Person
Mike Seeger
Acting · 1933–2009 · New York City, New York
Biography
Mike Seeger was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who mainly played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed in more than 40 other recordings. He desired to make known the caretakers of culture that inspired and taught him. He was posthumously inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2018.
Known for
Indian Summer
Musician
Give Me the Banjo
Self
Talking Feet
Director
The Winding Stream
Self
Banjo Tales
2012
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
Always Been a Rambler
2020
Homemade American Music
self
Old-Time Banjo Styles
Mike Seeger
Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song
Self
Filmography
- 2020Always Been a Rambler
- 2015Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
- 2014The Winding StreamSelf
- 2012Banjo Tales
- 2011Give Me the BanjoSelf
- 2005Old-Time Banjo StylesMike Seeger
- 2002Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the SongSelf
- 1987Talking FeetDirector
- 1980Homemade American Musicself
- 1960Indian SummerMusician
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