Springsteen's new record
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COLUMBIA RECORDS TO RELEASE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S 'WE SHALL OVERCOME THE
SEEGER SESSIONS' ON APRIL 25
Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen's twenty-first album, 'We
Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions,' on April 25. The album features Bruce's
personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them
associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete
Seeger, for whom the album is named. Speaking of the origins of the new
music, Springsteen said, "So much of my writing, particularly when I write
acoustically, comes straight out of the folk tradition. Making this album
was creatively liberating because I have a love of all those different roots
sounds... they can conjure up a world with just a few notes and a few
words."
Springsteen recorded the album with a large ensemble. The musicians on the
record are Springsteen (guitar, harmonica, B3 organ and percussion), Sam
Bardfeld (violin), Art Baron (tuba) Frank Bruno (guitar), Jeremy Chatzy
(upright bass), Mark Clifford (banjo), Larry Eagle (drums and percussion),
Charles Giordano (B3 organ, piano and accordion), Ed Manion (saxophone),
Mark Pender (trumpet), Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg (trombone) and Soozie
Tyrell (violin). Lisa Lowell, Patti Scialfa, Springsteen, Pender, Tyrell,
and Rosenberg contribute backing vocals.
'We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions' will be released in DualDisc format,
with the full album on one side of the disc and DVD content on the other
side. The 30 minute video side of the DualDisc contains extensive behind the
scenes footage of the recording of the album. In addition, the DualDisc
package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note
from Springsteen.
Springsteen is planning a short tour in the U.S. and Europe to accompany the
release of the album. He will be appearing with most of the musicians who
appeared on the CD. Details will be announced separately.
According to Springsteen's longtime manager Jon Landau, "'We Shall Overcome
The Seeger Sessions' has a lightness and ease to it, a sheer joyfulness,
that makes it very special from top to bottom. Bruce has taken a core group
of classic American songs and transformed them into a high energy, modern
and very personal statement."
'We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions' Track Listing
1. Old Dan Tucker
2. Jessie James
3. Mrs. McGrath
4. Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep
5. John Henry
6. Erie Canal
7. Jacob's Ladder
8. My Oklahoma Home
9. Eyes On The Prize
10. Shenandoah
11. Pay Me My Money Down
12. We Shall Overcome
13. Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Bonus Tracks:
Buffalo Gals
How Can I Keep From Singing
SEEGER SESSIONS' ON APRIL 25
Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen's twenty-first album, 'We
Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions,' on April 25. The album features Bruce's
personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them
associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete
Seeger, for whom the album is named. Speaking of the origins of the new
music, Springsteen said, "So much of my writing, particularly when I write
acoustically, comes straight out of the folk tradition. Making this album
was creatively liberating because I have a love of all those different roots
sounds... they can conjure up a world with just a few notes and a few
words."
Springsteen recorded the album with a large ensemble. The musicians on the
record are Springsteen (guitar, harmonica, B3 organ and percussion), Sam
Bardfeld (violin), Art Baron (tuba) Frank Bruno (guitar), Jeremy Chatzy
(upright bass), Mark Clifford (banjo), Larry Eagle (drums and percussion),
Charles Giordano (B3 organ, piano and accordion), Ed Manion (saxophone),
Mark Pender (trumpet), Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg (trombone) and Soozie
Tyrell (violin). Lisa Lowell, Patti Scialfa, Springsteen, Pender, Tyrell,
and Rosenberg contribute backing vocals.
'We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions' will be released in DualDisc format,
with the full album on one side of the disc and DVD content on the other
side. The 30 minute video side of the DualDisc contains extensive behind the
scenes footage of the recording of the album. In addition, the DualDisc
package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note
from Springsteen.
Springsteen is planning a short tour in the U.S. and Europe to accompany the
release of the album. He will be appearing with most of the musicians who
appeared on the CD. Details will be announced separately.
According to Springsteen's longtime manager Jon Landau, "'We Shall Overcome
The Seeger Sessions' has a lightness and ease to it, a sheer joyfulness,
that makes it very special from top to bottom. Bruce has taken a core group
of classic American songs and transformed them into a high energy, modern
and very personal statement."
'We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions' Track Listing
1. Old Dan Tucker
2. Jessie James
3. Mrs. McGrath
4. Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep
5. John Henry
6. Erie Canal
7. Jacob's Ladder
8. My Oklahoma Home
9. Eyes On The Prize
10. Shenandoah
11. Pay Me My Money Down
12. We Shall Overcome
13. Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Bonus Tracks:
Buffalo Gals
How Can I Keep From Singing
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This means on the 25th I can head over to music millenium to pick up Bruce's new album and exactly one week later I can head over to buy PJ's new album!!!
Heaven on earth!!!!