[1] He stayed with the group for two years until he was drafted into the Army to fight in the Second World War.

[3] Seeger would play at People's Songs events, called hootenannies, until the organization folded in 1949.

[4] After People's Songs, Seeger and another former member of the Almanacs, Lee Hays, founded the Weavers, who achieved commercial success.

[5] In 1952, The Weavers went on hiatus due to the Red Scare; Seeger and Hays both had Communist ties.

[6] After the demise of the Weavers, Seeger released a solo album, American Folk Songs for Children, in 1953 on Folkways Records.