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Richard Gehr | April 04, 2007

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  • Bruce Springsteen With The Seeger Sessions Band Live in Dublin, out this summer, documents a 2006 show that, depending on your perspective, was either a beefed-up folk hootenanny or a stripped-down rock extravaganza. The material ranges from Pete Seeger-associated tunes like "Old Dan Tucker" and "This Little Light of Mine" to reworked versions of Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman" and "Johnny 99."

  • "We had something else going, and it scared Miles," says Weather Report co-founder Joe Zawinul in a wonderful sprawling interview. "When I wrote 'Boogie Woogie Waltz' and '125th Street Congress,' which really is the first hip-hop beat....That was the biggest hit with black college kids. They used to dance all night to this music. Miles was very jealous of that. Miles wanted a lot of black people coming to his shows. In general, his audience was more mixed than ours. We had a lot of black folks coming to our shows."

  • Hear ragged but right 1969 Crosby, Stills and Nash demos ("Black Queen," "Wooden Ships," "Helplessly Hoping," etc.) here and here. [via Hidden Track]

  • You know what TV show has really great music? "The Sopranos." According to creator David Chase, "It's done completely by feel."

  • Keith Richards apparently did something silly with his father's ashes. Or maybe he was just kidding.

  • Only six more nights to hear Prince in Vegas.

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