Here’s what he said to Congress when they tried to intimidate him into “naming names” during the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings.

“I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this.”

He paid with a ruined career – which he eventually revived – and he outlived in good health all the bastards who tried to grind him down.

– See more at: http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/good-guys-1/pete-seeger-.html#sthash.eX5ACAyt.dpuf

TAP –  A great voice and song writer.  Many will not even have heard of him.  He stood up against the bullies, and sacrificed his career for his principles.  I played Little Boxes when learning to play the guitar as a teenager in the 1960s!  I thought it fitting to mark his passing with a Tap Blog mention.