As previously reported last fall, Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Steve Earle, Dr. John, Pete Seeger, and thirteen more of our favorite artists visited New Orleans, LA recently to record a benefit album for and with the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band. We didn’t have many details at the time, but now the release date is approaching (Feb 16) and the album’s distributor has posted a great teaser site, complete with a few streaming songs, video, pictures, and lots more.
We already knew that Tom Waits had recorded the earliest known recorded Mardi Gras song, “Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing,” but we now have the full track list as well. Check it out below and click here to stream full songs by Jim James, aka Yim Yames, Jason Isbell, Del McCoury, Buddy Miller, and Ani DiFranco. (There are also sound clips from Andrew Bird, Steve Earle, and others in the teaser video.)
Official Preservation Track List:
- Andrew Bird – “Shake It and Break It”
- Paolo Nutini – “Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea”
- Tom Waits – “Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing”
- Yim Yames – “Louisiana Fairytale”
- Del McCoury – “After You’ve Gone”
- Ani DiFranco – “Freight Train”
- Pete Seeger & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – “Blue Skies (Comin My Way)”
- Jason Isbell – “Nobody Knows You”
- Brandi Carlile – “Old Rugged Cross”
- Richie Havens – “Trouble in Mind”
- Merle Haggard – “Basin Street Blues”
- Blind Boys of Alabama – “There is a Light”
- Dr. John – “Winin’ Boy”
- Louis Armstrong – “Rockin’ Chair”
- Amy LaVere – “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home”
- Steve Earle – “Tain’t Nobody’s Business”
- Cory Chisel – “Some Cold Rainy Day”
- Buddy Miller – “I Ain’t Got Nobody”
- Angelique Kidjo with Terence Blanchard – “La Vie En Rose”