Monday, August 1, 2011

Singer-Songwriter David Bromberg Returns

Musician David Bromberg. (By Judy Sirota Rosenthal)

Musician David Bromberg. (Judy Sirota Rosenthal)

David Bromberg‘s music career started in the 60′s and spanned through blues, bluegrass, rock and jazz.

On his rootsy new CD, called “Use Me,”  Bromberg asked a dream team of fellow musicians to do just that, produce him doing versions of their songs. Among the artists who agreed, Dr. John, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt and John Hiatt.

The Boston Globe calls it a terrific listen and we agree.

David Bromberg told Here and Now that “it was a humbling experience and I’m grateful to all of them, and the other remarkable thing is they knew exactly how to use me. I said ‘use me’ and they knew what to do with me.”

Guest:

  • David Bromberg, musician

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  • moose

    Been a fan of DB since high school. Brilliant musician and performer. Great, bawdy sense of humor, too.

    • Alex Ashlock, Here and Now

      Thanks. I assume you know his version of Statesboro Blues/Church Bell Blues. That’s my favorite piece by him.  

  • Carol Burnett

    I can’t believe I just heard Robin Young say that she had not heard information about budget cuts being bad for the US economy prior to the debt ceiling agreement. This is astonishing. It exemplifies the degree to which the media, even the media we trust to be well informed and balanced, is unduly influenced by the right and its well financed without even recognizingÂ
    what’s happening.

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