Little Steven’s Disciples of Soul were the house band for the show, which honored 250 years of American music, and Bob Santelli, Director of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, served as the host. Springsteen, who wrapped up his politically-charged Land of Hope and Dreams tour March 30, watched much of the event from the audience before getting onstage near the end of the night. He began by duetting with Rosanne Cash on “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos),” a Woody Guthrie classic he last played in 2021 when he won the Woody Guthrie Prize.
But that was a Covid-era remote broadcast. He hadn’t performed it in front of an audience since a Fresno, California, stop of the Ghost of Tom Joad tour in 1996. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article","mid","in-article1","mid-article1","inbody","inbody1"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("music\/article\/inbody1") .addSize([[300,250],[620,350],[2,2],[3,3],[2,4],[4,2],[640,250],[6,6],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); “What a night,” Springsteen told the crowd. This is happening now.” He followed it up by bringing out Kenny Chesney, who appeared earlier in the night to perform the Hank Williams tune “Mind Your Own Business,” for another Woody Guthrie song, “This Land Is Your Land.” “This song has been certainly the greatest folk song ever written about our beautiful country,” Springsteen said.
Pete’s ghost is in this room tonight. And Woody’s ghost is in this room tonight. Now Pete said, ‘A song ain’t worth nothing unless it’s useful, unless you can do something with it, and unless the people can sing.’ I’m going count you in.
Pete’s listening, Woody’s listening, I’m fuckin’ listening.'” blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody2-uid1' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article2","mid","in-article2","mid-article","inbody","inbody2"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("music\/article\/inbody2") .addSize([[300,250],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[3,3],[2,2],[6,6],[620,366]]) .setLazyLoadMultiplier(2) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); Editor’s picks The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century The Woody Guthrie theme continued when the Dropkick Murphys came out to join Springsteen on their 2006 classic “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” which was based on a lyric fragment that frontman Ken Casey found in the Guthrie archives. It’s music by the Dropkick Murphys, and words by the one and only Woody Guthrie.” They followed it up by backing Springsteen on “American Land,” which he wrote very much in the spirit of the Dropkick Murphys back in 2006. Trending Stories Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?
Watch Eddie Vedder Busk in Dublin in Honor of Glen Hansard Drake Turns Kick Stream Into a 20-v-1 Dating Show, Warns Rap Rivals His ‘Pen Isn’t Dry’ John Carpenter Has Been to Hell and Back The evening wrapped up with Trombone Shorty and many other artists from the night joining Springsteen for an epic rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” This was a regular showstopper on the 2006 Sessions Band tour, but Springsteen last played it at Jazz Fest in 2014. The “Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us” event continues Friday evening with a second and final show at the Oceanfirst Bank Center. The bill includes Jon Bon Jovi, Jackson Browne, Gary Clark Jr., Dion, Sheryl Crow, Nils Lofgren, Darlene Love, Public Enemy, David Sancious, Mavis Staples, Steven Van Zandt, and Jimmie Vaughan.
The Disciples of Soul are once again the house band, and Springsteen will surely wind up onstage with many of the artists. try ); }); } catch (error) In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Dropkick Murphys, Kenny Chesney Music Music News
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