Bruce dedicating Mrs.McGrath to Cindy Sheehan

[SoFlaJet]

...."The rehearsal aspect was evident, as Bruce acknowledged, with some rough edges, miscues, and sound problems; but as he directed his stageful of players, under a pair of old chandeliers, it was that rare thrill of music being made right before your eyes -- a glorious noise. A glorious lament, in a way: there was a political edge throughout the night, subtle yet unmistakable, particularly in the three-pack of "Devils & Dust," "Mrs. McGrath" (dedicated to Cindy Sheehan), and "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" The last of these is a Blind Alfred Reed song from the '20s, covered more recently by Ry Cooder and the Del-Lords."

[cyclezealot]

1. Please give us a little more background on this event

Some of us are watching from far away. Have no idea what this event was/is. Was Cindy Sheehan at some event were Bruce was or vice versa. Sounds like Bruce Springstein just put out a new album?

[DanCa]

2. That's my hero talking.

The Boss is the da bomb. Now can I please have a link to this story.

[SoFlaJet]

3. OK Bruce is releasing a new album Tuesday

called The Seeger sessions named after folk legend Pete Seeger who played with Woody Guthrie,Bob Dylan and the Weavers.Here's a link to a Springsteen site with a whole bunch of stuff to explain it better than I ever could.....

http://www.backstreets.com/news.html

[DanCa]

4. Ah I know about the Seeger Sessions

Infact not only did I preorder the CD I also got tickets for the tour.
Thanks for the bacstreets.com link. I've been thinking about joinning. Danny

[SoFlaJet]

5. I'm proud to have

met him a couple of times-great man-great guy.He really put the "don't ever meet your heroes" myth to hell.

[DanCa]

6. I met him at a light of day parkinsons event a few years ago..

I didn't have a chance to talk with him but he put he his hand on my shoulder and said hello. It wasn't a phony celebrity hand shake either. Unfortunately the paparazi whisked him away before we could talk. He did seem like a genuinely down to earth warm human being.

[SoFlaJet]

7. exactly Dan

that's a good description AND he's a liberal a proud one at that.

[OneBlueSky]

8. I have a link to A story . . . not necessarily the one quoted . . .

this is from the Rolling Stone story, which I don't believe is the source of that quote . . . but I didn't go back to check, so I might be wrong . . . either way, it's a good read . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=293&topic_id=627&mesg_id=627

[Imagevision]

9. Bruce, could never forget your contribution helping Kerry

No Surrender!