Man in the Sand
Man in the Sand is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating new music to accompany lyrics that were written decades earlier by folk singer Woody Guthrie. The project, which was organized by Woody's daughter Nora, spawned three albums: Mermaid Avenue, released in 1998; Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, released in 2000, and Mermaid Avenue Vol. III, released in 2012.
The film begins with Bragg in Guthrie's original hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma, and follows along as Bragg travels to other Guthrie haunts in Texas, California, and finally, New York. Much of the documentary is also spent at the recording sessions in Chicago and Dublin, Ireland. Most of the tracks from both albums were recorded at these sessions.Songs featured in the film
The following songs appear in the film :
- "Way Over Yonder in Minor Key"
- "California Stars"
- "This Land Is Your Land"
- "Pastures of Plenty"
- "I Ain't Got No Home"
- "Here Comes the Train"
- "Ingrid Bergman"
- "Ideology"
- "Between the Wars"
- "She Came Along to Me"
- "Go Down to the Water"
- "Feed of Man"
- "Birds and Ships"
- "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"
- "When the Roses Bloom Again"
- "The Unwelcome Guest"
- "I Was Born"
- "At My Window Sad and Lonely"
- "Another Man's Done Gone"
- "Hoodoo Voodoo"
Five "bonus" tracks were also included on the DVD
- "Birds and Ships"
- "She Came Along to Me"
- "I Guess I Planted"
- "Eisler on the Go"
- "The Unwelcome Guest"
