Pete Seeger: Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In

As Willie Nelson taught us, you just can’t play a sad song on a banjo. Folk legend Pete Seeger unveils his newest protest song.

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posted Aug 04, 2010

— tags: BP Oil Spill

Pete Seeger's banjo, photo by Michael Bowman for YES! Magazine Pete Seeger, activist and one of the greatest singer/songwriters of the last century, has spoken out through song against the BP oil spill.

He performed his new protest song, "God's Countin' On Me, God's Countin' On You" with musician James Maddock in a concert benefiting the Gulf Restoration Network.

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Lyrics?

Posted by David Phillips at Aug 07, 2010 08:32 AM

How about a transcript, or better, captioning, to include your deaf and hard of hearing subscribers?

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