Pete Seeger's life, music and legacy encapsulated nearly a century of American history and culture. Seeger is fresh from performing with Bruce Springsteen at the "We Are One" Inauguration concert, and on the eve of his 90th birthday and high-profile New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival appearance. In his career, Seeger has immersed himself in folk music and used it, like Johnny Appleseed, to "plant the seeds of a better tomorrow in the homes across our land." The songs in this collection of 139 American Favorite Ballads narrate tales of ordinary people and their extraordinary deeds and show Pete at the crossroads of the past and the future putting his own stamp on America's folk son heritage while bequeathing it to generations to come.