Mermaid Avenue by Wilco

Billy Bragg and Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” album cover was shot at Mermaid Avenue on Coney Island. The album was released on June 23, 1998 on Elektra and consists of previously unheard lyrics originally written by Woody Guthrie and put to music and performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco.

Tracks:

Walt Whitman’s Niece
California Stars
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
Birds and Ships with Natalie Merchant
Hoodoo Voodoo
She Came Along to Me
At My Window Sad and Lonely
Ingrid Bergman
Christ for President
I Guess I Planted
One by One (Tweedy)
Eisler on the Go
Hesitating Beauty
Another Man’s Done Gone
The Unwelcome Guest

Personnel:

Billy Bragg – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National guitar, bouzouki, banjo, lead vocals, backing vocals, handclaps
Jeff Tweedy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar,harmonica, lead vocals, backing vocals, handclaps
Jay Bennett – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, clavinet, grand piano, melodica, Farfisa organ, Farfisa bass pedals, drums, percussion, bouzouki, dulcimer, banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, electric bass, backing vocals, handclaps
Corey Harris – electric guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals, handclaps
Ken Coomer – drums, percussion, backing vocals, handclaps
Natalie Merchant – lead vocals, backing vocals
John Stirratt – electric bass, acoustic bass, bass pedals, bass piano, Hammond B-3 organ, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, handclaps
Peter Yanowitz – chorus drums
Bob Egan – pedal steel, slide guitar
Eliza Carthy – violin
Johnathan “JP” Parker – backing vocals
Elizabeth Steen – accordion

Coney Island
Mermaid Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11224