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Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009

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LC classificationML420 Biography
Personal name headingSeeger, Mike, 1933-2009
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Variant(s)Seeger, Michael, 1933-
Seeger, Michael, 1933-2009
See alsoCorporate body: New Lost City Ramblers
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Corporate body: Strange Creek Singers
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Birth date1933-08-15
Death date2009-08-07
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Place of deathLexington (Va.)
Field of activityFolk music
AffiliationNew Lost City Ramblers Strange Creek Singers
Profession or occupationMusicians Folk singers Banjoists Fiddlers Dulcimer players Guitarists Mandolinists Harmonica players Folklorists
Found inMountain 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)
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