Mermaid Avenue Vol. II

Mermaid Avenue Vol. II is a 2000 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and American band Wilco. It continues the project originally conceived by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie which resulted in the release of Mermaid Avenue in 1998. Both volumes were collected in a 2012 box set along with volume three as Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions.

Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(82/100) ^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Alternative Press	^[1]
The A.V. Club	(favourable) ^[3]
Chicago Tribune	(positive) ^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ ^[5]
Pitchfork Media	(6.3/10) ^[6]
Q	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A− ^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Spin	(9/10) ^[1]
Wall of Sound	(82/100) ^[9]

Track listing

"Airline to Heaven" – 4:50
- Words: Woody Guthrie 1939. Music: Jay Bennett and Jeff Tweedy 1997.
"My Flying Saucer" – 1:45
- Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Billy Bragg 1995.
"Feed of Man" – 4:08
- Words: Guthrie. Music: Tweedy 1998
"Hot Rod Hotel" – 3:17
- Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1996.
"I Was Born" – 1:50
- Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1996.
"Secret of the Sea" – 2:42
- Words: Guthrie 1939. Music: Bennett/Tweedy 1999.
"Stetson Kennedy" – 2:39
- Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1997.
"Remember the Mountain Bed" – 6:26
- Words: Guthrie 1944. Music: Tweedy/Bennett 1999.
"Blood of the Lamb" – 4:16
- Words: Guthrie 1955. Music: Tweedy/Bennett 1999.
"Aginst th' Law" – 3:03
- Words: Guthrie 1947. Music: Bragg 1995.
"All You Fascists" – 2:43
- Words: Guthrie 1942. Music: Bragg 1997.
"Joe DiMaggio Done It Again" – 2:31
- Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1995.
"Meanest Man" – 3:46
- Words: Guthrie 1945. Music: Bragg 1997.
"Black Wind Blowing" – 3:00
- Words: Guthrie. Music: Bragg 1997.
"Someday Some Morning Sometime" – 2:53
- Words: Guthrie 1948. Music: Tweedy 2000.

Personnel

Jeff Tweedy - guitar, vocal, clapping, Mellotron, cabasa, 12 string guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, Wurlitzer
Jay Bennett - guitar, backing vocal, slide guitar, shaker, saw, 12 string guitar, B3 organ, Leslie pedals, Farfisa organ, mandolin, piano, tambourine, electric sitar, soloing, nylon string guitar, banjo, harmonica, drums, upright bass, Delayaphone, bells
John Stirat bass, backing vocal, claps, upright bass, baritone guitar
Billy Bragg - guitar, vocal, resonator guitar
Ken Coomer - drums, tape box, tambourine, percussion, backing vocal, hollering, kick drum, gas heater

Additional Musicians

Mike Henry - backing vocal on "My Flying Saucer"
Natalie Merchant - guest lead vocal on "I Was Born"
Leroy Bach - piano on "Remember The Mountain Bed"
Corey Harris - guest lead vocal and acoustic guitar on "Against Th' Law"
Eliza Carthy - violin on "Joe DiMaggio Has Done It Again"

References

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Billy Bragg

Studio albums	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Workers Playtime The Internationale Don't Try This at Home William Bloke Mermaid Avenue (with Wilco) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (with Wilco) England, Half-English Mr Love & Justice Mermaid Avenue Vol. III (with Wilco) Tooth & Nail

Compilations, and boxsets	Back to Basics The Peel Sessions Album Victim of Geography Life's a Riot Between the Wars Bloke on Bloke Reaching to the Converted Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Volume 1 Volume 2 Fight Songs Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (with Wilco)

Singles and EPs	"Between the Wars EP" "Days Like These" "Levi Stubbs' Tears" "Greetings to the New Brunette" "She's Leaving Home" "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" "She's Got a New Spell" "Won't Talk About It" "Sexuality" "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" "Accident Waiting to Happen EP" "Upfield" "The Boy Done Good" / "Sugardaddy" "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (with Wilco) "She Came Along to Me EP" (with Wilco) "England Half English" / "St Monday" (with The Blokes) "Take Down the Union Jack" (with The Blokes) "We Laughed" (Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg) "I Keep Faith" "The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" "Never Buy The Sun"

Live albums	"Help Save the Youth of America" "No Pop, No Style, Strictly Roots" "Mermaid Avenue Tour" "Going to a Party Way Down South" "Live at the Barbican"

Related articles	Wilco Discography Red Wedge "A New England"

Wilco

Nels Cline Mikael Jorgensen Glenn Kotche Pat Sansone John Stirratt Jeff Tweedy Leroy Bach Jay Bennett Ken Coomer Bob Egan Brian Henneman Max Johnston Jim O'Rourke

Studio albums	A.M. Being There Summerteeth Yankee Hotel Foxtrot A Ghost Is Born Sky Blue Sky Wilco (The Album) The Whole Love Star Wars

Live albums	Kicking Television: Live in Chicago

Mermaid Avenue	Mermaid Avenue Mermaid Avenue Vol. II Mermaid Avenue Vol. III Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

EPs	More Like the Moon

Singles	"Box Full of Letters" "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" "Can't Stand It" "A Shot in the Arm" "War on War"

DVDs	Man in the Sand I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Wilco Live: Ashes of American Flags

Related articles	Discography Billy Bragg Down with Wilco At the Organ Golden Smog Jeff Tweedy discography Loose Fur Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest Uncle Tupelo The Wilco Book Wilco: Learning How to Die Record Club

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Mermaid Avenue Vol. II

Track listing

Personnel

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