Don't Be Sad

"Don't Be Sad" is a song by alt-country band Whiskeytown, from their album, Pneumonia. It was co-written by Ryan Adams, Mike Daly, and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins),^[1] and issued as a single to radio in 2001.^[2]

Ryan Adams says this about the track: "I think there's a duality in that song. I think on one hand, it's saying, 'Hang on, we'll get through this,' but deep down, we know we're not going to get through it at all. I don't know. Damn, that song just kinda says it all, doesn't it?"^[2]

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Musicians[edit]

• Ryan Adams — Guitars, vocals, piano & harmonica
• Caitlin Cary — Fiddle & backing vocals
• Mike Daly — Guitars, pedal steel, lap steel, dulcimer, mandocello, mandolin, keyboards & backing vocals
• Brad Rice — Guitars
• Jennifer Condos — Bass
• Mike Santoro — Bass
• Richard Causon — Keyboards
• James Iha - Guitars & Backing vocals
• Tommy Stinson — Guitar & dobro
• James Jumbo Aumonier — Celeste
• Ethan Johns — Drums, bass, mandolin, mandocello, keyboards, percussion & guitars

Production credits[edit]

• Produced by Ethan Johns
• Engineered by Trina Shoemaker
• Mixed & engineered by Ethan Johns
• Recorded at Dreamland Studios & House Of Blues Studios
• Mixed at The Sound Factory
• Mastered by Doug Sax & Robert Hadley at the Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA

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