Mike Seeger

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Biography

Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. At 25, along with John Cohen and Tom Paley, he became a founding member of The New Lost City Ramblers. His famous musical family includes sister Peggy Seeger and half-brother Pete Seeger.

He was exposed to traditional music through his mother Ruth Crawford-Seeger and father Charles Seeger, who worked with musicologists John and Alan Lomax.

He was an accomplished musician; a distinctive singer who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, and dobro.

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1	Cripple Creek	10
2	Holston Valley Breakdown	6
3	Bonaparte's Retreat	4
4	The New Market Wreck	3
5	Cotton Mill Colic	2
5	Johnson Jinkson	2
5	Wildwood Flower	2
5	John Hardy	2
9	After All Has Been Said and Done	1
9	Spoonful	1
9	Weary Lonesome Blues	1
9	Arizona	1
9	Wabash Blues	1
9	Deep Elam Blues	1
9	White Oak Mountain	1