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I wouldn't have described myself as a great Springsteen fan until recently when I discovered his acoustic albums. These piqued my interest in what other work of his I might enjoy. I was rather taken with the idea of The Seeger Sessions being recorded in his farm living room with musicians playing acoustic instruments. So I put my prejudices about Pete Seeger's music being worthy but a bit tame on hold and ordered this.
I am really glad I did. It is a marvellous acquisition. The songs are great and the musicians are superb. Springsteen's gritty lead vocals and a full-throated chorus of backing vocals drive the songs forward and remove any feeling of tweeness, even from "Froggie Went A Courtin'" ! Adding a brass section to an already excellent band boosted the power of the arrangements which were fresh and invigoratingly rough edged. This version of "Mary Don't You Weep" is worth the price of the cd and there are other gems too.
And of course you also get a "making of" Dvd too which not only lets you see the interior of the Springsteen's house but also how the sessions were run. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable watch and listen and thankfully nothing like my memories of Seeger.
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Greatly expanded edition of the WE SHALL OVERCOME/THE SEEGER SESSIONS album. “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - American Land Edition” is a CD/DVD set with new bonus tracks, live concert videos, music videos, an expanded documentary and an expanded booklet. The additional content in detail: three new songs (“How Can A Poor Man Stand Search Times And Live”, “Bring 'Em Home”, “American Land”), “Buffalo Gals” and “How Can I Keep From Singing” for the first time on CD (previously only on DVD), a documentary of recording sessions, music videos for “American Land” and “Pay Me My Money” Down”, concert recordings of the songs “How Can A Poor Man Stand Search Times And Live” and “Bring 'Em Home”, new Springsteen photos by Danny Clinch, additional lyrics and track-by-track notes by Dave Marsh in a booklet expanded to 28 pages.
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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 leaves the tape 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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