Rodríguez-Seeger is the son of
Mika Seeger and Emilio Rodríguez, a
Puerto Rican filmmaker. After his father was invited by the
Sandinistas to document the nation's civil war, Seeger spent nine years of his childhood in
Nicaragua. In 1986, Rodríguez-Seeger started performing with his grandfather,
Pete Seeger. In 1999 he was a member of the band RIG, with
Sarah Lee Guthrie and
Johnny Irion. In 2001, he founded
the Mammals with
Michael Merenda and
Ruth Ungar. In 2006 he recorded an album,
¡Que vaya bien!, with Puerto Rican folk singers
Roy Brown and
Tito Auger of the Puerto Rican rock band
Fiel a la vega and he formed the Anarchist Orchestra (now known as the Tao Rodriguez-Seeger band) with
Jacob Silver, also of the Mammals,
Laura Cortese and
Robin McMillan. Seeger had a radio show "The Tao of Tao" on
WAMC.
Barack Obama inaugural celebration On January 18, 2009, Seeger performed with his grandfather
Pete Seeger,
Bruce Springsteen and a youth chorus at the
We Are One Inaugural Celebration of
President Barack Obama. They sang
Woody Guthrie's famous song "
This Land Is Your Land" during the finale, before an audience estimated at 400,000. The performance included two of Guthrie's original verses to the song that have often been omitted; one verse mentions "private property" and the other refers to a
depression era relief office. On October 21, 2011, Seeger was part of The Pete Seeger March which walked in solidarity with
Occupy Wall Street to Columbus Circle. There he performed with his grandfather Pete Seeger,
Arlo Guthrie,
David Amram, and other musicians. ==Discography==