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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions is the fourteenth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 2006.
This is Springsteen's first and only album of non-Springsteen material and contains his interpretation of thirteen folk music songs written or made
popular by Pete Seeger and recorded in an informal, large band setting. On it he hired a group of lesser-known musicians from New Jersey and New York,
augmented by Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, and The Miami Horns, who had all contributed to previous albums.
The album, like its predecessor Devils and Dust, has been released on both DualDisc and in a CD/DVD double disc set. The full album is on the CD(-side),
while the DVD(-side) side features a PCM Stereo version of the album and a short film about the making and recording of the album. Two bonus songs also
appear on the DVD(-side).
The subsequent Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour took this musical approach even further.
The album has sold near 600,000 copies in the United States.
The RIAA certified it with Gold award.
Tracklist
1. "Old Dan Tucker" – 2:31
2. "Jesse James" (Billy Gashade) – 3:47
3. "Mrs. McGrath" – 4:19
4. "O Mary Don't You Weep" – 6:05
5. "John Henry" – 5:07
6. "Erie Canal" (Thomas S. Allen) – 4:03
7. "Jacob's Ladder" – 4:28
8. "My Oklahoma Home" (Agnes "Sis" Cunningham and Bill Cunningham) – 6:03
9. "Eyes on the Prize" (Alice Wine) – 5:16
10. "Shenandoah" – 4:52
11. "Pay Me My Money Down" – 4:32
12. "We Shall Overcome" (long story) – 4:53
13. "Froggie Went a Courtin'" – 4:33
DualDisc additional tracks
1. "Buffalo Gals"
2. "How Can I Keep From Singing" (attr. Robert Wadsworth Lowry)
more info
Bruce Springsteen official site
Wikipedia
The Seeger Sessions lyrics
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