PHOTOS: Folk singer Pete Seeger has died at 94

Folk singer Pete Seeger sings in a one-man benefit concert in Berkeley, Calif., at the Berkeley Community Theater, Feb. 25, 1984. The sold-out concert was a benefit for the San Francisco Folk Music Center, the Woodie Guthrie Foundation and Seeger’s folk music magazine, “Sing Out.” (AP Photo/Mark Costantini) ( Pete Seeger 1984 )

Pete Seeger, American folk singer, is shown, Jan. 3, 1967. (AP Photo/ADN-D.Steinberg) ( American Folk Singer )

Henry A. Wallace, making a political tour of the south, listens to Pete Seeger, his banjo-playing singer, on a plane between Norfolk and Richmond, Aug. 28, 1948. (AP Photo) ( Pete Seeger )

In this July 20, 1966, file photo, Pete Seeger conducts an instrument making session on Children's Day at the Newport Folk Festival, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo, File) ( Obit Seeger )

Folk singer Pete Seeger strums a banjo on the bow of the 75-foot Hudson River Sloop to be launched in South Bristol, Maine on May 14, 1969. Seeger and a group of volunteers had $150,000 vessel built to dramatize the fight against pollution of Hudson River Valley. (AP Photo/Stephen Nichols) ( Pete Seeger )

Folk singer Pete Seeger aboard his brainchild, the sloop Clearwater, cruising on Aug. 12, 1969, down from Massachusetts to N.Y., on Madrid voyage. (AP Photo) ( Pete Seeger Recreation Sailing )

American Folk singer Pete Seeger, left, with Spanish singer Raymond, at Madrid's Barajas airport en-route to a concert in the southern Spanish city of Seville Feb.10, 1971. (AP Photo/L. Gomez) ( Pete Seeger )

American folk singer Pete Seeger, a banjo slung over his shoulder, is accompanied by his wife Toshi, on his arrival at the Federal Court, in New York, on April 4, 1961, for sentencing on a conviction of contempt of a Congress charge. He was given a one-year sentence for refusing to answer questions about possible Communist affiliations. Before he was sentenced, Seeger asked Judge Thomas F. Murphy for permission to sing a song. The judge declined. (AP Photo) ( New York Pete Seeger )

Retiring U.N. Secretary General U. Thant, left, is shown listening to a song by folk singer Pete Seeger at luncheon honoring Thant at the hotel Pierre in New York on Dec. 14, 1971. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) ( Pete Seeger )

File-This May 13, 1975, file photo shows folk singer Pete Seeger, left, performing at the Rally for DÈtente at Carnegie Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) ( Obit Seeger )

Folksingers Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger, rising during a memorial service for the recently deceased actor Will Geer. The service was held at the Martin Luther King Jr. center in New York City on Friday, May 12, 1978. Geersí family and representatives of the actors' union attended the service. (AP Photo/RB) ( Folksingers Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger Performing Singing )

Folk singer Pete Seeger sings in a one-man benefit concert in Berkeley, Calif., at the Berkeley Community Theater, Feb. 25, 1984. The sold-out concert was a benefit for the San Francisco Folk Music Center, the Woodie Guthrie Foundation and Seeger's folk music magazine, 'Sing Out.' (AP Photo/Mark Costantini) ( Pete Seeger 1984 )

Folk legend Pete Seeger, center, with his banjo strapped to his shoulder, poses with Harry Belafonte, left, and longtime friend Arlo Guthrie backstage after Seeger's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at New York s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1996. Seeger was honored for his early influence on rock performers. (AP Photo/Joe Tabacca) ( ROCK INDUCTIONS )

President Clinton presents folk musician Pete Seeger with a 1994 National Medal of Arts, on Friday, Oct. 14, 1994 in Washington at the White House. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette) ( U.S. President Bill Clinton and Folk Musician Pete Seeger Medal )

Pete Seeger plays his banjo Friday May 5, 2006 in Beacon, N.Y. The earnest troubadour who either co-wrote or popularized canonical songs like "If I Had a Hammer" and "John Henry" has become something like America's folkie emeritus. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ( MUSIC PETE SEEGER )

Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger urges the audience to participate during a benefit at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, Mass., Saturday evening, Sept. 9, 2000, for therapist Eduardo M. Bustamente, a specialist in treating troubled adolescents. Bustamante was forced by the state Board of Registration of Psychology to halt his Amherst, Mass., practice on Sept. 2. The decision came following allegations that in 1997, Bustamante made sexual advances to girl, then 18, in his care. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri) ( EMBATTLED THERAPIST )

Legendary folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger, 81, speaks to students and faculty Monday, Jan. 29, 2001, during a forum at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., called "Cultural Work, Coexistence and Community Development: a Conversation with Pete Seeger." The central theme of the forum was a discussion on how to build community through songs of social justice. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ( SEEGER FORUM )

Musician Pete Seeger holds his banjo during a news conference celebrating the placement of the Hudson River sloop 'Clearwater' on the national register of historic places, Thursday, May 13, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ( SEEGER CLEARWATER )

Pete Seeger, who turned 85 in May 2004, sits on his porch above the Hudson River at Beacon, N.Y. and plays a Woody Guthrie song on his banjo on Tuesday, July 27, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight) ( MUSIC PETE SEEGER )

Tao Rodriguez Seeger and his grandfather Pete Seeger perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Saturday, April 25, 2009 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber) ( Music Jazz Fest )

Pete Seeger, who turned 85 in May 2004, removes a limb from a dead hemlock with a double bladed axe on Tuesday, July 27, 2004, that he and his neighbor took down on his property at Beacon, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight) ( MUSIC PETE SEEGER )

Pete Seeger performs at the benefit concert celebrating his 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, May 3, 2009 in New York. The concert is a benefit for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a sloop created by Pete Seeger to preserve and protect the Hudson River. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) ( APTOPIX Pete Seeger Benefit Concert )

FOLK SINGER SOCIAL ACTIVIST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BANJO MUSICIAN ( MUSIC PETE SEEGER )

SINGER, BANJO, HUDSON RIVER FOLK SINGER, SONGWRITER, SONG LEADER, PLAYING BANJO, SITTING ON LOG BY RIVER, WEARING TWO DIFFERENT COLORED SOCKS, ( ARTS SEEGER )

Pete Seeger plays on main stage at Monterey Jazz Festival (Saturday) in Monterey, Calif. on Saturday September 19, 2009. (Orville Myers/ Monterey County Herald) ( Monterey Jazz Festival (Saturday) )

Pete Seeger Kids Concert where he told stories and sang with Tao Rodriguez-Seeger at Monterey Jazz Festival (Saturday evening) in Monterey, Calif. on Saturday September 19, 2009. (Orville Myers/ Monterey County Herald) ( Monterey Jazz Festival (Saturday) )

Pete Seeger plays on main stage at Monterey Jazz Festival (Saturday) in Monterey, Calif. on Saturday September 19, 2009. (Orville Myers/ Monterey County Herald) ( Monterey Jazz Festival (Saturday) )

Pete Seeger performs at the benefit concert celebrating his 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, May 3, 2009 in New York. The concert is a benefit for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, created by Pete Seeger to preserve and protect the Hudson River. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) ( Pete Seeger Benefit Concert )