We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions  by Bruce Springsteen

In 2006, Bruce Springsteen once again parted ways with the E-Street Band to record and release the fourteenth studio album of his long career. The album was titled We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, and it was an album that contained none of his own compositions, but thirteen folk and traditional songs, which had been made famous by the folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger decades before. The production of the album belonged to Springsteen himself, while the recording of the songs was done in one take as the band that was formed and named The Seeger Sessions Band would rehearse the song and then immediately proceed to the final recording. For this reason, one gets the sense of a "live" performance while listening to the album.

In 1997, Bruce Springsteen sang on a tribute album for Pete Seeger, and from then on, he began to engage more and more with him. At some point in 2001, Springsteen was listening to a Seeger song at home, and his then ten-year-old daughter told him that this song was fun. At that moment, he came up with the idea for the album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.

The album hasn't been the greatest commercial success for Bruce Springsteen, but that doesn't diminish the value and interest of listening to the album. In the U.S., it reached No. 3 and was awarded the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album of the year.