After last week’s post, where Alyson kindly confirmed what I couldn’t be bothered to check – that I’d posted the song before – I have performed due diligence this week.
And I was staggered to find that not only have I never posted today’s song before, I’ve never posted anything from this album at all (not counting the time one song from the album was suggested as part of The Chain).
I imagine most of you will know this already, but to be on the safe side: Mermaid Avenue is an album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, set to music and performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco.
And it’s a thing of beauty and wonder, as I think this will amply demonstrate:
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Hesitating Beauty
More soon.
A History of Dubious Taste 
I played this the other night for the first time in years.
A terrific album
Ain’t that the truth! As I just said in response to a comment from JC, I ignored it when it first came out – I wanted Billy singing Billy’s songs! Regretted that ever since.
It is indeed a wonderful record, and the Billy Bragg & The Blokes tour to play many of the Woody Guthrie songs also provided fabulous times and memories.
Man, I wish I’d seen that. I was stupid enough to ignore this record, and its sequels when they first came out- I love Billy’s lyrics, why would I want to listen to him singing somebody else’s. I am an idiot.