A member of the Community Church of New York, Pete Seeger was born to a musicologist and a music teacher, both faculty members of the Juilliard School in New York, NY; as a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter later wrote, it was a family "whose chromosomes fairly burst with music." Music and activism blended naturally for Seeger, who at sixteen saw a performance that has since directed his life.



Pete Seeger is probably best known for his clear and catchy singing and his mastery of the five-string banjo. However, he is very well capable of playing steel drums and several other instruments as well.



In 1966 Seeger played with Paul Winter, Andrew and Paul Tracey (from South Africa). The three percussionsists played a three-man Ugandan xylophone on stage.



Pete Seeger is also author of several books about (percussion) instruments, including "The Steel Drum: A New Folk Instrument."