Springsteen anchored the show:
And then came Bruce. As the last artist of the night, Springsteen had the lengthiest remarks, with a speech that was an appreciation of Pete's place in history... Bruce spoke of ... Seeger as "the stealth dagger through the heart of our country's illusions about itself." ... and he described preparing for their duet on "This Land is Your Land" at the Inauguration, when Pete said: "I know I want to sing all the verses—all the ones that Woody wrote, even the two that usually get left out." Bruce summed up: "He sings all the verses, all the time—especially the ones we'd like to leave out of our history as a people."What is good for the goose is, as always, not for the gander: While Michael Franti and Patterson Hood did cover Dear Mr President, no one was impolite enough to mention Songs for John Doe
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