release of the Mermaid Avenue albums, several other musicians have released recordings that similarly have drawn upon unpublished Guthrie material. Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999. A DVD of the film is included in Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions. Bob Dylan tells in his autobiography that Woody Guthrie asked him to reach out to Guthrie's wife Margie and get the boxes of songs and poems that had been written but never set to melodies. Dylan makes his way to Guthrie's place but Margie was not there, only Guthrie's son Arlo and the babysitter. Neither had any idea about the box, and Dylan headed back to New York. Dylan writes in his autobiography Chronicles: "Forty years later, these lyrics would fall into the hands of Billy Bragg and the group Wilco and they would put melodies to them, bring them to full life and record them. It was all done under the direction of Woody's daughter Nora. These performers probably weren't even born when I had made that trip to Brooklyn." Track listing Personnel Billy Bragg – lead vocals (1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15), backing vocals (7), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 15), electric guitar (5, 13), National guitar (9, 12), banjo (12), bouzouki (7), handclaps (10) Jay Bennett – piano (1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), grand piano (14, 15), Hammond B-3 organ (3, 5, 7, 10, 11), clavinet (1, 9), Farfisa organ (1), Farfisa bass pedals (5), electric bass (6), electric guitar (13), acoustic guitar (6), slide guitar (6), bouzouki (3), dulcimer (7), banjo (9), melodica (12, 15), backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 13), drums (1), percussion (12), handclaps (10) Ken Coomer – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15), percussion (1, 2, 3, 9, 12), backing vocals (1, 10), handclaps (10) John Stirratt – electric bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15), acoustic bass (1, 9), bass piano (5), bass pedals (9), backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 10), acoustic guitar (6), Hammond B-3 organ (6), handclaps (10) Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals (2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14), backing vocals (1, 10), acoustic guitar (2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15), electric guitar (1, 10), harmonica (1, 6, 15), handclaps (10) Additional musicians Johnathan "JP" Parker – backing vocals (1)