Bands associated with the Mermaid Lounge, (freewheelin’ Warehouse District venue & alternative/experimental/punk/ everything else hub) closed down back in 2004. What with last weekend’s Mermaid Lounge Reunion at the Truck Farm. (And a few tunes at end by people like Neil Young andFiona Apple who did not play the Mermaid but clearly missed out…)Thank you Marc Paradis and Smitti Supab for coming in and sharing your [insert here, something other than “Mermaid Tales”…]
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[Most but not all on Spotify below. Couldn’t find anything from The New Dopey Singers by the time I was getting this playlist together, but I saw them at the Truck Farm for the first time this weekend and they were hilarious.]
1) “Bunny’s Bolero” – Gas Tank Orchestra
2) “Someday’s Coming” – Royal Fingerbowl
3) “Gladys and Lucy” – Victoria Williams
4) “Lazy River” – EGG YOLK JUBILEE
5) “Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone” – Neutral Milk Hotel
6) “Heart of Steel” – Galactic (feut. Cyril Neville)
7) “Jailbait” – Supagroup
8) “Car Cute” – White Bitch (Michael Patrick Welch)
9) “Mr. 9 O’Clock” – The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars
10) “Di Shikerer Tantz” – Panorama Jazz Band of New Orleans
11) “Maida Vale” – Chef Menteur
12) “Rosebud Bullets” – Myshkin Warbler/ Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers
13) “Pipeliner’s Blues” – Hackberry Ramblers
14) “Better Go Home Now” – Dirty Three
15) “She Loves the Moon” – Norco Lapalco
16) “Sweet Chalmette” – Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes
17) “Someone is Waiting” – Neutral Milk Hotel
18) “Bluebird” – Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers
19) “Hummingbird Hotel” – Tony Green
20) “Louisiana” – Kenny Claiborne
21) “Drink Canada Dry” – The Geraniums
22) “As Long As You Let Me” – Alex McMurray
23) “Beautiful Stranger” – Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies(/Sarah McDiggum)
24) “Feels Like Thunder” – Alexandra Scott
25) “Paper Bag” – Fiona Apple
26) “96 Tears” – Vic Shepherd & More Reverb
27) “Get Your Soul Right” – Domenic
28) “Heart of Gold” – Neil Young
29) “Shelter From the Storm” – Bob Dylan
