E Street Shuffle Archive

Bruce took inspiration from Pete Seeger’s 1966 anti-war protest song and a Civil War classic and forged a heartfelt song of his own.

Bruce’s version of Blind Alfred Reed’s original protest song draws on a 1970 arrangement by Ry Cooder and a 2005 natural disaster for inspiration.

Buried away on the bonus DVD that accompanied the original Seeger Sessions album release, Bruce’s arrangement of “How Can I Keep From Singing” was too beautiful to keep hidden away for long. Listen to beautiful choral performances inside.

An age-old American classic is reinvigorated by a younger American classic.

One of the oldest songs from The Seeger Sessions is also the most fun. Let’s take a listen to this centuries-old folk song.

Bruce’s 1998 cover of “We Shall Overcome” helps keep this most potent of protest songs alive and fresh for a new generation.

Originally a worker protest song, “Pay Me My Money Down” became a set-closing highlight of merriment on the Seeger Sessions Tour.

Performed only once and buried deep within its album, Bruce’s version of “Shenandoah” is faithful and true to the song’s spirt.

Bruce and Marc Anthony Thompson breathed new life into this civil rights anthem on their 2006 Seeger Sessions Tour.

In 1997, Bruce plucked Sis Cunningham’s bitingly funny dust bowl chronicle from obscurity when he recorded it in his very first Seeger Session. Nine years later, it would become a nightly tour showpiece.