Bruce Springsteen and The Seeger Sessions Band (including Patti Scialfa, who Bruce said "came out of semi-retirement to be here tonight") had a great time rolling through songs from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (Columbia) and some protest songs that didn't make it on the album. Full review here.
Newsday photo by Bruce Gilbert.
Listen to "Bring 'Em Home" and "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" here.
SETLIST: American Land / John Henry / O Mary Don’t You Weep / Johnny 99 / Old Dan Tucker / Eyes on the Prize / Jesse James / Atlantic City / Erie Canal / My Oklahoma Home / If I Should Fall Behind / Mrs. McGrath / How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? / Jacob’s Ladder / We Shall Overcome / Open All Night / Pay Me My Money Down // Encores: Bring ‘em Home / My City of Ruins / Ramrod / You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) / When the Saints Go Marching In