| Artist | Whiskeytown |
|---|---|
| Album | Strangers Almanac |
| A-side | "Yesterday's News" (Radio Version) |
| B-side | "Yesterday's News" (LP Version) |
| Released | February 1998 |
| Recorded | 1997 |
| Genre | Alternative country |
| Label | Outpost Recordings |
| Writer | Ryan Adams/Phil Wandscher |
| Producer | Jim Scott |
| Chronology | Whiskeytown |
| Prev year | 1997 |
| Next year | 1998 |
"Yesterday's News" is a song by alternative country band Whiskeytown, co-written by Ryan Adams and Phil Wandscher. It first appeared on Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac album, and was released in 1998 as a CD single.[1]
An earlier version of the song - recorded during the band's "Baseball Park" sessions - was released on the 1998 reissue of the band's first album Faithless Street.[2] Ryan Adams calls this "the definitive version. It sounds younger and freer than the one on Strangers Almanac, a little bit faster and louder. That was our Big Star phase. I played through a Vox amp at [producer] Chris Stamey’s request. Phil put a space-echo on the solo, and he talks underneath me in the choruses. The singing is better on the original... I had just written the song when we recorded it with Chris [Stamey] for the Baseball Park Sessions. The person it was about was still fresh in my mind."[3]
The lyrics of the song mention "The Comet", i.e., The Comet Lounge, a favorite Raleigh, NC, hangout for the band. The bar has since closed.[4]
Personnel & Production Credits
- Ryan Adams — acoustic & electric guitars, singing, banjo, piano, percussion
- Phil Wandscher — electric guitar, singing, organ, percussion
- Caitlin Cary — violin, singing
- Steven Terry — drums, singing, percussion
- Jeff Rice — bass guitar
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jim Scott
References
- ^ "Yesterday's News (Single)". AnsweringBell.com. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ Faithless Street. Los Angeles, CA: Outpost Recordings. 1998. OPRD-30002.
- ^ "Yesterday's News". AnsweringBell.com. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ Cornell, Rick (2008-03-12). "Burned-out Comet: Music Feature: Independent Weekly". Independent Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2011-01-09.