Ryan Adams - "The Rescue Blues"

Ryan Adams' musical career confuses me.  He certainly has a fine musical reputation and has sold his fair share of records, but with 11 solo albums, 3 albums as the lead influence in his first band Whiskeytown, and numerous duo and collaborative efforts, I don't understand how is isn't more well known among the general public.  He really isn't a household name.  I would venture to guess that when you say his name most people would confuse it with that of Canadian songwriter Bryan Adams.  Please don't....we're talking about two very different types of animals here.

Rolling Stone magazine provides some background info on Adams:  "Ryan Adams was one of the most popular artists to emerge from the Nineties alternative-country scene, having led in the North Carolina band Whiskeytown before going solo in 1999. Notorious for his hard-drinking and mercurial temper, Adams nonetheless managed to turn out a prodigious catalog of acclaimed music, which ranged from gentle folk to soulful rock to hardcore punk. ...Over the course of his career, Adams also developed a reputation for being just as prolific with starlets as he was with music, at times being linked to stars like Winona Ryder, Alanis Morissette and Parker Posey. However, in March 2009, Adams married pop singer and actress Mandy Moore in a ceremony in Savannah, Georgia. While plagued by substance abuse problems early in his career, in 2006 Adams revealed he had kicked drugs and alcohol."

Our song-of-the-weekend selection really could have been any number of his fantastic tunes but we're going to go with "Rescue Blues" from his 2001 album 'Gold.'  ENJOY.

  Listen to "Rescue Blues" 

From the album 'Gold'

Ryan Adams currently does not have any tour dates scheduled.
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