The Ghost of Tom Joad (song)

"The Ghost of Tom Joad" is a folk rock song written by Bruce Springsteen. It is a song on his eleventh studio album, which has the same name. The song was released in November 1995. Tom Joad is a character from The Grapes of Wrath, a book made by John Steinbeck.

"The Ghost of Tom Joad"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from The Ghost of Tom Joad"
Released	November 21, 1995
Recorded	April–June 1995 at Thrill Hill West in Los Angeles
Genre	Folk rock
Length	4:23
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)	Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin

The song has been covered by other musicians, such as Rage Against the Machine. Springsteen has played the song at concerts in many different ways. he has also played it with the E Street Band. In 2013, Springsteen made a new version of the song with Tom Morello. It was put on his eighteenth album, High Hopes.

The Ghost Of Tom Joad (song) Media

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  Springsteen performing "The Ghost of Tom Joad" at an early October 2008 Change Rocks voter registration rally on behalf of Barack Obama, on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.