Thursday, May 1, 2008
Bruce Springsteen - "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
I put this album on my Christmas list back when it first came out. I'm not really a Bruce Springsteen fan, but this isn't his typical music. Basically, it's a weekend jam session that got recorded; an eclectic group of musicians playing songs brought into popular culture by Pete Seeger. Unlike a lot of jam sessions, the musicians stay together and don't step all over each other. There was, I'm sure, some arranging done, but the feel of the music is still very loose. The songs are stellar Americana, and most people will recognize at least a few of them. I love the music. The banjo intro to "Froggy Went a Courtin'" is one of my all time favorite music sections. This is one of my favorite albums. It was kept in my car and listened to on a very regular basis up until a few months ago when it lost out to some newer music, but it still gets listened to regularly. I've been looking forward to grabbing this one. See how many of the songs you know by checking it out at Amazon.
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