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The Mermaid Avenue series is one of the most successful and unusual folk-rock collaborations of the last few decades. At its core, the project took previously unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics and set them to entirely new music composed and performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco. Celebrated for honouring Guthrie's spirit while creating something entirely new, the Mermaid Avenue recordings remain a landmark achievement in folk and Americana music.
New standalone format, broken out from The Complete Sessions (2012). Released for Guthrie's centennial, this collection assembled Volumes I and II, added a third volume of previously unreleased recordings, and included the documentary film Man in the Sand, which chronicles the collaboration.
Tracklist
Bugeye Jim
When the Roses Bloom Again
Gotta Work
My Thirty Thousand
Ought to Be Satisfied Now
Listening to the Wind That Blows
Go Down to the Water
Chain of Broken Hearts
Jailcell Blues
Don't You Marry
Give Me a Nail
The Jolly Banker
Union Prayer
Be Kind to the Boy on the Road
Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
Tea Bag Blues
I'm Out to Get