{"id":19924,"date":"1988-04-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-04-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=19924"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:23:18","slug":"matr-pete-seeger-bruce-springsteen-and-friends-well-may-the-world-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/04\/23\/matr-pete-seeger-bruce-springsteen-and-friends-well-may-the-world-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Well May the World Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 3, 2009, the music world paid tribute to Pete Seeger on the occasion of his 90th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Springsteen performed that night, as did John Mellencamp, Tom Morello, Michael Franti, Emmylou Harris, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Pete performed at his own party, too. At the end of the night he joined Bruce, Patti, and an all-star ensemble (including Pete&#8217;s grandson Tao) for a rousing rendition of Pete&#8217;s &#8220;Well May the World Go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bruce and Patti stayed respectfully in the background, but they were clearly excited to be part of the festivities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-Rcv0xoNr-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='314' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/Rcv0xoNr?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Well May the World Go&#8221; was a great choice to cap an evening celebrating the life of Pete Seeger. Written by Pete in 1973 (adapted from the 18th century song &#8220;Weel May the Keel Row&#8221;), the song is a wish for peace, health, joy, and love for the world long after the singer is gone from it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mc_w9Bvce5I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Pete spent his life doing his best to ensure that well the world may go, and he&#8217;d go on to do so for almost another five years after his 90th birthday concert.<\/p>\n<p>Pete passed from this earth in early 2014, but his music and his benediction live on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well May the World Go<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> May 3, 2009 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> May 3, 2009 (New York City , NY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 August 3, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: on the occasion of Pete Seeger&#8217;s 90th birthday, Bruce, Patti, and an all-star line-up of musicians join Seeger in a rousing rendition of his 1973 benediction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,3609,5],"tags":[172,2847],"class_list":["post-19924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-little-help","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-pete-seeger","tag-well-may-the-world-go"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pete-and-bruce.jpg?fit=1023%2C677&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-5bm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11630,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/01\/matr-pete-seeger-and-bruce-springsteen-goodnight-irene\/","url_meta":{"origin":19924,"position":0},"title":"MatR: Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen &#8211; Goodnight, Irene","author":"Ken","date":"August 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"By remarkable circumstance, Bruce covered \"Goodnight, Irene\" in concert twice, but almost no one in the venue heard him! 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