About three years ago , I played an electric version of Bruce Springsteen 's `` The Ghost of Tom Joad '' with Bruce on stage , and it was the first time I 'd ever sung with an electric guitar in my hands . `` It 's a record with a global focus , '' Tom Morello says of his new solo album . Hide Caption He talks about the racism he faced growing up in a small Illinois town .
`` It 's a record with a global focus , '' Tom Morello says of his new solo album . Hide Caption He talks about the racism he faced growing up in a small Illinois town .