Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

~ Release by Billy Bragg & Wilco (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Walt Whitman's Niece
acoustic bass guitar:
John Stirratt
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg
clavinet, drums (drum set), farfisa and piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Ken Coomer
electric guitar and harmonica:
Jeff Tweedy
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco), Ken Coomer, Jonathan “JP” Parker, John Stirratt and Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Walt Whitman’s Niece
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco43:53
2California Stars
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg and Jeff Tweedy
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
lap steel guitar:
Corey Harris
piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
violin:
Eliza Carthy
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and John Stirratt
lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
California Stars
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (in 1997) and Jeff Tweedy (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco4.754:58
3Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
accordion:
Elizabeth Steen
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
Hammond organ and bouzouki:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone [chorus drums]:
Peter Yanowitz
violin:
Eliza Carthy
guest background vocals:
Natalie Merchant
recording of:
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.754:07
4Birds and Ships
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
guest lead vocals:
Natalie Merchant
performer:
Natalie Merchant
recording of:
Birds and Ships
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco feat. Natalie Merchant42:15
5Hoodoo Voodoo
drums (drum set):
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar and piano:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
farfisa:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
guest electric guitar:
Corey Harris
lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Hoodoo Voodoo
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco), Billy Bragg, Ken Coomer, Corey Harris, John Stirratt and Jeff Tweedy
Billy Bragg & Wilco4.53:12
6She Came Along to Me
acoustic guitar and harmonica:
Jeff Tweedy
acoustic guitar, electric bass guitar and slide guitar and background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Ken Coomer
Hammond organ and acoustic guitar:
John Stirratt
slide guitar:
Bob Egan
lead vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
She Came Along to Me
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (in 1998), Billy Bragg (in 1998) and Jeff Tweedy (in 1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.653:28
7At My Window Sad and Lonely
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
Appalachian dulcimer and Hammond organ:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
bouzouki:
Billy Bragg
drums (drum set):
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco), Billy Bragg and John Stirratt
recording of:
At My Window Sad and Lonely
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.353:27
8Ingrid Bergman
engineer:
Jerry Boys
producer:
Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998-01)
recorded at:
Totally Wired in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland (in 1998-01)
recording of:
Ingrid Bergman (in 1998-01)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1950)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.51:50
9Christ for President
acoustic bass guitar and bass pedals:
John Stirratt
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
banjo, clavinet and piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Ken Coomer
guitar:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Christ for President
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (in 1997) and Jeff Tweedy (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.352:42
10I Guess I Planted
acoustic guitar and handclaps and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg
drums (drum set) and handclaps:
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar and handclaps:
John Stirratt
electric guitar and handclaps:
Jeff Tweedy
guest handclaps and guest background vocals:
Corey Harris
Hammond organ, handclaps and piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco), Ken Coomer, John Stirratt and Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
I Guess I Planted
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.653:33
11One by One
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
drums (drum set):
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
organ and piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
pedal steel guitar:
Bob Egan
recording of:
One by One
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco43:26
12Eisler on the Go
banjo and guitar and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg
melodica, percussion and piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
percussion:
Ken Coomer
recording of:
Eisler on the Go
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.652:57
13Hesitating Beauty
drums (drum set):
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
electric guitar and piano and background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Hesitating Beauty
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1949)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy (in 1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco43:05
14Another Man's Done Gone
grand piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Another Man’s Done Gone
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.651:36
15The Unwelcome Guest
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg
acoustic guitar and harmonica and background vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
drums (drum set):
Ken Coomer
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
grand piano and melodica:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
pedal steel guitar:
Bob Egan
recording of:
The Unwelcome Guest
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1996)
Billy Bragg & Wilco3.655:05
2▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Airline to Heaven
acoustic guitar, handclaps and mellotron and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
handclaps:
John Stirratt
handclaps, musical saw, shakers and slide guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and John Stirratt
recording of:
Airline to Heaven
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1939)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1997) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1997)
4.54:50
2My Flying Saucer
engineer:
Jerry Boys
producer:
Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Billy Bragg (in 1998-01)
acoustic guitar, baritone guitar and electric guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (in 1998-01)
cabasa:
Jeff Tweedy (in 1998-01)
electric bass guitar and guitar:
John Stirratt (in 1998-01)
guest tambourine:
Ken Coomer (in 1998-01)
recorded at:
Totally Wired in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland (in 1998-01)
recording of:
My Flying Saucer (in 1998-01)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1950)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1995)
41:45
3Feed of Man
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
Hammond organ and guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
resonator guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Feed of Man
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy (until 1998)
54:05
4Hot Rod Hotel
acoustic guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
electric guitar, farfisa and mandolin:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Hot Rod Hotel
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1949)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1996)
43:16
5I Was Born
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Natalie Merchant
recording of:
I Was Born
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1950)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1996)
3.651:50
6Secret of the Sea
12 string guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar, organ, piano, slide guitar and tambourine:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and John Stirratt
recording of:
Secret of the Sea
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1939)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1999) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1999)
42:39
7Stetson Kennedy
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
solo electric guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Stetson Kennedy
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1950)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1997)
52:38
8Remember the Mountain Bed
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
classical guitar [nylon string guitar] and organ:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
piano:
Leroy Bach
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and John Stirratt
recording of:
Remember the Mountain Bed
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1944)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1999) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1999)
56:26
9Blood of the Lamb
acoustic guitar:
Billy Bragg
acoustic guitar and slide guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
double bass:
John Stirratt
Hammond organ, farfisa and piano and background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
recording of:
Blood of the Lamb
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1955)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) (until 1997) and Jeff Tweedy (until 1997)
44:16
10Aginst th' Law
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Corey Harris
banjo:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg
mandolin:
Jeff Tweedy
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
resonator guitar:
Bob Egan
recording of:
Against th’ Law
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1947)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1995)
43:01
11All You Fascists
bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg and Jeff Tweedy
harmonica and slide guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
All You Fascists (music by Billy Bragg)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Billy Bragg (in 1997)
is based on:
All You Fascists (music by Woody Guthrie)
52:43
12Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
banjo and solo acoustic guitar:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
double bass:
John Stirratt
mandolin:
Ben Ivitsky
percussion:
Ken Coomer
violin:
Eliza Carthy
background vocals:
Jay Bennett (Wilco), Ken Coomer and John Stirratt
recording of:
Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1949)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1995)
42:30
13Meanest Man
baritone guitar and electric bass guitar:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
Hammond organ:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
resonator guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Meanest Man
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1945)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1997)
53:44
14Black Wind Blowing
resonator guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Black Wind Blowing
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg (until 1997)
52:58
15Someday Some Morning Sometime
bell, double bass and membranophone:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
Wurlitzer electric piano and acoustic guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Someday Some Morning Sometime
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (until 1948)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy (until 2000)
52:51
3▼Digital Media
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1Bugeye Jim
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
resonator guitar:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
Bugeye Jim
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Ludlow Music and Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
3:14
2When the Roses Bloom Again
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
When the Roses Bloom Again
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy
publisher:
Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. and Words Ampersand Music
54:07
3Gotta Work
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Gotta Work
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg and Corey Harris
publisher:
Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
2:12
4My Thirty Thousand
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
My Thirty Thousand
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
2:37
5Ought to Be Satisfied Now
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Ought to Be Satisfied Now
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
3:30
6Listening to the Wind That Blows
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Listening to the Wind That Blows
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy
publisher:
Ver Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. and Words Ampersand Music
5:03
7Go Down to the Water
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Go Down to the Water
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd. and Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
4:31
8Chain of Broken Hearts
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Chain of Broken Hearts
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jeff Tweedy
publisher:
Ver Music, Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. and Words Ampersand Music
3:27
9Jailcell Blues
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Jailcell Blues
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
2:23
10Don't You Marry
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Don't You Marry
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
3:14
11Give Me a Nail
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Give Me a Nail
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd. and Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
1:38
12The Jolly Banker
additional recording engineer:
Jason Tobias
recording engineer and mixer:
Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer)
acoustic guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
bass guitar and bass guitar [bass]:
John Stirratt
drums (drum set) [drums], membranophone, percussion, percussion [Jim Scott's cash and garden tools] and percussion [Jim Scott's cash]:
Glenn Kotche
effects [Leslie cab], Hammond organ, Hammond organ [Hammond B3] and other instruments [Leslie cab]:
Mikael Jorgensen
harpsichord:
Pat Sansone
lap steel guitar and lap steel guitar [lap steel]:
Nels Cline (US rock/jazz guitarist and composer)
other instruments [a garden tool] and percussion [garden tool]:
Leslie Feist (Canadian singer-songwriter, performs as Feist)
vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
cover recording of:
The Jolly Banker
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
3:26
13Union Prayer
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Union Prayer
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
4:09
14Be Kind to the Boy on the Road
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
recording of:
Be Kind to the Boy on the Road
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
3:42
15Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar [lead electric guitar]:
Jeff Tweedy
bass pedals [Farfisa bass pedals], Hammond organ [Hammond B3] and piano:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
guitar:
Corey Harris
mandolin:
Billy Bragg
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
vocals:
Jeff Tweedy
recording of:
Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jay Bennett (Wilco) and Jeff Tweedy
publisher:
Ver Music, Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc., Words Ampersand Music and You Want a Piece of This Music
4:47
16Tea Bag Blues
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
acoustic guitar:
Corey Harris
background vocals:
Billy Bragg
vocals:
Corey Harris
recording of:
Tea Bag Blues
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Corey Harris
publisher:
Njumba Music, Small Scale Music and Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
3:59
17I'm Out to Get
additional producer:
Grant Showbiz
producer:
Billy Bragg and Wilco (American alternative rock band)
acoustic guitar:
Jeff Tweedy
banjo, guitar and mandolin:
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
bass:
John Stirratt
electric guitar:
Billy Bragg and Corey Harris
membranophone:
Ken Coomer
vocals:
Billy Bragg
recording of:
I'm Out to Get
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Billy Bragg
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
3:58