“ABC-TV launched a new series, Hootenanny, to showcase folk-revival artists such as the New Christy Minstrels and Judy Collins. Pete Seeger would’ve seemed an obvious choice for an appearance - he was the living embodiment of folk music in America - but ABC would not book him. In May 1963, Hootenanny producer Richard Lewine insisted the show's refusal had nothing to do with a blacklist. ‘Pete Seeger,’ Lewine said, ‘just can't hold an audience.’ … ABC later offered to reconsider booking Seeger if he would sign a loyalty oath. The embargo of Seeger did the show damage: Baez, Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary all refused to appear on Hootenanny as a result, and the show went off the air in 1964” (Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 2/27/2014).
Pete Seeger “Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season)”
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