{"name":"Pete Seeger","title":"Pete Seeger","id":2159,"slug":"pete-seeger","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2159/?format=json","bio_short":"Pete Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an American <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/folk\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">folk</a> <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/singer\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">singer</a>, political activist and author, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. He is particular loved as the author (or co-author) of the songs <a title=\"Pete Seeger &ndash; Where Have All The Flowers Gone\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Seeger/_/Where+Have+All+The+Flowers+Gone\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Where Have All The Flowers Gone</a>, <a title=\"Pete Seeger &ndash; If I Had a Hammer\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Seeger/_/If+I+Had+a+Hammer\" class=\"bbcode_track\">If I Had a Hammer</a>, and <a title=\"Pete Seeger &ndash; Turn, Turn, Turn\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Seeger/_/Turn%2C+Turn%2C+Turn\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Turn, Turn, Turn</a>. One of his brothers is <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Seeger\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Mike Seeger</a>; <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Peggy+Seeger\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Peggy Seeger</a> is his half-sister.   As a member of the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Weavers\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Weavers</a>, Pete Seeger had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Leadbelly\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Leadbelly</a>'s &quot;<a title=\"Pete Seeger &ndash; Goodnight Irene\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Seeger/_/Goodnight+Irene\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Goodnight Irene</a>&quot; that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/PeteSeeger.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":23975,"title":"Hvert er farið blómið blátt?","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/hvert-er-farid-blomid-blatth/"},{"id":26800,"title":"Veistu' um blóm sem voru hér?","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/veistu-um-blom-sem-voru-herh/"},{"id":24543,"title":"We Shall Overcome (protest song 1948)","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/we-shall-overcome-protest-song-1948/"},{"id":14098,"title":"Where Have All The Flowers Gone","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone/"},{"id":2430,"title":"Where Have All The Flowers Gone?","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/where-have-all-the-flowers-goneh/"}]}