New Lost City Ramblers Founder Dies

Mike Seeger, co-founder of the New Lost City Ramblers string band, died of cancer Aug. 7 at his Lexington, Va., home.

Seeger, 75, was half-brother of Pete Seeger and a force in the folk music revival of the 1950s and ’60s.

The multi-instrumentalist formed the New Lost City Ramblers with John Cohen and Tom Paley in the late 1950s.

Seeger toured with the Ramblers and as a solo artist, and was nominated for six Grammys in his decades-long career.

Seeger also founded the Rockbridge Mountain Music And Dance Festival in Virginia in 1986.