Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest, Episode 6: Malvina Reynolds and Jack Elliott

1965 · music

Pete Seeger hosts Malvina Reynolds and performs her her famous composition, "Little Boxes." Jack Elliott, a protege of Woody Guthrie, sings some of Guthrie's songs including "Talking Dust Bowl" and "Talking Sailor Blues." 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 New York City. 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.