I really enjoyed this CD and I am looking forward to the live CD and DVD about to be released (although curiously the group is billed on the new release simply as "The Sessions Band". Curious.)

I think it was a conscious decicion, and a wise decision, not to do any of Pete's topical (or original) songs.   What Springsteen "got" was the fact that Pete Seeger has spent his career teaching others that the idea of "folk" music is to make it yourself. These songs are not museum pieces and should be relevant to the singer.

To say he "isn't a folksinger" misses the point. If you use that definition, Pete Seeger isn't a folksinger either.   Take a look at the songs Pete sang with the Weavers, and Frank - please correct me if I am off base. The interpretations of folk songs such as their version of Mrs. McGrath was certainly different from the way it was sung in Ireland. The Weavers made that song relevant for their audience, and Bruce Springsteen made it relevant for his.

There is no right way or wrong way, and we are all entitled to opinions. I respect that this CD isn't for everyone.