Mermaid Avenue
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The Mermaid Avenue album is a collaboration between American rock band Wilco and British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg. The project involved creating music for previously unrecorded lyrics left behind by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. This unique collaboration resulted in the album Mermaid Avenue, released in 1998, followed by a second volume in 2000. The album produced one of Wilco's well-known songs, "California Stars".12
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Billy Bragg…American alternative-rock band Wilco on Mermaid Avenue (1998), an album built on lyrics by folk music legend Woody Guthrie; Mermaid Avenue Vol. II was released in 2000. Another posthumous collaboration with Guthrie, Mermaid Vol. III, was released simultaneously in 2012 with a box set that bundled it with the first…
Read More…American alternative-rock band Wilco on Mermaid Avenue (1998), an album built on lyrics by folk music legend Woody Guthrie; Mermaid Avenue Vol. II was released in 2000. Another posthumous collaboration with Guthrie, Mermaid Vol. III, was released simultaneously in 2012 with a box set that bundled it with the first…
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Wilcosinger-songwriter Billy Bragg on the Mermaid Avenue album, in which they created music for lyrics left behind by Dust Bowl folksinger Woody Guthrie. The project produced one of Wilco’s best-known songs, “California Stars.” A second Mermaid volume followed in 2000.
Read Moresinger-songwriter Billy Bragg on the Mermaid Avenue album, in which they created music for lyrics left behind by Dust Bowl folksinger Woody Guthrie. The project produced one of Wilco’s best-known songs, “California Stars.” A second Mermaid volume followed in 2000.
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