Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
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Artist Information
Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alt-Country, Americana, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Active: 90's, 2000's
Born: November 5, 1974 in Jacksonville, NC
Influences
Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Uncle Tupelo, The Rolling Stones, The Replacements, Willie Nile, Hüsker Dü, Steve Forbert, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, The Band, Van Morrison
Similar Artists
Neko Case, Emmylou Harris, Rhett Miller, Scott Miller, Mason Jennings, Bell X1, Ben Kweller, Grand Drive, Joe Purdy, Gillian Welch, Wilco, Richard Buckner, Bruce Springsteen, Victoria Williams, Joe Henry, Mark Curry, Jeff Buckley, David Gray, Ian Matthews
Followers
Phil Heesen, Love and Theft, James Cooper, Dear and the Headlights, Sebastian Fors & the Ones Who Got Away, Hayward Williams, The New York Fund, Romantica, Katie Sawicki, The Educated Guess, Minor Majority, Scott Andrew, Brandon Heath, Cherryfalls, Redlands Palomino Co., The Honorary Title, Frank Turner, Limbeck, Pie Eyed Pete
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Biography
Mixing the heartfelt angst of a singer/songwriter with the cocky brashness of a garage rocker, Ryan Adams is at once one of the few artists to emerge from the alt-country scene to achieve mainstream commercial success and the one who most strongly refused to be defined by the genre, leaping from one spot to another stylistically as he follows his increasingly prolific muse. Adams was born in Jacksonville, NC, in 1974. While country music was a major part of his family's musical diet when he was young (he's cited Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Johnny Cash as particular favorites), in his early teens Adams developed a taste for punk rock and he began playing electric guitar.
Discography
Release: October 27, 2008
Label: Lost Highway
Release: June 29, 2007
Label: Mercury, Mercury Nashville, Universal Distribution, Lost Highway