A report on The Weavers and Ronnie Gilbert
She was one of the original members of the music quartet the Weavers, as a contralto with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman.
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Pete Seeger
2 linksAmerican folk singer and social activist.
American folk singer and social activist.
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.
Fred Hellerman
2 linksAmerican folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter.
American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter.
Hellerman was an original member of the seminal American folk group The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Ronnie Gilbert.
Lee Hays
2 linksLee Hays (March 14, 1914 – August 26, 1981) was an American folksinger and songwriter, best known for singing bass with the Weavers.
A group of People's Artists, comprising Seeger, Hays, Fred Hellerman, and Ronnie Gilbert, worked up a musical accompaniment to the dances, which they called (in the "One World" spirit of the Progressive movement) "Around the World".
Holly Near
0 linksAmerican singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.
American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.
When Near joined, they began to sound more like The Weavers, with three male voices and one female.
She would also meet and work with the female singer in The Weavers, Ronnie Gilbert.