Rainbow Quest: Episode 1 (1965) [colourised]

2 years ago
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'Rainbow Quest' was a musical talk show hosted by Pete Seeger, and I'll be totally honest - I've fallen in love with it, and want to colourise and archive more of it!

This is the first episode, and I'm always very dubious about uploading videos with music incase it gets struck - but colourising this appeared to let it through the net.

In this video, Pete explores Folk music - and has some guests:
00:00 Pete Seeger (Host)
00:13 'Oh Had I A Golden Thread'
02:50 'Introduction'
Incredibly poignant, he was talking about TV, but it could well mean The Internet and this video....
03:32 - 'Cotton Eye Joe'
I learnt that this was not originally a Rednex track, and is as old as time, and even predates the Bill Monroe version!
04:31 - Pete taling about the 'magic box' that still feels relevant today.
05:50 - Pete showing how to play guitar
06:36 - 'Living in the country'
0:10: 26 - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (Guest)
12:08 - 'Little Paper Man'
14:06 - Anecdote
14:28 - 'The Old Woman From Wexford'
16:35 - Interview
16:58 'Tommy Makem - The Butcher Boy (Irish version)'
20:24 - Interview
21:17 'I Never Will Play the Wild Rover No More'
This song seemed so familiar to me, then I recognised it as the 'We all love Clover' advert: testament to how powerful advertising is!
24:30 - Tom Paxton (Guest)
25:54 'Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?'
27:44 - Interview
29:29: 'Buy A Gun for Your Son'
31:44 - Interview, which ends mid-sentence, I must warn you.
I would love to know what that sentence was.

Doing research on the show, it appears that he explores a different episode, and has such a wholesome attitude.
To me, he feels like the Bob Ross of music.

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