Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
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Artist: Bruce SpringsteenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Dual Disc, Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Old Dan Tucker
- Jesse James
- Mrs. McGrath
- Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep
- John Henry
- Erie Canal
- Jacob's Ladder
- My Oklahoma Home
- Eyes On The Prize
- Shenandoah
- Pay Me My Money Down
- We Shall Overcome
- Froggie Went A-Courtin'
- Buffalo Gals (bonus track)
- How Can I Keep From Singing (bonus track)
Music reviews of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Music Review: Love it!!!
Rating: 5 Stars
I got the CD a few years ago, and then saw him perform this album on stage in Des Moines, and both were/are absolutely outstanding. Being a fan of folk to begin with, I was thrilled when Bruce decided to resurrect some of these traditional classics. I love his bluesy spin on them. And the video is so fun to watch. Just makes me want to get up and dance every time I put it on. Never get tired of it, I highly recommend it.
Description of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
VIDEOA 40-minute film about the recording of the album with artist commentary. Includes filmed performances of:
John Henry Pay Me My Money Down Buffalo Gals Erie Canal O Mary Don?'t You Weep Jacob?'s Ladder Froggie Went A Courtin?' Shenandoah
Plus four bonus live tour videos:
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (Bruce Springsteen Version) Bring ?'Em Home American Land Pay Me My Money Down
The premise was simple. Bruce Springsteen invites a dozen or so New York City musicians--packing banjos, fiddles, accordions and the like--to his New Jersey farmhouse for a three-day hootenanny, and tape is rolling. The results are sublime, his 21st album featuring their versions of songs harvested from Springsteen's dog-eared LPs by Pete Seeger. Not all written by Seeger, the songs are how the American folk icon interpreted them, and these organic recordings, with no rehearsals or overdubs, pay tribute with the simplicity and spontaneity he intended. It's not hard to link Springsteen's dissatisfaction with American politics to the protest song "We Shall Overcome" or even the Irish ballad "Mrs. McGrath," where he alters the lyrics to read, "I'd rather have my son as he used to be/Than the King of America and his whole navy." But the beauty of these Seeger Sessions are pieces that underscore the mood of the bandleader, which borders on down-home amusement: the bluegrass outlaw ballad "Jesse James," the Dylanesque "Pay Me My Money Down" and the euphoric "Jacob's Ladder," a gumbo-and-whiskey-fueled romp that could pass for the closing hymn at the Church of Asbury Park. --Scott Holter
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