Music Review: 'Pete' (1996)

Pete Seeger's records aren't just ''product''; they're infusions of spirit, proof of human potential. And Pete is a special one: his first studio album in 17 years. On 18 old and new songs, backed by banjo, guitar, or choir, his voice still rings out. In addition to a previously unrecorded treasure, ''Huddie Ledbetter Was a Helluva Man,'' the old man sings and picks Leroy Carr's ''In the Evening'' with wiles and abandon you never knew he had. A