Album Title: “Diamonds in the Ditch”
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Label: Suburban Home Records

Hugo Mudie – Vocals
Fred Jacques – Guitar/Vocals
Mathieu Guilbault – Bass
Ryan Battistuzzi – Guitar, Banjo, Pedal Steel
Rich Bouthillier – Drums
Louis Valiquette – Guitar/Vocals

Yesterday’s Ring began on a hot summer day on the front porch of a punk house in Memphis, TN. Fred and Hugo were on tour with their band, The Sainte Catherines, when they decided to start writing country songs influenced by a mix of Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash and “punk heroes” like Tim Armstrong, Joe Strummer, and Shane Macgowan. “We were listening to a lot of country in the van and we wanted to do something like that, but growing up in the punk scene, it came out really dirty, rough, and punk.”

The duo got back from tour and played shows around their hometown, eventually adding Louis and Marc of The Sainte Catherines to their line-up. 2005 saw a cross-Canada tour, some East Coast dates, and some European shows, after which they released their second album, “El Rancho,” firmly establishing themselves as one of the top alt-country bands to ever come out of the Province of Québec. Mixing their old love of punk rock with their new dedication to country and folk, the band forged a new sound that they could finally call their own. Their lives shows began to garner considerable attention and respect as they added drums, electric guitars, bass, keyboards, harmonica, banjo, mandolin and horns. By 2008, Yesterday’s Ring had played over 200 shows around Canada, the United States and Europe.

Now joined by Mathieu and Ryan and featuring talented musicians like Malcolm Bauld, Mara Tremblay, Béatrice Martin, and Keith Douglas and Chuck Robertson of Mad Caddies, “Diamonds in the Ditch” is the album they’ve been striving to create over the past nine years. Heavy doses of country, folk, punk rock, and traces of zydeco meld with traditional rock and roll swagger to create a country-rock opera that’s both eclectic and anthemic, firmly defining Yesterday’s Ring’s unique position in today’s music scene.