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41-507: The tour began on April 20, 2006, with the first of four rehearsal shows at Asbury Park Convention Hall as well as a promotional appearance there on ABC 's Good Morning America . Then came a successful performance before a non-Springsteen crowd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 30, in a city still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina ; Springsteen voiced discontent over government handling of

82-443: A four-acoustic-guitar-led rhythm section creating a strong beat, punctuated by plenty of violin, banjo, and trumpet solos as well as multiple false endings. Audience participation was encouraged for the later "My Oklahoma Home" ("Blown away!") and sing-songey " Pay Me My Money Down ", while " Jacob's Ladder " was musically illustrated by three or four key changes . The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "[Springsteen] used every trick in

123-648: A given night. About half the members had played on the Seeger Sessions album, while the other half were new. Scialfa missed a number of shows (especially in Europe) due to family duties. Pender and La Bamba missed some shows, or parts of shows, due to Late Night with Conan O'Brien commitments. Asbury Park Convention Hall Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

164-415: A good one." Newsday said the show had both high points and stumbles. And Reuters ' Erik Pederson wrote that even "without 'Born to Run' et al., this was Springsteen at his best – delivering impassioned, interactive, socially conscious music while never failing to entertain." Explanations for the poor U.S. attendance varied, including two straight records without the E Street Band, aftereffects from

205-428: A quarter note followed by an eighth note (twice per 8 bar), whereas the pattern for the double jig is three eighth notes twice per 8 bar. Hop jigs are the fastest of all jigs next to light jigs, but the term hop jig causes some confusion, as some people use it for a single jig, while others use this term to refer to a tune in 8 time. Among the latter, some do not distinguish it from

246-697: A release whose title represented a belated removal of the Seeger connotation from the venture (and one that has been kept since). A 90-minute theatrical version played in various U.S. major cities on June 4, 2007, the day before the commercial release of the DVD/CD. Audio of the opening show of the tour, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival , was released through the Bruce Springsteen Archives in December 2017; full video of this concert

287-603: A series of "challenge dances", was among the most prominent of these white minstrel jig dancers. Minstrel jigs, as well as clogs and breakdowns, were crucial to the evolution of 20th-century tap and soft-shoe dancing. A variant of the straight jig was the " sand jig " or "sand dance", performed as a series of shuffles and slides on a sand-strewn stage. The most prominent sand jiggers of the 19th century were two women, both born in New York in 1855: Buffalo native Kitty O'Neil and her Manhattan-born rival Kitty Sharpe. Sand dancing

328-575: A show outside Chicago , the Chicago Tribune reported that "Springsteen faced a sea of empty seats ... The 11,000-seat pavilion was barely half full, and the 17,000-capacity lawn was barren." Yet despite attendance woes, the U.S. shows received almost universal praise from critics and concert-goers. While they were without the E Street Band and did not include any of Springsteen's biggest hits such as " Born to Run ", fans were consistently kept on their feet singing along. David Hinckley of

369-529: A slip jig, while some reserve the term to a slip jig variant that has special characteristics, in particular an emphasis on quarter note – eighth note pairs. Treble jigs (also called the hard or heavy jig) are performed in hard shoes, and also to a 8 time metre. They are characterized by stomps, trebles, and clicks. Many set dances are performed in treble jig time, a few being Drunken Gauger, Blackthorn Stick, The Three Sea Captains, and St Patrick's Day. Two types of treble jigs are performed at feiseanna:

410-696: A variety of time signatures , by which they are often classified into groups, including double jigs ( 8 ), slip jigs ( 8 ) and single jigs ( 8 ). The term jig was probably derived from the French giguer , meaning 'to jump' or the Italian giga . The use of 'jig' in Irish dance derives from the Irish jigeánnai , itself borrowed from the Old English giga meaning 'old dance'. It

451-473: Is likely that the combination of dance metre for steps and non-metrical passages for pantomime indicates how a solo or ensemble jig might have been danced by stage players.' Later the dance began to be associated with music particularly in 8 time, and with slip jigs 8 time. During the middle of the 16th century the dance was adopted in Ireland and in the 17th century Scotland, where it

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492-416: Is the second-fastest of all jigs. The performer's feet rarely leave the ground for long, as the step is fast, typically performed at a speed around 116 at feiseanna . There are several light jig steps, varying with each dance school, but the rising step, or the rise and grind, is standard in almost all light jigs. The right side version of the rising step is performed by putting weight on the left foot, lifting

533-583: The New York Daily News wrote of the tour, "In Saratoga Monday night, Springsteen kept a full house on its feet pretty much the whole show. No one left wishing for 'Born to Run'." Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe said that the "homespun symphony of accordions and fiddles, pedal steel guitars, and joyful voices was filled with the irrepressible spirit that's the very essence of folk music." Dan Barry of The New York Times , writing as an old folk music follower, described how "music exploded from

574-641: The PalaMalaguti in Bologna , Italy, and concluded on November 21, 2006, at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast , Northern Ireland . No further American shows took place. Material from the Seeger Sessions album dominated the set list of the 2½ hour shows. Especially in the numbers played first, such as " John Henry " and " O Mary Don't You Weep ", the typically 18-strong band put up a huge sound, with

615-401: The "ballet of Irish dance" because of its graceful movements that seem to slip the performers across the floor. Slip jigs are performed at a speed of 113 bpm at feiseanna. Single jigs should not be confused with slides ; they are the least common of the jigs, performed in ghillies, in a 8 or less commonly a 8 time. Musically, the single jig tends to follow the pattern of

656-633: The British Isles, and was adopted on mainland Europe where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite (the French gigue ; Italian and Spanish giga ). Today it is most associated with Irish dance music, Scottish country dance , French Canadian traditionnal music and dance (trad) and the Métis people in Canada. Jigs were originally in quadruple compound metre, (e.g., 8 time), but have been adapted to

697-559: The European shows. On November 11 at Wembley Arena , the band debuted a new Springsteen composition titled " A Long Walk Home ", which was a ballad about the current state of American politics , which a special comments about the just-completed mid-term elections having restored "some semblance of sanity" to the country. Both the album and the tour proved more popular in Europe than in the U.S. The first sign of domestic weakness came when

738-657: The Flying Trapeze ". And, when tickets for third leg shows back in Europe went on sale in July, some shows such as those in Dublin sold out within minutes, and others sold out with unprecedented rapidity for music of this genre, usually unseen in arena formats, thus marking again a stark contrast in the tour's reception on the two sides of the Atlantic. A year later, Springsteen rated the whole experience highly, saying that

779-605: The Sessions Band were "a tremendous discovery, and just an amazing group of musicians", and saying that he looked forward to working with them again. "American Land" would retain prominence as the accordion-dominated show-closing jig in Springsteen's subsequent E Street Band Magic Tour . Bruce Springsteen – The Seeger Sessions Live , a video recording of a May 9, 2006, performance in London's St Luke Old Street church,

820-508: The Summer." The shows were mostly booked in outdoor amphitheatres , and lawn areas as well as sections of seats were often deserted. Springsteen commented to the sparse crowd in Columbus, Ohio , "We are not great in numbers, but we are mighty!" The Indianapolis venue saw a "yawning green lawn (empty as it was)." A Milwaukee area venue, already cut down in size, was only about half full. For

861-434: The U.S.A.  ... And that's why this Seeger business is such an out-of-left-field surprise: against all odds, it's fantastically fun. Seeger's name is on the ticket, sure, but in Springsteen's hands the music gets an enormous, big-band, horn-powered treatment that can only be explained with commas: gospel, blues, folk, rock, and zydeco." In any case, by the conclusion of the leg, things rebounded. Crowds were bigger and knew

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902-901: The aftermath of Katrina , much to the satisfaction of the handkerchief-waving audience. The tour's first proper leg then began in May with 10 regular concerts and one special television concert in Western Europe ; the first was at the Point Depot in Dublin on May 5. A return to the United States for the second leg saw 18 concerts from late May to late June, ending at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey , on June 25. Springsteen said in various languages during

943-463: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 957872980 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:44:24 GMT Irish jig The jig ( Irish : port , Scottish Gaelic : port-cruinn ) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre , as well as the accompanying dance tune . It first gained popularity in 16th-century England, Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of

984-494: The ever-expanding repertoire of Seeger-influenced songs. "The Seeger Sessions Band [was] no longer the ragtag collection of fine individual players they were some months ago, but a tight unit here toward the end of the tour — a band ", Backstreets.com reported. The shows were seen by many to be among Springsteen's absolute best. Late in the American leg, he had debuted the Irish jig -styled "American Land", which now closed many of

1025-509: The latter stages of the European leg of the tour, "See you in the fall!" Accordingly, the tour's third leg consisted of 27 shows in Europe again, during October and November. This leg was sometimes dubbed The American Land Tour 2006 , after a new Springsteen song that was being played as well as the We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions – American Land Edition reissue of the album. It began on October 1 at

1066-473: The local Asbury Park rehearsal shows, placed in the very heart of Springsteen fandom, were not full; in the past, these had been extremely difficult tickets to get. European shows, on the other hand, did very well, with for example shows in London, Manchester , and Amsterdam all selling out in ten minutes or less. Some of Springsteen's most devoted fans were now overseas, and Milan and Barcelona provided especially fervent crowds, some of whom were mass singing

1107-452: The material, and the final two New Jersey shows (which had sold out, although not right away) contained very enthusiastic audiences. Springsteen appeared quite grateful, and thanked the fans for "taking a risk by coming out to see us." He closed out the last American show with a "song that explains what we're trying to do ... not what we're trying to do – what we're doing ", the 19th-century circus ode and lament, " The Daring Young Man on

1148-517: The minstrel jig (also called the "straight jig" to distinguish it from Irish dances) was characterized by syncopated rhythm and eccentric movements. Jig dancers employed a repertoire of "hits" on the heel or toe, "hops" on one foot, "springs" off both feet as well as various slides and shuffles. The most famous early jig dancer was Master Juba , an African-American who inspired a host of white imitators, many of whom performed in blackface . John Diamond , an Irish-American who competed with Master Juba in

1189-535: The morose solo Devils & Dust Tour the year before, and backlash from the political stances of the Vote for Change tour the year before that. The most common reason offered was the title association with banjo -picking Pete Seeger , and the consequent (mistaken) impression that this tour was going to be dour folk music. As PopMatters said, "At first the idea of enduring a folk-powered evening of Pete Seeger songs made me want to sprint home and smooch my copy of Born in

1230-500: The new album's songs even before the show started. When the shows returned to the United States for the second leg, however, mediocre or poor ticket sales became quite noticeable; PopMatters talked of "the bizarre alternate universe that has swallowed Springsteen's strangely under-attended summer tour ... Rambling along languidly in almost clandestine fashion, it may take the prize for the Worst-Pitched Concert of

1271-406: The right foot off the ground then hopping on the left foot once. Hop on the left foot again, bringing the right foot back behind the left foot and then shift the weight onto the right foot, leaving the left foot in the air. Dancers use the phrase "hop, hop back" for these three movements, and there is a slight pause between the hop, and hop back. The next movement is a hop on the right foot. Then shift

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1312-452: The right foot, and one on the left foot. As with most other types of dance tunes in Irish music , at a session or a dance it is common for two or more jigs to be strung together in a set, flowing on without interruption. The following distinction is primarily observed in modern competitive Irish dance and should not be confused with the general notion of how the jigs are played and classified among traditional Irish musicians. A light jig

1353-505: The stage: rock and bluegrass, jig and reel, spiritual and swing, honky-tonk and acoustic blues ... he raised his audience up with old songs and spirituals that he had infused with rocking urgency, then toyed with so that brass and guitar could harmonize, an accordionist could jam with the Boss, and a tuba player could know rock-concert adulation." The Chicago Tribune review quoted above went on to say, "The no-show Springsteen faithful missed

1394-858: The trade to make these 100-year-old songs sound bigger than life." To these album numbers Springsteen added more songs from the same cloth, such as Seeger's "Bring 'Em Home" (cast towards the Iraq War rather than the original Vietnam) and Blind Alfred Reed 's " How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? " (with Springsteen writing new verses regarding New Orleans and Katrina). On the first two legs, Springsteen also played from four to eight of his own songs per show. A few were straightforward versions of recent material, such as " Devils & Dust ", "Long Time Comin'", and " My City of Ruins ". Others were drastically re-arranged takes on old material, such as " Atlantic City ", "If I Should Fall Behind" (changed into waltz time ), and "Ramrod". The most remarked upon of these

1435-492: The traditional and non-traditional (slow) treble jigs. Beginners will do a treble jig at traditional speed (92 bpm), while more advanced dancers will dance the non-traditional (slow) treble jig at 72 bpm. In 19th-century America, the jig was the name adopted for a form of step dancing developed by enslaved African-Americans and later adopted by minstrel show performers. Danced to five-string banjo or fiddle tunes in 2 or 4 metre played at schottische tempo,

1476-410: The weight, left-right-left-right. The phrase for this whole movement is: "hop, hop back, hop back 2-3." To do the step on the left foot, reverse the left and right directions. Slip jigs are in 8 time. Because of the longer measures, they are longer than the reel and the light jig, with the same number of bars to the music. The dance is performed high on the toes, and is often considered

1517-521: Was Nebraska 's " Open All Night ", whose already surreal lyrics about New Jersey's industrial landscape were brought to the level of a "showstopping rave-up" by being rapped against a big band swing arrangement and a pseudo- Andrews Sisters female backing vocal trio. On the third, European leg, the enormous reception the band had received earlier in the year was not lost in the larger shows, and with Springsteen's arrangements of over ten of his original works into folk-like performances to add to

1558-706: Was filmed by the BBC and also broadcast in the U.S. by PBS . In addition, performance sequences from the tour were included on the expanded DVD portions of the October 2006 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions album reissue. Three late-in-tour shows at the Point Depot in Dublin were filmed, to materialize in June 2007 on the Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin DVD, Blu-ray, and CD,

1599-467: Was known as a dance in 16th-century England, often in 8 time, and the term was used for a post-play entertainment featuring dance in early modern England, but which 'probably employed a great variety of dances, solo (suitable for jigs), paired, round, country or courtly'; in Playford's Dancing Master (1651) 'the dance game in "Kemps Jegg" is a typical scenario from a dramatic jig and it

1640-773: Was later posted on Springsteen's YouTube channel in May 2019. A recording of Wembley Arena on November 11 was also released as live archive on August 21, 2020. The October 10, 2006 show in Rome was released as a live archive on September 2, 2022 Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey Darkness on the Edge of Town The River Nebraska Born in the U.S.A. Lucky Town The Ghost of Tom Joad The Rising Devils & Dust We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Other The band ranged in size from 17 and 20 members on stage, depending upon availability on

1681-479: Was widely adapted, and the jig is now most often associated with these countries, especially Ireland. The jig is second in popularity only to the reel in traditional Irish dance; it is popular but somewhat less common in Scottish country dance music. It is transcribed in compound metre , being 8 time. The most common structure of a jig is two eight-bar parts, performing two different steps, each once on

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