LC control no. | n 81022186 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML420 Biography |
Personal name heading | Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009 |
Variant(s) | Seeger, Michael, 1933- Seeger, Michael, 1933-2009 |
See also | Corporate body: New Lost City Ramblers Corporate body: Strange Creek Singers |
Birth date | 1933-08-15 |
Death date | 2009-08-07 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Lexington (Va.) |
Field of activity | Folk music |
Affiliation | New Lost City Ramblers Strange Creek Singers |
Profession or occupation | Musicians Folk singers Banjoists Fiddlers Dulcimer players Guitarists Mandolinists Harmonica players Folklorists |
Found in | Mountain music, bluegrass style, 1959: label (Mike Seeger) New Grove, 2nd ed. (under Seeger: Mike (Michael) Seeger; b. Aug. 15, 1933, New York; folksinger and instrumentalist, son of Charles Louis Seeger and Ruth Crawford) New York Times website, Aug. 11, 2009 (in obituary published Aug. 10: Mike Seeger; b. in New York; d. Friday [Aug. 7, 2009], Lexington, Va., aged 75; singer and multi-instrumentalist who played an important role in the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s,) Discogs website, July 16, 2020: Mike Seeger page (Mike Seeger; autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp [harmonica], mandolin, dobro; folklorist; New Lost City Ramblers; Strange Creek Singers) <https://www.discogs.com/artist/888348-Mike-Seeger> |
Associated language | eng |