Weavers
The Weavers are one of the examples of strong musical skills and long-staying honorable protest. They were formed back in the 50s of Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman and Lee Hays. They were well known and were at the leading edge of the large growth of folk music in the 50s and 60s. They also became snarled in many of the difficult political situations that came up during that era. But they did their best to settle in and not get involved in too many controversial events and didn’t record their biggest protest songs. A couple years ago, the group was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys, with two of the members representing the rest of the group (one of the members passed away 3 decades ago. Their music is very well respected even now and the people in the audience really understood the example that the Weavers had passed down about how to make music and how to live in a difficult world.
