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Faithless Street |
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| (Re-Issue) | |
| Released 09/29/98 | |
| CD, Outpost Records, OPRD-30002 | |
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| Liner Notes: | |
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Faithless Street happened; dripping midsummer in a converted barn
in Apex, "The Pinnacle of Good Living," North Carolina, we
recorded our songs -- some that we'd known for a while, some that we
made up on the spot. One critic wrote about "inexpert playing
and sloppy arrangements," but I didn't think that comments like
this ever did or ever will phase us. I got drunk one night after
singing some, and rode a naked horse through a pasture - fast.
That same night Ryan took twenty minutes to scrawl the words to
"Hard Luck Story" on the back of a pizza box; soon after we
cut those vocals on one mic.
On this new release we've included a few "new" tracks cut around the same time -- songs we maybe didn't appreciate then, but have since come to care about. With all that happened since that summer, Faithless Street exists as a fond memory of simple times. We hope you enjoy it. - Caitlin Cary, June, 1998 |
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All I remember is what we had to drink and Skillet and Ray Duffy's
preoccupation with fireworks. Out in the parking lot across the
street from Park Ave., the Roman candles and Black Cats sounded a lot
like I'd hope we'd one day -- pretty little things all set on fire
waiting to get destroyed.
- Ryan Adams, June, 1998 |
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| Faithless Street-era Whiskeytown were: | |
| Ryan Adams - guitar, vocals | |
| Caitlin Cary - violin, vocals | |
| Eric "Skillet" Gilmore - drums | |
| Steve Grothman - bass | |
| Phil Wandscher - guitar vocals | |
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| Bob Ricker - pedal steel (Faithless Street) | |
| Nicholas Petti - accordion, banjo, pedal steel (Baseball Park Sessions) | |
| Faithless Street sessions: | |
| Produced by Whiskeytown; additional production by Chris Stamey | |
| Recorded by Greg Woods and Whiskeytown at the Funny Farm, Apex, NC | |
| Baseball Park sessions: | |
| Produced by Chris Stamey | |
| Recorded by Tim Harper at Captured Live!, Durham, NC | |
| Mixed by Tim Harper and Chris Stamey at Modern Recording, July 1998 | |
| Mastering: Greg Calbi at Masterdisk. | |
| A&R: Mark Williams | |
| Legal: Josh Grier / Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn | |
| Design: Chris Bilheimer | |
| Photographs: Melanie Bryan (cover, angel), Ray Duffy (band), | |
| Caitlin (small car), Ryan (trains, back cover) | |
| Special thanks to all the folks in Raleigh that were there at the beginning, | |
| + who we will be turning to for employment when it's over. | |
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