A report on The Weavers and Erik Darling

Inspired by the folk music group The Weavers, in the 1950s, he formed The Tunetellers, which evolved into The Tarriers with actor/singer Alan Arkin.

- Erik Darling

Seeger recommended Erik Darling of the Tarriers as his replacement.

- The Weavers

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Vanguard Records

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American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City.

In the mid-1950s Vanguard signed blacklisted performers Paul Robeson and the Weavers.

Erik Darling

The Rooftop Singers

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American country folk-singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In".

The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe (vocals, guitar) with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor (vocals).

The group was more influenced by ragtime, blues, and songster material than contemporaneous folk groups such as The Weavers, to which Darling belonged until just before he formed the Rooftop Singers.

Pete Seeger

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American folk singer and social activist.

Peter Seeger (on father's lap) with his father and mother, Charles and Constance Seeger and brothers on a camping trip (May 23, 1921)

Pete Seeger entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt (center), honored guest at a racially integrated Valentine's Day party marking the opening of the United Federal Labor Canteen, CIO, in then-segregated Washington, D.C., 1944.

Four long-neck banjos inspired by Seeger's. The instrument on far left was closely constructed to match Seeger's. American Banjo Museum.

Seeger at 86 on the cover of Sing Out! (Summer 2005), a magazine he helped found in 1950

Pete Seeger, Stern Grove, San Francisco, August 6, 1978

Sloop Clearwater sailing up the Hudson River

Seeger (left), performing with Kabir Suman at Kolkata in 1996

Seeger at the Clearwater Festival in June 2007

Pete Seeger (right), 88 years old, photographed in March 2008 with his friend, the writer and musician Ed Renehan

A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.

Besides Pete Seeger (performing under his own name), members of the Weavers included charter Almanac member Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman; later Frank Hamilton, Erik Darling, and Bernie Krause serially took Seeger's place.

The Tarriers

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American vocal group, specializing in folk music and folk-flavored popular music.

The group formed from a collection of folk singers who performed regularly at Washington Square in New York City during the mid-1950s, including Erik Darling and Bob Carey.

In March 1958, Darling was recruited to replace Pete Seeger in The Weavers.