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- Birth nameMichael Seeger
- Mike Seeger was born on August 15, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Talking Feet (1987), Banjo Tales with Mike Seeger (2012) and Monk with a Camera (2014). He was married to Alexia Smith, Marjorie Ostrow and Alice Gerrard. He died on August 7, 2009 in Lexington, Virginia, USA.
- SpousesAlexia Smith(1995 - August 7, 2009) (his death)Marjorie Ostrow (divorced, 3 children)Alice Gerrard (divorced)
- Younger half-brother of Pete Seeger and older brother of Peggy Seeger.
- His father was an ethnomusicologist, and his mother was a composer who worked at the Archive of American Folk Song in Washington DC.
- He formed The New Lost City Ramblers in 1958.
- He had a distinctive voice, and played auto-harp, banjo, dobro, dulcimer, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and mouth harp.
- He helped to revive interest in American folk music in the 1950s and '60s. He collected traditional Southern rural music, and gathered the stories behind the songs.
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