that was the point of pete seeger, we're all in this together.s not a woody guthrie song, as such, but it's important to this story to, and then we're going to go right into bob dylan's@augustine. can you introduce those two for us? >> sure. joe hill, i dreamed i saw joe hill last night was written in the mid '30s and was exactly this kind of idea, which isgh let's remember the heroes of the past to inspire us to go forward. dylan came to new york and claimed he'd never heard this song, which -- [laughter] maybe, maybe not. but then a few years later wrote what amounts to an answer song called "i dreamed i saw st. augustine instead of joe hill." and, you know, it speaks to exactly what we've been discussing here which is dylan saying, you know, i couldn't, i couldn't do this movement thing. i had to do something else. he's kind of half explaining, half apologizing, i think. >> let's do joe hill followed by st. augustine. >> a mash-up. >> mash-up. ♪ ♪ i dreamed i saw joe hill last night alive as you and me. ♪ ah, but joe, you're ten years dead, i

>> brown: pete seeger, who helped wein start the festival, is honored at an indoor stage series titledte's sake." ♪ ♪ the spirit of '60s protest music is all around. "the late greats" commemorates some of newport's legendary performers, now gone. the folk festival itself almost died several times, most but today, the audience skews young. ♪ ♪ attracted by a new generation of musicians who gladly stretch any remaining bonds of "folk music." what do you call what you're doing? >> something between a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. my favorite compliment is that people say, "i don't like country music but i like you." >> brown: 34 years old, nashville-based nikki lane is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter, working hard to make it on the festival scene throughout the year. >> at festivals like coachella, they're doing 150,000 people a weekend. if you aren't playing something that can necessarily be played on radio, how do you market yourself? how do you reach the masses? these festivals are serving you up, and it's survival of the fittest. >> brown: this one, compared to th

chris: collins exploded on the music scene in new york's greenwich village in it was the world of pete seegeran. >> chris: know mike was at the music that attracted you are the message? >> it was creative, it was exciting, it was music, people were writing songs about every aspect of life. >> chris: it was a world where late one night joni mitchell sang her both sides now over the phone. what did you think? >> i said i will be right over! this is fantastic! >> chris: is there a phrase like? >> tears and fears, to say i love you write out loud. >> chris: how would you choose what works for you and what didn't? >> if it hits me here i sing it, if that doesn't happen i never want to hear it again. >> chris: in 1975: start another song by stephen sondhei sondheim. >> is integrate dominic how could you not want t that song? >> chris: it won the grammy for song of the year. collins made her mark in other ways, protesting for civil rights and against the war in vietnam. and in addition to sending her own songs and others are failing love affair with stephen stills inspired him to write the classic s