collaborated on the making of the album Mermaid Avenue

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In 1998, Merchant collaborated on the making of the album Mermaid Avenue with Billy Bragg and Wilco , which set previously unreleased Guthrie lyrics to music by Bragg. She provided lead vocals for the song “Birds and Ships” and backing vocals for “Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key”, and returned for the second volume of the album, 2000s Mermaid Avenue Vol. II , providing vocals on the song “I Was Born”.