Mermaid Avenue

Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. The project was organized by Guthrie's daughter, Nora. A second volume of recordings, Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, was released in 2000. The projects are named after a song "Mermaid's Avenue" written by Guthrie. This was also the street in Coney Island, New York on which Guthrie lived.

Track listing

All lyrics by Woody Guthrie. Music by Billy Bragg, Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett and/or Corey Harris.

Related Topics:
Jeff Tweedy - Jay Bennett - Corey Harris

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• "Walt Whitman's Niece" (3:53)
• "California Stars" (4:57)
• "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (4:06)
• "Birds and Ships" (2:13)
• "Hoodoo Voodoo" (3:12)
• "She Came Along to Me" (3:26)
• "At My Window Sad and Lonely" (3:27)
• "Ingrid Bergman" (1:50)
• "Christ for President" (2:39)
• "I Guess I Planted" (3:32)
• "One by One" (3:22)
• "Eisler on the Go" (2:56)
• "Hesitating Beauty" (3:04)
• "Another Man's Done Gone" (1:34)
• "The Unwelcome Guest" (5:09)