At 89

At 89 is a studio album by Pete Seeger, released on September 30, 2008, via Appleseed Records.^[1] In 2008, the album earned Seeger the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.^[2]

At 89
Studio album by Pete Seeger
Released	September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)
Genre	Folk
Length	48:28
Label	Appleseed
Pete Seeger chronology
Rainbow Race (1973) At 89 (2008) Pete Remembers Woody (2012)

Composition

The album features a blend of instrumental and vocal songs, interspersed with spoken word segments. Several tracks were recorded at the Howland Center in Beacon, NY with a large group of people working in community.^{[citation needed]}

"Song of the World's Last Whale" is an anti-whaling song composed by Seeger in 1970 after he listened to the "whale song" discovered by Roger Payne.^[3] He gave its rights to the Whale Fund, an auxiliary of the New York Zoological Society which is concerned with whale conservation.^[4] Despite playing the song live, he did not record it officially until At 89.^[3][5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pete Seeger except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nameless Banjo Riff"		0:39
2.	"False from True"		2:49
3.	"Now We Sit Us Down"		1:16
4.	"Pete's Greeting" (Spoken)		0:32
5.	"Visions of Children"		2:12
6.	"Wonderful Friends"	Pete Seeger, Lorre Wyatt	3:20
7.	"The Water Is Wide"	Traditional	2:32
8.	"Pete Talks About Clearwater" (Spoken)		0:30
9.	"It's a Long Haul"	Travis Jeffrey, Seeger	1:12
10.	"Throw Away That Shad Net (How Are We Gonna Save Tomorrow?)"		4:47
11.	"Song of the World's Last Whale"		2:39
12.	"The First Settlers"	David Bernz, Seeger	5:01
13.	"The D Minor Flourish/Cindy"	Traditional	0:44
14.	"Pete's Intro to If It Can't Be Reduced" (Spoken)		0:47
15.	"If It Can't Be Reduced"		2:13
16.	"Spring Fever"		0:52
17.	"Pete Speaks About World War II" (Spoken)		0:31
18.	"When I Was Most Beautiful"		2:54
19.	"Bach at Treblinka"		1:18
20.	"We Will Love or We Will Perish"	Johann Sebastian Bach, Seeger	1:32
21.	"The Story of Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" (Spoken)		1:02
22.	"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"	Gordon Jenkins, Seeger	2:23
23.	"One Percent Phosphorous Banjo Riff"		1:35
24.	"Pete Speaks About Involvement" (Spoken)		0:13
25.	"Or Else! (One-a These Days)"	Bernz, Seeger	3:22
26.	"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"		3:36
27.	"Little Fat Baby"	Bernz, Seeger	4:48
28.	"Arrange and Re-Arrange"		3:18
29.	"Alleluya"	Traditional	2:00
30.	"Pete's Extroduction" (Spoken)		1:14
31.	"If This World Survives"	Malvina Reynolds, Seeger	1:39
32.	"How Soon?"		1:08

Credits and personnel

Performers

• Sue Altkin – choir, chorus, vocals
• David Bernz – banjo, choir, chorus, guitar, guitar (12-string), vocals
• Robert Cagianese – additional violin ("Alleluya")
• Karen Cashin – chorus
• Sonya Cohen – vocals ("When I was most Beautiful")
• Jonathan Dickau – choir, chorus, engineer, mixing, vocals
• Angela Dourdis – chorus
• James Durst – choir, chorus, guitar ("Little Fat Baby"), vocals, ("Little Fat Baby, and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
• Alison Hartwell – chorus
• Travis Jeffrey – vocals ("It's a long haul")
• Caroline Kruzansky – chorus, vocals ("Or Else!")
• Lisa McVey – chorus
• Sara Milonovich – violin
• Jenny Murphy – chorus
• Mark Murphy – bass, choir, chorus, vocals
• Melissa Ohrquist – chorus
• Perry Robinson – clarinet
• Martha Sandefer – choir, chorus, vocals ("Bach at Treblinka," "Little Fat Baby," and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
• Pete Seeger – banjo, choir, chorus, guitar (12-string), guitar (nylon string), Native American flute, spoken word, vocals
• Laurie Siegel – choir, chorus, vocals
• Dave Tarlo – chorus, vocals ("Now We Sit us Down," and "We Will Love or We Will Perish")
• Bruce K. Taylor – choir, chorus, vocals
• Connie Taylor – choir, chorus, vocals
• Sarah Underhill – chorus
• The Walkabout Chorus – vocals ("Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," "If this World Survives")

Songwriting/Arranging

• Johann Sebastian Bach – composer
• David Bernz – arranger, composer, lyricist
• Travis Jeffrey – composer, lyricist
• Gordon Jenkins – composer, lyricist
• Alan Lomax – arranger, collection
• John A. Lomax – arranger, collection
• Pete Seeger – arranger, composer, lyricist
• Malvina Reynolds – composer, lyricist
• Lorre Wyatt – composer, lyricist

Production

• David Bernz – engineer, photography, producer
• Jonathan Dickau – engineer, mixing
• Christina Galbiati – graphic design
• David Glasser – mastering
• Judy Jacobs – photography
• Jim Musselman – executive producer, liner notes
• Pete Seeger – producer