Seeger on Springsteen: "It's a very exciting album" . . .

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Boss nod a treat for Pete
by Billy Heller
The New York Post
April 25, 2006

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/62866.htm

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"I'm a very conservative person, and if I was a teacher, I would never hand out an A-plus. So I would give this 3-1/2 stars . It's a very exciting album," Seeger says.

"He does some unusual things. He sings the old spiritual, 'O Mary Don't You Weep' " - Seeger sings a bit over the phone. "But he does it at the top of his lungs, at the top of his range, in minor, not major. I never heard anybody do that.

"Bruce has a wonderful, powerful voice," Seeger says. "I think he made some good choices."

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About the title track, the civil rights anthem that Seeger helped popularize, he pays Springsteen a high compliment: "I think that some of the people who originally sang 'We Shall Overcome' would be very proud to hear his recording of that because it's a beautiful, beautiful recording."

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