Springsteen set to release live Seeger Sessions DVD/CD
Bruce Springsteen 's work with the Seeger Sessions Band will be documented on an upcoming DVD and 2-CD set, "Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band Live in Dublin."
Springsteen and the mammoth band he assembled to record "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"--which features interpretations of 13 traditional songs, all of them associated with folk artist Pete Seeger--reconvened for a world tour last year, which the new release documents.
The live DVD/CD, due in stores June 5, features 23 songs drawn from the band's Nov. 17-19 run of performances last year in Dublin, Ireland. The complete track listing is included below.
The set "charts the development of a band from an informal gathering in Bruce's living room to an onstage powerhouse," said Springsteen's longtime manager, Jon Landau, in a press release.
"It also documents the growth in Bruce's vision of American music; it includes folk music, blues, Dixieland, country, swing, gospel, rock, down to and including his own writing. It's all performed with Bruce's classic energy and focus. I think it's some of the finest music he's ever made."
Springsteen's band for the "Seeger Sessions" outing included Sam Bardfeld (violin), Art Baron (tuba), Frank Bruno (guitar), Jeremy Chatzky (upright bass), Larry Eagle (drums), Clark Gayton (trombone), Charles Giordano (accordion, keyboards), Curtis King (vocals), Greg Liszt (banjo), Lisa Lowell (vocals), Eddie Manion (sax), Cindy Mizell (vocals), Curt Ramm (trumpet), Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar), Patti Scialfa (vocals), Mark Thompson (vocals) and Soozie Tyrell (violin).
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band Live in Dublin tracklisting:
1. Atlantic City
2. Old Dan Tucker
3. Eyes on the Prize
4. Jesse James
5. Further on Up the Road
6. O Mary Don't You Weep
7. Erie Canal
8. If I Should Fall Behind
9. My Oklahoma Home
10. Highway Patrolman
11. Mrs. McGrath
12. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
13. Jacob's Ladder
14. Long Time Comin'
15. Open All Night
16. Pay Me My Money Down
17. Growin' Up
18. When the Saints Go Marching In
19. This Little Light of Mine
20. American Land
21. Blinded By the Light (Credits)
Bonus Songs:
Love of the Common People
We Shall Overcome
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