Who's the Boss?

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Bruce Springsteen's new record, Devils and Dust, comes as part of a long tradition of singing about the working class, from Woody Guthrie to Johnny cash to Bob Dylan. Today on the show, Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone, tells us how the Boss has taken up the mantle of the working person, and whether he succeeds. And Dave van Ronk was one of the founding fathers of the 1960s folk revival. The co-writer of his memoir, Elijah Wald, joins us to talk about van Ronk, "The Mayor of MacDougal Street."
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