Apart from the Vote For Change Tour I don't remember anything that has divided the fan community as much as Bruce's first stab at a cover album: The Seeger Sessions. To a number of fans it seems this has been the final straw and that they lost all faith that Bruce can create anything that comes close to former magic. The majority were probably skeptical. They would buy it, listen to it, but few thought the album would be in heavy rotation for long. Finally, there has also been a group of fans who saw this as big step forward for Bruce. That it was about time he ventured into pure folk music with banjos and violins.Well, it seems that a lot of the skeptics, myself included, have started to come around after actually listening to the album. I think this is what usually happens when you realize Bruce is still Bruce no matter what he does. It's still the same voice, the same muscle, the same energy. Not to mention, a lot of these songs could almost have been written by Bruce himself. They are about the every day hardship of people at the bottom of society, but mixed with a good amount of optimism and joy. Now, where have we heard about that before? Oh yes, that's pretty much Bruce's music in a nutshell, isn't it?

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