0 Comments Bruce Springsteen to Release Pete Seeger Tribute

According to Rolling Stone and Springsteen fan site Backstreets.com, Bruce Springsteen will release an album of songs by Pete Seeger in May. Tentatively titled ‘The Seeger Sessions’ the (presumably acoustic) disk will feature songs written or popularized by Seeger. Springsteen will be backed by his wife Patti Scialfa, E Street Band violinist Soozie Tyrell and other New Jersey musicians.

Backstreets also reports that the the album will be supported by a two month “small market” tour.

• Rolling Stone Article
• Backstreets Article (This link is probably ephemeral)

The Rolling Stone article also mentions that some fellow named Dylan also has a new recording in the works.

Update: March 4th Wire service articles from yesterday say that the album will be released April 25th and title will be “We Shall Overcome — The Seeger Sessions”. The track list will be as follows.

• “Old Dan Tucker”
• “Jessie James”
• “Mrs. McGrath”
• “Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep”
• “John Henry”
• “Erie Canal”
• “Jacob’s Ladder”
• “My Oklahoma Home”
• “Eyes on the Prize”
• “Pay Me My Money Down”
• “We Shall Overcome”
• “Froggie Went A-Courtin’”
• Bonus Tracks:
• “Buffalo Gals”
• “How Can I Keep From Singing”