Give US Your Poor is a compilation album of 19 tracks by Bruce Springsteen & Pete Seeger, Jon Bon Jovi, Madeleine Peyroux, Bonnie Raitt, and other stars, many in collaboration with currently or formerly homeless musicians on benefit CD to fight homelessness.
Two years in the making, this fundraising CD created by Appleseed Recordings and the national Give US Your Poor organization at UMass Boston brings together established musicians, socially committed actors and currently or previously homeless musicians in a collection of mostly exclusive new recordings that address the ongoing crisis of homelessness in America. There are frequent collaborations between the stars, who donated their time and music, and their formerly or currently homeless brethren on songs that often reflect on existence without guaranteed lodging, food, and the simple necessities of human existence.
Track | Song title | Performer | Timing | Songwriter/composer |
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1 | Land of 10,000 Homeless—Minnesota | (audio documentary set to music) | 4:01 | Maria Isa, Turpening, Andrew |
2 | Show Me the Way | Jon Bon Jovi, Mighty Sam McClain | 3:40 | Sam McClain, Scott Shetler |
3 | Baby Don't Let Me Go Homeless | Keb' Mo', Eagle Park Slim | 3:14 | Autry McNeace, "Eagle Park Slim" |
4 | There Is No Good Reason | Natalie Merchant | 4:45 | Nichole Cooper |
5 | Hobo's Lullaby | Bruce Springsteen and the Sessions Band with Pete Seeger | 5:12 | Goebel Reeves |
6 | So Lonely | Sonya Kitchell | 5:40 | Sonya Kitchell |
7 | Becky's Tune | Michelle Shocked, Michael Sullivan | 3:44 | Michael Sullivan |
8 | Walking the Dog | Bonnie Raitt, Weepin' Willie Robinson | 3:48 | Rufus Thomas |
9 | My Name Is Not "Those People" (Spoken, With Music) | Danny Glover | 3:22 | Julia K. Dinsmore, Andrew Turpening |
10 | I Think it's Going to Rain Today | Madeleine Peyroux | 3:43 | Randy Newman |
11 | Portable Man | Del Goldfarb, John Sebastian | 2:52 | Delmark Goldfarb |
12 | Boll Weevil | Dan Zanes, Kyla Middleton | 4:09 | Lead Belly, John A. Lomax |
13 | Ink Falling (Father Outside) | Buffalo Tom | 3:54 | Chris Colbourn, Bill Janovitz, Tom Maginnis, Nick Flynn |
14 | Stranger Blues | Sweet Honey In The Rock | 5:38 | Traditional |
15 | 1,000 Miles Away | Jewel | 3:50 | Jewel Kilcher |
16 | Impossible Boulevard (spoken, with music) | Tim Robbins | 4:38 | Klaus Nielsen, Andrew Turpening |
17 | Feels Like Home | Mario Frangoulis | 4:33 | Randy Newman |
18 | When We Left Minneapolis (spoken, with music) | Danny Glover | 1:12 | Daniel R. Burke, Brian J.Casey, Julia K. Dinsmore |
19 | Here and Now | Mark Erelli | 3:27 | Catie Curtis/Mark Erelli |
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