US folk legend Mike Seeger has died aged 75. A founder member of the New Lost City Ramblers in the late fifties, a group which arguably reinvented the folk genre and led the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead, Seeger performed with various groups over the years, as well as guesting on many other artists' albums, and enjoying success in his own right as a solo artist.
The Ramblers were most active during the sixties, winding down somewhat in the mid-seventies, though they returned in 1997 with a comeback album called 'There Ain't No Way Out' having never actually officially split up. They continued to play together around the world, appearing at the UK's Cambridge Folk Festival in 2003.
Seegar is survived by his third wife Alexia, and the three son's he had with first wife Marge.