Folk, Rock, Zydeco At Springsteen Show
By ELLEN CARROLL
It was a little bit of folk, a little bit of rock n roll, a little bit of bluegrass and a little bit of zydeco in the shows Bruce Springsteen brought to Asbury Parks Convention Hall this week.
Over the last week Springsteen performed in four shows in the city plus an appearance on Good Morning America Tuesday morning. Singing songs older than Convention Hall, Springsteen belted out tunes from his new CD, We Shall Overcome:The Seeger Sessions, showed us how to dance and urged he audience to dance.
During a new variation of Should I Fall Behind performed as a waltz he suggested those with partners in the audience – dance.
The shows were billed as rehearsals for Springsteens upcoming tour and coincided with the release of his new CD, a tribute to folk singer Pete Seeger.
Although many of the songs were Seegers including We Shall Overcome others were made popular by him and written more than 100 years ago.
Fans paid $100 for a ticket. All money will go to local charities including the Mercy Center, the Stephen Crane House, Save Tillie, Sisters Academy, Interfaith Neighbors, the Asbury Park Public Library and the Boy and Girls Club of Monmouth County.
Bruce Springsteen lets the audience have a turn singing.
A large crowd of hundreds of fans waited in line on the boardwalk outside of Conventional Hall.
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May 7th, 2006 at 3:09 am
Springsteen & Zydeco? Does he even know where that music comes from? Talk about “We Shall Overcome”...seems he adopted this format to, oh, I don’t know, get a gig at the recent N’Orleans fest. Can’t wait for what’s next…a volcano in Appalachia…he’ll come out with a shape note album. I’ve seen the video of the money song…and the end of the recording session. He looked like he couldn’t wait to run away. We’re not all stupid. And NJ doesn’t need the $$$...send it to Louisiana…maybe some back-porch musicians lost their homes, and their livelihoods.