July 20, 2007

Pete and Bruce Aid the Homeless

Peteseeger Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger have recorded the folk classic "Hobo's Lullaby" for "Give US Your Poor," a multi-artist CD devoted to fighting homelessness.Appleseed Recordings will release the disc Sept. 25.
All but two of the tracks ("Here and Now" by Mark Erelli and "1,000 Miles Away" by Jewel) are exclusives.Several of the artists collaborated with currently or previously homeless musicians.Bruce_2
The other tracks: "Land of 10,000 Homeless - Minnesota" – audio documentary set to music; "Show Me the Way" – Jon Bon Jovi & Mighty Sam McClain; "Baby Don't Let Me Go Homeless" – Keb Mo & Eagle Park Slim; "There Is No Good Reason" – Natalie Merchant & Friends; "So Lonely" – Sonya Kitchell; "Becky's Tune" – Michelle Shocked and Michael Sullivan; "Walking the Dog" – Bonnie Raitt & Weepin' Willie Robinson; "My Name Is Not 'Those People'" (spoken, with music) – Danny Glover; "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – Madeleine Peyroux; "Portable Man" – Del Goldfarb & John Sebastian; "Boll Weevil" – Dan Zanes & Kyla Middleton; "Ink Falling (Father Outside)" – Buffalo Tom; "Stranger Blues" – Sweet Honey in the Rock; "Impossible Boulevard" (spoken excerpt, with music) – Tim Robbins; "Feels Like Home" – Mario Frangoulis; "When We Left Minneapolis (spoken, with music)" – Danny Glover.

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