"Yesterday's News" is a song by

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band

Whiskeytown Whiskeytown was an American alternative country band formed in 1994 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Fronted by Ryan Adams, the group included members Caitlin Cary, Phil Wandscher, Eric "Skillet" Gilmore, and Mike Daly. They disbanded in 2000 ...

, co-written by

Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American Rock music, rock and Country music, country singer-songwriter. He has released 30 studio albums and three as a former member of Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams left Whiskeytown and released ...

and

Phil Wandscher Phil Wandscher is the former guitarist of the alt-country band Whiskeytown, and is now a member of Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. Wandscher appeared on Death Cab For Cutie's album ''Transatlanticism'', singing backing vocals on the album's ...

. It first appeared on Whiskeytown's ''

Strangers Almanac ''Strangers Almanac'' is the second studio album by American alternative country band Whiskeytown, released on July 29, 1997, on Outpost and Geffen Records. The album was reissued as a deluxe edition with bonus tracks and an additional disc of ...

'' album, and was released in 1998 as a

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. 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 ''Faithless Street'' is the debut studio album by alternative country band Whiskeytown, released in 1995 on Mood Food Records. The album was re-issued by Outpost Recordings in 1998 with several bonus tracks added, and the track "Oklahoma" omit ...

''. Ryan Adams calls this "the definitive version. It sounds younger and freer than the one on ''

'', a little bit faster and louder. That was our

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phase. I played through a Vox amp at roducer Chris Stamey’s request.

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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 tameyfor the Baseball Park Sessions. The person it was about was still fresh in my mind." The lyrics of the song mention "The Comet", i.e., The Comet Lounge, a favorite

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, hangout for the band. The bar has since closed.

Track listing

Personnel & Production Credits

— acoustic & electric guitars, singing, banjo, piano, percussion *

— electric guitar, singing, organ, percussion *

Caitlin Cary Caitlin Cary (born October 28, 1968) is an alternative country musician and visual artist from Seville, Ohio. Early life Caitlin Cary is the youngest of seven siblings (all older brothers). Her entire family was involved in music to some degree ...

— violin, singing * Steven Terry — drums, singing, percussion * Jeff Rice — bass guitar * Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jim Scott

References

1998 singles Whiskeytown songs Songs written by Ryan Adams Songs written by Phil Wandscher 1997 songs {{1998-country-song-stub