At 89 Explained

At 89 is a studio album by Pete Seeger, released on September 30, 2008, via Appleseed Records.^[1] In 2008, the album earned Seeger the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.^[2]

Composition

The album features a blend of instrumental and vocal songs, interspersed with spoken word segments. Several tracks were recorded at the Howland Center in Beacon, NY with a large group of people working in community.

"Song of the World's Last Whale" is an anti-whaling song composed by Seeger in 1970 after he listened to the "whale song" discovered by Roger Payne.^[3] He gave its rights to the Whale Fund, an auxiliary of the New York Zoological Society which is concerned with whale conservation.^[4] Despite playing the song live, he did not record it officially until At 89.^{[3] [5]}

Credits and personnel

Performers

• Sue Altkin – choir, chorus, vocals
• David Bernz – banjo, choir, chorus, guitar, guitar (12-string), vocals
• Robert Cagianese – additional violin ("Alleluya")
• Karen Cashin - chorus
• Sonya Cohen – vocals ("When I was most Beautiful")
• Jonathan Dickau – choir, chorus, engineer, mixing, vocals
• Angela Dourdis - chorus
• James Durst – choir, chorus, guitar ("Little Fat Baby"), vocals, ("Little Fat Baby, and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
• Alison Hartwell - chorus
• Travis Jeffrey – vocals ("It's a long haul")
• Caroline Kruzansky - chorus, vocals ("Or Else!")
• Lisa McVey - chorus
• Sara Milonovich – violin
• Jenny Murphy - chorus
• Mark Murphy – bass, choir, chorus, vocals
• Melissa Ohrquist - chorus
• Perry Robinson – clarinet
• Martha Sandefer – choir, chorus, vocals ("Bach at Treblinka," "Little Fat Baby," and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
• Pete Seeger – banjo, choir, chorus, guitar (12-string), guitar (nylon string), Native American flute, spoken word, vocals
• Laurie Siegel – choir, chorus, vocals
• Dave Tarlo - chorus, vocals ("Now We Sit us Down," and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
• Bruce K. Taylor – choir, chorus, vocals
• Connie Taylor – choir, chorus, vocals
• Sarah Underhill - chorus
• The Walkabout Chorus - vocals ("Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," "If this World Survives")

Songwriting/Arranging

• Johann Sebastian Bach – composer
• David Bernz – arranger, composer, lyricist
• Travis Jeffrey – composer, lyricist
• Gordon Jenkins – composer, lyricist
• Alan Lomax – arranger, collection
• John A. Lomax – arranger, collection
• Pete Seeger - arranger, composer, lyricist
• Malvina Reynolds – composer, lyricist
• Lorre Wyatt – composer, lyricist

Production

• David Bernz – engineer, photography, producer
• Jonathan Dickau – engineer, mixing
• Christina Galbiati – graphic design
• David Glasser – mastering
• Judy Jacobs – photography
• Jim Musselman – executive producer, liner notes
• Pete Seeger – producer

External links

• At 89 at Appleseed Recordings

Notes and References

1. Web site: At 89 - Pete Seeger | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. Sep 25, 2018. Allmusic.
2. Web site: 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards. Sep 25, 2018. Recording Academy. 28 November 2017.
3. Web site: July 28, 2018. Thank You Pete Seeger. Amy . Kerr. January 28, 2014. Ocean Alliance. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171214090711/https://www.whale.org/thank-pete-seeger/. December 14, 2017.
4. Web site: July 28, 2018. Whales Sing Siren Song for Scientist. The New York Times. Bayard . Webster. May 26, 1970. live. July 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180727071618/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/26/archives/whales-sing-siren-song-for-scientist-whales-sing-ululating-siren.html.
5. Web site: July 28, 2018. An Author's Interview. Steve . Schuch. Nightheron.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20010220003849/http://www.nightheron.com/authorqa.html. February 20, 2001.