken Word)
The Almanacs Go West (Spoken Word)
The Sinking Of The Reuben James
The Folk Process (Spoken Word)
Woody Trilogy: Hard Travelin', This Train, There's A Better World A-Coming
Fighting Fascism Starts Right Here (Spoken Word)
If I Had A Hammer
Woody's Ghost - Part 2
From Wwii To The Weavers (Spoken Word)
Just Make It A General Song (Spoken Word)
So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh!
The Last Time I Heard Woody Sing (Spoken Word)
Pastures Of Plenty
The Freest Place On Earth (Spoken Word)
This Machine Kills Fascists (Spoken Word)
Little Arlo Writes Things Down (Spoken Word)
Woody In The Balcony (Spoken Word)
This Land Is Your Land
The Last Visit (Spoken Word)
My Peace
Woody Lives On (Spoken Word)
I Ain't Got No Home
Howdy Little Newlycome
Peace Pin Boogie
Woody's "Rulin's"
I've Got To Know
Woody's Ghost - Part 3
Woody's Ghost - Part 2
From Wwii To The Weavers (Spoken Word)
Just Make It A General Song (Spoken Word)
So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh!
The Last Time I Heard Woody Sing (Spoken Word)
Pastures Of Plenty
The Freest Place On Earth (Spoken Word)
This Machine Kills Fascists (Spoken Word)
Little Arlo Writes Things Down (Spoken Word)
Woody In The Balcony (Spoken Word)
This Land Is Your Land
The Last Visit (Spoken Word)
My Peace
Woody Lives On (Spoken Word)
I Ain't Got No Home
Howdy Little Newlycome
Peace Pin Boogie
Woody's "Rulin's"
I've Got To Know
Woody's Ghost - Part 3

UPC: 611587113122
Label: Appleseed Records
Release Date: 9.25.12
Format: CD

Pete Seeger - Pete Remembers Woody (2 CD)