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Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest, Episode 16: Mimi and Richard Farina

1966

▶ Watch on Internet Archive

⚠ Unverified — hosted on the Internet Archive, not confirmed public domain. Opens on archive.org; nothing plays here directly.

This program was taped a short time before Richard Farina's death and contains many of the songs he wrote, including "Celebration for a Grey Day," "Bold Marauder," and "Pack Up Your Sorrows." Richard plays harmonica and dulcimer and Mimi plays guitar. Rainbow Quest was a television program produced for one series run in 1965 and 1966 by the Advertisers Broadcasting Company for UHF station WNJU-TV in the New York City market. Throughout the show's 39-episode run, writer and curator of American folk songs Pete Seeger hosted many guest musicians. He also himself presented the histories of diverse American and international folk music traditions through spoken and musical segments.