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the “Red Scare” in the 1950s, and their lx-mg brought to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
And what of their music? The new group says that the Weavers presented “an eclectic array of folk music with a freshness and exuberance that had never before been heard....
“A string of hits [included] ‘On Top Of Old Smoky,’ ‘Wimoweh,’ “Midnight Special,’ Tzena, Tzena,’ Woody Guthrie’s ‘So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Ya’ and, of course, load belly’s ‘Goodnight Irene.”’
Pete Seeger, the most famous of the original Weavers, gave a ringing endorsement to the new quartet who are coming to the Theatre: “Four wonderful people who’ve . . . picked up where the Weavers left off. I put on the recording and had to listen to it twice. FANTASTIC!”
Similar enthusiasm was reported in a review in The Washington Post: “This faithfully arranged and sung tribute ... rings with such rousing familiarity . . . that there are moments when you may find yourself thinking that the group’s original members are all within range of the microphones.”
The group comprises David Bemz,
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