Mermaid Avenue Tour

by Billy Bragg and The Blokes

Mermaid Avenue Tour cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:16
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Jay Bennett, Martyn Barker, Ben Mandelson, Simon Edwards, Billy Bragg, Ian McLagan, Grant Showbiz, Lu Edmonds, Jeff Tweedy, Woody Guthrie

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Mermaid Avenue Tour' documents Billy Bragg and his band The Blokes performing the Woody Guthrie settings of the 'Mermaid Avenue' project live. Bragg's interpretations of Guthrie's unpublished lyrics are presented in the band format developed for the tour.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, vocal, storytelling, melodic, live

Tracklist

  1. I Guess I Planted (3:36)
  2. My Flying Saucer (1:52)
  3. Eisler On The Go (5:38)
  4. The Milkman Of Human Kindness (2:55)
  5. She Came Along To Me (4:11)
  6. All You Fascists Bound To Lose (4:12)
  7. Must I Paint You A Picture (5:17)
  8. Christ For President (4:12)
  9. California Stars (3:59)
  10. A New England (2:30)
  11. Hoodoo Ska Voodoo (5:21)
  12. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (5:33)

Credits

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