We Shall Overcome RIP - Pete Seegar

My mother has always been into folk music and by osmosis I suppose so have I.  Almost without knowing I absorbed the songs and the tales crooned by the great folk singers, not just from Liverpool but from across the world.

I might not have known who they were but I knew their music - Pete Seegar is one of them.

In the 1950s, Pete was in Liverpool and whilst here had two distinctive 12-sting baritone guitars built and designed by G. Stanley Francis.

Pete said that Stan's guitars were 'the best in the world' and Stan went onto make guitars for such luminaries as Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones and Lonnie Donegan.



Stan is still alive today and despite Martin making 'Pete Seegar Signature' models based on Stans designs he has never sought the acclaim.

Here is a lovely video from Pete Seegars Rainbow Quest with June Carter and Johnny Cash.

I'm sure i'll meet Pete one day... down by the riverside.