Tao Rodríguez-Seeger

Musician + Singer

Male

Born 1972

Age 41

Hometown Poughkeepsie, New...

Tao Rodríguez-Seeger is an American contemporary folk musician. He plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, and sings in Spanish and in English. He is known as a founder of The Mammals and is the grandson of folk musician Pete Seeger.

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John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger 'The Clearwater Concert' creating the Next Gen...

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Tao Rodríguez-Seeger

Age 41

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Mika Seeger
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Occupy This Album Features Mogwai, Yo La Tengo, Thee Oh Sees, And More
Misformusic - Apr 19, 2012

Music for Occupy has revealed more details regarding their Occupy Wall Street benefit album. Available May 15th (14 days after the official day of worldwide “re-occupation”) on Razor & Tie, Occupy This Album features both previously released and new tracks from the likes of Yoko Ono, Ani DiFranco, Thievery Corporation, Mowai, Tom Morello, Ya La Tengo, Debbie Harry, Willie Nelson, David Crosby & Graham Nash, Amanda Palmer, Thee Oh Sees, New Party Systems (members of TV on the Radio,...
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Pete Seeger Marches In Support Of Occupy Wall Street
Rolling Stone - Oct 22, 2011

Pete Seeger took to the streets of New York's Upper West Side late Friday night marching more than 30 blocks from his concert at Symphony Space to Columbus Circle in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement The 92-year-old folk singer was joined by his grandson Tao Rodríguez-Seeger blues musician...
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Newport Folk Festival Hits Milestone With Sellout Providence Journal
Google News - Jul 28, 2011

While the bill is heavy on young artists, they've also got Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Earl Scruggs, who were at the first festival, and Tao Rodriguez Seeger is bringing back the tradition of folk dance at Newport with The Newport Clogging All-Stars
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Video: Acoustic Duo Plans Local Stops On New England Tour The Patriot Ledger
Google News - Jun 20, 2011

He toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan and has shared the stage with Tom Russell, Beppe Gambetta, Roberta Dalla and Tao Rodriguez Seeger. DeRosa is a singer-songwriter-guitarist who has performed in El Salvador and the US Virgin
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1972 Birth Born in 1972.

TEENAGE

1986 14 Years Old When he was fourteen, in 1986, Rodríguez-Seeger started performing with his grandfather Pete Seeger.

TWENTIES

1999 27 Years Old In 1999 he was a member of the band RIG, with Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion.

2001 29 Years Old In 2001 he was a founding member of the Mammals with Michael Merenda and Ruth Ungar.

THIRTIES

2006 34 Years Old In 2006 he recorded an album, Que Vaya Bien, with Puerto Rican folk singers Roy Brown, and Tito Auger of the Puerto Rican rock band Fiel A La Vega and he formed the Anarchist Orchestra (now known as the Tao Rodriguez-Seeger band) with Jacob Silver, also of the Mammals, Laura Cortese and Robin McMillan. … Read More

2009 37 Years Old On January 18, 2009, Tao performed with his grandfather Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen and a youth chorus. … Read More

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