Tonight’s rebroadcast of the Studs Terkel Program reaches back over 70 years, to 1955. In this joyful hour, Studs welcomed his friend, the American folk legend and banjo virtuoso Pete Seeger (1919 – 2014). The hour ends with their mutual appreciation of one another, and of WFMT, too, as Studs thanks the station’s founders, Bernie and Rita Jacobs, and long-time program director, Norman Pellegrini. Pete Seeger was born on May 3, 1919.
Pete Seeger (11/12/1955)
Pete Seeger, c. 1955 (loc.gov LC-USZ62-116961)
