For New Orleans

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Name = For New Orleans:
A Benefit For The Musicians' Village
Habitat For Humanity
Type = compilation
Artist = Various artists


Released = flagicon|US December 7, 2006 April 24 2007 (national release)
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Genre = Rock & pop
Length = 128 minutes
Label = Sugarfoot Music Copycats Entertainment / Copycats
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"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. [ [http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,29655.shtml "FOR NEW ORLEANS" - Artists Unite to Donate 100% of Benefit CD Profits to "Musicians' Village"] ]

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.

Tracks and artists

Disc: 1 [ [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/11/2217.cfm Westerberg, Jayhawks, Merchant And Others Get Together For New Orleans] ] [ [http://www.sugarfootmusic.com/fno/FNOtracklist.html SugarfootMusic.com Track List For New Orleans] ]
#"I Love To Wake Up In New Orleans" (Larry John McNally) — Larry John McNally
#"Gasoline Baby" (Marshall Crenshaw) — Marshall Crenshaw *
#"Drain The Sea" — The Hopefuls
#"I Can't Hold You" — Dan Wilson *
#"Beautiful City" — Diana Grasselli *
#"In Your Sight" — Alicia Wiley
#"Luna" — Jelloslave
#"Hold On" — Ill Chemistry *
#"The Popeye Hole (1967)" — Curlew
#"Caught With A Smile On My Face" — The Jayhawks
#"My Favorite Pain" — Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets *
#"Old Money" — PW & The Honky Heartattax *
#"Pink Room" — Electropolis *
#"Blind From Birth Girl" — Neverwas *
#"I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan) — Jeff Buckley *Disc: 2
#"Istanbul" — Frank Tedesso
#"Summertime" (Sloan Wainwright, Stephen Murphy) — Sloan Wainwright
#"Give Up The Ghost" — Storyhill
#"Wheels Of The World" — Susan McKeown
#"Sacred Ground" — Timothy Hill
#"Weeping Pilgrim" — Natalie Merchant
#"Twelve Gates To The City" — Brandon Ross
#"My Lord What A Mornin'" — Cantus *
#"Bush And The Tree Song, Pt. 1" — Jason Crigler
#"Nocturne In F Minor" — Justine Sasanfar
#"Travel" — Gary Rue and Prudence Johnson *
#"Closer To Fine" — Indigo Girls *
#"Directions" — Moveable Feast
#"After Dusk" — Ethel
#"Riescam" — Jason Crigler
#"Blue Bayou" (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) — Sandy Hinding *

* = previously unreleased track

References

External links

* [http://www.sugarfootmusic.com/neworleans.html Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/forneworleans "For New Orleans" MySpace page]