This album was finally released in January 26, 1999, almost a year later than it was originally expected.
One of the reasons this album was delayed is because the songs that Cheryl had recorded were mostly sad songs about her divorce of about three years previously. When she started writing some newer songs, she went back into the studio and added some of those songs.
Some of the songs were recorded live, others are studio versions. The song "Potato" was recorded in Philadelphia at the Seaport Museum. I was in the audience. I wondered why Cheryl kept asking the audience if they wanted to try singing potato. It was because it would be on the album.
- Cheryl Wheeler
- acoustic guitar, vocals, choral singing
- Robin Batteau
- choral singing
- Larry Campbell
- pedal steel, Dobro
- Mark Egan
- bass
- Lucy Kaplansky
- harmony vocal, choral singing
- Zev Katz
- bass
- Lloyd Landesman
- Hammon organ
- Shawn Pelton
- drums and percussion
- Al Pettaway
- acoustic guitar
- Mark Shulman
- electric guitar
- Kenny White
- Hammond organ, acoustic piano, choral singing
- Ben Wisch
- harmony vocal, Wurlitzer piano
- Producer
- Ben Wisch
- Enginerred and mixed
- by Ben Wisch at Wish Productions, NYC winter 1997-summer 1998
- Live Tracks
- Recorded live in Philadelphia at Seaport Museum Theater, November 14, 1997.
- Engineered by
- Ron Schreier
- Mark Knobel
- Additional Recording and ProTools Consultant
- Mastered by
- Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY, NY
- Cover concept and photo-illustrationsby Tessa Frookto Gordon; detail from the Sylvia Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
- Other Photos
- by Cathleen Joyce
- Design
- by Joanna Bodenweber
- Notes
- by Scott Alarik
| Artist | Wheeler, Cheryl |
|---|---|
| Title | Sylvia Hotel |
| Date | 1999 |
| Label | Rounder |
| Cat # | 1212 |
| Track | Title | Time | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His Hometown | 4:04 | |
| 2 | But the Days and Nights Are Long | 3:23 | |
| 3 | If It Were Up to Me | 3:08 | |
| 4 | Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing | 3:44 | |
| 5 | All the Live Long Day | 3:47 | |
| 6 | Sylvia Hotel | 3:20 | |
| 7 | Unworthy | 3:21 | |
| 8 | Rainy Road Into Atlanta | 3:56 | |
| 9 | Lighting Up the Mighty Mississippi | 2:58 | |
| 10 | Potato | 2:55 | |
| 11 | Meow | 2:57 | |
| 12 | Who Am I Foolin'? | 3:50 | |
| 13 | Bank, The |
