Back From The Dead...
Originally posted February 25, 2009
Iowa City, Iowa
October 29, 1997
Soundboard @flac
Falling out of the sky in the mid-90's, Whiskeytown grabbed the mantle of Critical Darlings by the throat and did not let go.
Fronted by Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary, they burned hard and they burned fast and they burned out before the world really knew what hit them.
With Ryan's remarkable songwriting, and an energy that can only come from a bunch of musicians who aren't aware of the ground they are breaking, Whiskeytown helped define what it meant to mix a punkish abandon with the pathos of great country music. ~Bloodshot Records
*Enclosed Notes*
The original recording has a bad 60 Hz hum from Nightime Gals on; if I remember the story correctly, the volume was accidentally cut on the recorder, and the boost on playback brought out the hum. I used a simple notch filer in Cool Edit Pro to make the tracks more listenable. I have prefaced the track number with "d" and appended "dehummed" after the song title so you can easily discard the versions you don't want to keep. I also corrected several song titles from the original torrent, although on the unreleased songs, who knows what the accurate titles are.
Ryan Adams and the rest of Whiskeytown play a killer show!
Track List:
01. Today
02. 16 Days
03. Yesterday's News
04. Excuse Me
05. Kidding You
06. Midway Park
07. Believe
08. Everything I Do
09. Too Drunk To Dream
10. Things I've Heard
11. Waiting To Derail
12. Not Home Anymore
13. Nighttime Gals
14. Dancing With The Women At The Bar
15. 2 Black Roses
16. The Battle
