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Peggy Seeger, inspiration for ballad, shares her own music

By LINDA McALPINE / La Crosse Tribune

Peggy Seeger's face may not have been the one to launch a thousand ships, but it was the inspiration for a popular love ballad.

Seeger, half-sister of famous folk singer Pete Seeger and renown in the genre herself, was in La Crosse to perform at the Great River Folk Festival, which continues today on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus.

"We weren't married then, and were estranged, and not getting along very well," Seeger said of her 30-year relationship with songwriter Ewan McColl. "I was in California and he was in England."

Seeger said McColl sang "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," to her over the phone.

"He told me he made it up on the phone as he was talking to me, saying he was cuckoo in love," she said.

"He never sang it again," she said. "He gave it to me."

McColl died in 1989, but Seeger said she thinks of him every time she sings that song.

Auburn Annie, Thanks so much for that info. I swear there is not a single thing that someone on this forum does not know or cannot find out. It's amazing!

Auburn Annie, Thanks so much for that info. I swear there is not a single thing that someone on this forum does not know or cannot find out. It's amazing!

quote:Originally posted by miketouhy:
look! eother somebody answer my question or don't say anything.

Did you hear the one about the old man in the nursing home?

No. What happened? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

No. What happened? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

quote:Originally posted by djb:
No. What happened? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
He got lost while walking in a forest but luckily somebody found him!
And Rona Ewan MacColl's great song is one of only a small handful of songs on Gord's 20 Original Albums that he did not compose himself


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My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

quote:Originally posted by djb:
No. What happened? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
He got lost while walking in a forest but luckily somebody found him!
And Rona Ewan MacColl's great song is one of only a small handful of songs on Gord's 20 Original Albums that he did not compose himself


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My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

John, I was making myself crazy, when I finally realized I was getting "The first time ever I saw your face" and "The last time I saw her" confused! First, last, whatever...
Funny story: Iwas just going through some old cards I had sent my parents a zillion years ago when I was in college (1976.) I quote: "I didn't tell you that Gordon Lightfoot was (still is) at Sahara Tahoe when we were there. However, we did not go see him. $12.50 per person for the midnight show and $17.50 (!!) for the 8 p.m. show! Can you believe that?! It was very depressing walking around Sahara's and seeing all these pictures of him all over and seeing all these rich people standing in line."
Nothing like a starving student, right?

John, I was making myself crazy, when I finally realized I was getting "The first time ever I saw your face" and "The last time I saw her" confused! First, last, whatever...
Funny story: Iwas just going through some old cards I had sent my parents a zillion years ago when I was in college (1976.) I quote: "I didn't tell you that Gordon Lightfoot was (still is) at Sahara Tahoe when we were there. However, we did not go see him. $12.50 per person for the midnight show and $17.50 (!!) for the 8 p.m. show! Can you believe that?! It was very depressing walking around Sahara's and seeing all these pictures of him all over and seeing all these rich people standing in line."
Nothing like a starving student, right?