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Acclaimed Whiskeytown Album STRANGERS ALMANAC, Featuring Ryan Adams, Adds
Previously Unreleased Demos and Other Recordings for Two-CD Deluxe Edition

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Whiskeytown, the highly
acclaimed band of the alt-country/No Depression scene, who launched the
careers of four-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist Ryan
Adams as well as that of fiddler-singer-songwriter Caitlin Cary and
singer-songwriter-guitarist Phil Wandscher will have its 1997 major label
debut, STRANGERS ALMANAC re-released in a deluxe, 2-CD edition on March 4,
2008 on Mood Food/Outpost/Geffen/Ume.

Disc one is the original album plus five previously unreleased live
public radio performances. 17 of the 19 recordings on the second disc were
previously unreleased recordings and are from the pre-production sessions
for STRANGERS ALMANAC (commonly referred to as the BARN'S ON FIRE
SESSIONS). Intimate acoustic demos of "16 Days," "Avenues" and "Excuse Me
While I Break My Own Heart," are included plus several original songs
making their premieres in the Whiskeytown catalog: "Kiss & Make-Up,"
"Indian Gown," "Barn's On Fire," "Streets Of Sirens," "Breathe," "Nurse
With The Pills" and "10 Seconds." Also included are covers of Fleetwood
Mac's "Dreams," Gram Parsons' "Luxury Liner," Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss
Someone" and an early version of the True Believers' "The Rain Won't Help
You When It's Over." For fans of Whiskeytown, the added tracks on this
DELUXE EDITION are a long-lost treasure.

Founded in Raleigh, NC, in 1994, Whiskeytown made its indie debut with
FAITHLESS STREET. Upon hearing this release the band was signed to Outpost,
a Geffen Records label. The liner notes featured in the STRANGERS ALMANAC -
DELUXE EDITION package tells the tale of what when Whiskeytown entered a
Nashville studio. The band, led by 22-year-old Adams, was in turmoil: There
was a new rhythm section (bassist Jeff Rice and drummer Steven Terry joined
Adams, Cary and Wandscher), Cary was in a relationship with the former
drummer Eric "Skillet" Gilmore, Adams had been offered his own solo deal
and they had no guitars because they had been misplaced during the trip to
Nashville. The acoustic guitar heard on STRANGERS ALMANAC was bought in a
pawnshop. Despite all the misfortunes the band sensed something special and
continued on.

Producer Jim Scott tempered some of Whiskeytown's spirit of reckless
abandon while still allowing the band's earthy emotion and beautiful
raggedness to shine through on tracks such as "Yesterday's News," "16
Days," "Inn Town," "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight,"
"Everything I Do" and "Dancing With The Women At The Bar."

After one more album, Whiskeytown disbanded. Adams went on to a highly
successful solo career and Cary and Wandscher to other worthy musical
ventures. Now STRANGERS ALMANAC - DELUXE EDITION reveals why Whiskeytown is
still invoked as one of alt-country's all-time best.