Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
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| Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | ||
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| Studio album by Billy Bragg and Wilco | ||
| Released | May 30, 2000 | |
| Genre | Folk Rock | |
| Length | 49:47 | |
| Label | Elektra | |
| Producer(s) | Billy Bragg & Wilco | |
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| Billy Bragg chronology | ||
| Reaching To The Converted (1999) | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000) |
England, Half English (2002) |
| Wilco chronology | ||
| Summerteeth (1999) | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000) |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) |
Mermaid Avenue Vol. II is a 2000 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. It continues the project originally conceived by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie which resulted in Mermaid Avenue being released in 1998.
[edit] Track listing
- "Airline to Heaven" - 4:50 (Words: Woody Guthrie 1939. Music: Jay Bennett/Jeff Tweedy 1997.)
- "My Flying Saucer" - 1:45 (Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Billy Bragg 1995.)
- "Feed of Man" - 4:08 (Words: Guthrie. Music: Tweedy 1998)
- "Hot Rod Hotel" - 3:17 (Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1996.)
- "I Was Born" - 1:50 (Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1996.)
- "Secrets of the Sea" - 2:42 (Words: Guthrie 1939. Music: Bennett/Tweedy 1999.)
- "Stetson Kennedy" - 2:39 (Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1997.)
- "Remember the Mountain Bed" - 6:26 (Words: Guthrie 1944. Music Tweedy/Bennett 1999.)
- "Blood of the Lamb" - 4:16 (Music: Guthrie 1955. Words Tweedy/Bennett 1999.)
- "Aginst th' Law" - 3:03 (Words: Guthrie 1947. Music: Bragg 1995.)
- "All You Fascists" - 2:43 (Words: Guthrie 1942. Music: Bragg 1997.)
- "Joe DiMaggio Done It Again" - 2:31 (Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1995.)
- "Meanest Man" - 3:46 (Words: Guthrie 1945. Music: Bragg 1997.)
- "Black Wind Blowing" - 3:00 (Words: Guthrie. Music: Bragg 1997.)
- "Someday Some Morning Sometime" - 2:53 (Words: Guthrie 1948. Music: Tweedy 2000.)
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| Wilco |
| Jeff Tweedy | John Stirratt | Nels Cline | Glenn Kotche | Pat Sansone | Mikael Jorgensen |
| Ken Coomer | Max Johnston | Jay Bennett | Leroy Bach | Jim O'Rourke |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: A.M. | Being There | Mermaid Avenue | Summerteeth | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | More Like the Moon | A Ghost Is Born | Kicking Television: Live in Chicago |
| DVDs: Man in the Sand | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart |
| Related articles |
| Uncle Tupelo | Billy Bragg | The Wilco Book | Loose Fur | Down With Wilco | Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest |
