For New Orleans

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For New Orleans:
A Benefit For The Musicians' Village
Habitat For Humanity
For New Orleans:A Benefit For The Musicians' VillageHabitat For Humanity cover
Compilation album by Various artists
Released Flag of the United States December 7, 2006
April 24, 2007 (national release)
Genre Rock & pop
Length 128 minutes
Label Sugarfoot Music
Copycats Entertainment / Copycats
Professional reviews

For New Orleans: A Benefit For The Musicians' Village Habitat For Humanity is an American benefit double-disc CD, with tracks from Minnesota artists and national artists. All of the net proceeds from the sale of the album will be donated to Musicians' Village in New Orleans.[1]

The album has 30 tracks, of which 13 are previously unreleased. Also included is a 36-page booklet featuring a photo and a thought on New Orleans from each artist.

Paul Westerberg appears on the album under the alias PW & The Honky Heartattax.

Jeff Buckley's previously unreleased recording of "I Shall Be Released" was recorded September 6, 1992 on a radio show at WFMU. Chris Cunningham called him from Nick Hill's Music Faucet show, and he sings live via telephone from Irwin Chusid's home in Hoboken, New Jersey. Guest musicians in the studio are Barry Reynolds, Chris Cunningham, Michelle Kinney and Jeff Gordon.

The album was available at the label Sugarfoot Music's website from December 7, 2006. The national release date however, was April 24, 2007.

[edit] Tracks and artists

Disc: 1[2][3]

  1. "I Love To Wake Up In New Orleans" (Larry John McNally) — Larry John McNally
  2. "Gasoline Baby" (Marshall Crenshaw) — Marshall Crenshaw *
  3. "Drain The Sea" — The Hopefuls
  4. "I Can't Hold You" — Dan Wilson *
  5. "Beautiful City" — Diana Grasselli *
  6. "In Your Sight" — Alicia Wiley
  7. "Luna" — Jelloslave
  8. "Hold On" — Ill Chemistry *
  9. "The Popeye Hole (1967)" — Curlew
  10. "Caught With A Smile On My Face" — The Jayhawks
  11. "My Favorite Pain" — Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets *
  12. "Old Money" — PW & The Honky Heartattax *
  13. "Pink Room" — Electropolis *
  14. "Blind From Birth Girl" — Neverwas *
  15. "I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan) — Jeff Buckley *

Disc: 2

  1. "Istanbul" — Frank Tedesso
  2. "Summertime" (Sloan Wainwright, Stephen Murphy) — Sloan Wainwright
  3. "Give Up The Ghost" — Storyhill
  4. "Wheels Of The World" — Susan McKeown
  5. "Sacred Ground" — Timothy Hill
  6. "Weeping Pilgrim" — Natalie Merchant
  7. "Twelve Gates To The City" — Brandon Ross
  8. "My Lord What A Mornin'" — Cantus *
  9. "Bush And The Tree Song, Pt. 1" — Jason Crigler
  10. "Nocturne In F Minor" — Justine Sasanfar
  11. "Travel" — Gary Rue and Prudence Johnson *
  12. "Closer To Fine" — Indigo Girls *
  13. "Directions" — Moveable Feast
  14. "After Dusk" — Ethel
  15. "Riescam" — Jason Crigler
  16. "Blue Bayou" (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) — Sandy Hinding *

* = previously unreleased track

[edit] References

  1. ^ "FOR NEW ORLEANS" - Artists Unite to Donate 100% of Benefit CD Profits to "Musicians' Village"
  2. ^ Westerberg, Jayhawks, Merchant And Others Get Together For New Orleans
  3. ^ SugarfootMusic.com Track List For New Orleans

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