Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger 'The Driver's Song', interview

Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - 'The Driver's Song' excerpt, and interview with each of them, 1975. Ewan is Kirsty's dad; Peggy is half-brother of Pete. Ewan wrote 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' about meeting Peggy at age 20, and 'Dirty Old Town' about Salford - though mostly his songs were militant and political. Peggy had her US passport withdrawn after she visited China, resulting in her settling in the UK with Ewan. Later she wrote 'I'm Gonna Be an Engineer'.
"I don't believe that today there is any art worthy of the name besides the art created by the working class in the course of its struggle." Food for thought in these days of Non-Fungible Tokens.
Broadcast on November 3 1975 on the Irish programme 'First House', interview by Tom McGurk.
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[@sandramorey2529]

Nobody can sing a ballad like Ewan MacCall! They both write wonderful songs. Thanks for posting this

[@TheFatPriest]

Fantastic, thank you. I was lucky enough to go to the Singers Club at the Bull and Mouth every other Saturday night for about four years at the end of the 1970s into the 1980s. This was about four years previous to that starting, but it's very much how I remember them.

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

We. Never got to see ewan, but see have seen Peggy on two occasions and she is wonderful.

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

I love this! You can tell that they deeply love each other a lot…

[@vidamo1369]

Thank you for this wonderful video

[@GazelyGaze]

You're welcome! They have a huge place in music history; not enough people are aware.

[@eliotreader8220]

this going to be a good song

[@Rabb88]

2:55 what a powerful statement

[@GazelyGaze]

yes, but also sightly controversial - that kind of thinking led to Stalin purging unauthorised art!

[@dickmiles6639]

intersting