Williamsburg Regional Library

Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg and Wilco

Label
Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg and Wilco
Language
eng
resource.accompanyingMatter
libretto or texthistorical information
Form of composition
multiple forms
Format of music
not applicable
Main title
Mermaid Avenue
Medium
sound recording
Music parts
not applicable
Oclc number
39366327
resource.otherEventInformation
Recorded at Totally Wired and Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, King Size Sound Laboratories, Chicago, and Fort Apache Studio, Boston
Responsibility statement
Billy Bragg and Wilco
Summary
"Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island is where Woody Guthrie lived with his family in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Here he wrote hundreds of songs which he never recorded. When he died he left only the lyrics. Billy Bragg and Wilco have written new tunes to these songs."--Shrink wrap
Target audience
general
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Classification
resource.lyricist
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