Pete Seeger (1919 - 2014) was a giant of our time. Growing up in a musical family, he had a long and productive career as a folk song leader and social activist. Overall, he appears (or is otherwise ...

Giddens first met Flemons at the Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C., in 2005. The encounter led to visits with mentor Joe Thompson, who lived in Mebane, N.C. Thompson, who was 86 at the time, had ...