Various Artists - Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Benefit, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 5-3-2009

Pete Seeger had a remarkable music career, and a remarkably long one. By the time of this concert, he was truly a living legend. This concert celebrated his 90th birthday. (He went on to live four more years, until 2014.) It's staggering to consider he began performing music in public before the start of World War II, and he was still going at this concert, sixty years later! This concert was a benefit for the Clearwater Project, which Seeger had been involved in for a long time. But it also was a tribute to Seeger, and a celebration of his career, including his progressive activism. It's such a big concert that I decided it was best to split it into three parts. This is the first part.

Seeger made such a big musical impact that practically everyone in the folk music genre, and lots of people in other genres like rock, jazz, and country, wanted to be a part of this concert. There are quite a few guests mostly singing Seeger songs, and songs associated with Seeger, for this album, as you can see from the song list. But keep in mind this is just the first of three parts, and most of the "big names" were saved until later.

The music here has never been officially released in an audio format, as far as I know. But it has been released on DVD. It also has been shown on PBS stations. I converted the video to audio, then chopped it into mp3s. Due to that source, the sound quality is excellent.

This album is 50 minutes long. 

01 talk (Native American Indian Cultural Alliance)
02 Blessing of the River (Native American Indian Cultural Alliance)
03 talk (Tim Robbins)
04 talk (John Mellencamp)
05 If I Had a Hammer (John Mellencamp)
06 talk (John Mellencamp)
07 A Ride Back Home (John Mellencamp)
08 talk (Ani DiFranco)
09 Which Side Are You On (Bruce Cockburn & Ani DiFranco)
10 John Henry (Tom Paxton, Tom Morello, Eric Weissberg & Jacob Silver)
11 talk (Michael Franti)
12 Dear Mr. President (Michael Franti, Laura Cortese, Eric Weissberg & Patterson Hood)
13 Oh Freedom (Patterson Hood, Toshi Reagon, Bernice Reagon, Abigail Washburn, Guy Davis & Jacob Silver)
14 talk (Billy Bragg)
15 L'Internationale (Billy Bragg)
16 Union Maid (Billy Bragg, Mike & Ruthy Merenda & Dar Williams)
17 talk (Toshi Reagon)
18 Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down (Pete Seeger, Taj Mahal, Steve Earle, Toshi Reagon & Warren Haynes)
19 False from True (Guy Davis, Steve Earle & Warren Haynes)
20 The Water Is Wide (Emmylou Harris with Teddy Thompson, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Rufus & Martha Wainwright)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/JbXjXHVi

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/UxzbX4dJIjKnUBJ/file

The cover image of Seeger is a screenshot I took from a video of this exact concert.