Bruce Springsteen’s pre-emptive strike into the land of Pete Seeger-style protest folk, New Orleans-style ragtime and the judicious use of the tuba began life, not surprisingly, as a lark, a what-the-hell detour that he probably expected to catch on as much as it did, which is to say not much (the subsequent tour played to half-empty sheds throughout the Midwest, where the prospect of a “Glory Days”-less Springsteen concert apparently threw folks into a state of white noise and befuddlement).
But a funny thing happened when Springsteen took what was conceived as a toss-off weekend recording session on the road. A PopMatters catch-up on the added-value reissue of “We Shall Overcome.”
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