Vigilante Man

VIGILANTE MAN - V1 4:09 COMP: FOLKWAYS / BACK
VIGILANTE MAN - V2 4:13 COMP: FOLKWAYS

Note: Harold Leventhal, Woody Guthrie's long-time business manager, broke into folk music after meeting Pete Seeger in 1948 and was the man behind the project, Folkways: A Vision Shared, a tribute to Guthrie and Lead Belly. Bruce Springsteen was one of the first artists to join the project. He recorded two Woody Guthrie songs for the tribute album, "I Ain't Got No Home" and "Vigilante Man", between the completion of Tunnel Of Love and the end of the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour rehearsals. The song features Bruce on guitar and vocals, Roy Bittan on organ, and Nils Lofgren on guitar. Bruce changed the lyrics, making the song both more modern and more inclusive. V2 is taken from the DVD video shot during a soundcheck on May 19, 1988 at Madison Square Garden, released on A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly home video.

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