Ryan Adams Biography
Born David Ryan Adams in Jacksonville, North Carolina USA, on November 5, 1974, he emerged from the Alt-Country scene in the mid-'90s as guitarist+singer & songwriter with the band Whiskeytown.
When the group disbanded, in 1999, Adams began working on his own songs,
went into a Nashville studio and recorded his solo debut album, "Heartbreaker",
which was released in autumn 2000; a song in the set, "Oh My Sweet
Carolina", is a duet with Emmylou Harris.
The following year Adams signed for Universal Records who released in
September "Gold", his second effort cracked The Billboard Top
200 chart reaching the #59 spot.
"Demolition", a sort of compilation of tracks from different
album sessions, was issued in September of 2002, the set debuted at #28
on Billboard's Top 200 list.
The ever-prolific singer+songwriter returned in late 2003 with three releases:
the full-length album "Rock N Roll" which reached the #33 position
on the U.S. Top 200 Albums chart, an 8-track EP "Love Is Hell Pt.
1" which inched into the top 80 in the same chart and another EP
titled "Love Is Hell Pt. 2".
In 2005 Adams released two albums, the first of which, "Cold Roses",
arrived in early May peaking at #26 on The Billboard 200 and is credited
to Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, the 18-song, double-disc set included
the minor hit single "Let It Ride". The follow-up, "Jacksonville
City Nights" dropped in late September, hit #33 in U.S. producing
the single "The Hardest Part".
Within a few months, in January of the next year, he released another
album, "29", but the record failed to make it past #144 on The
Billboard Top 200 list.
Ryan Adams returned in June 2007 with his next offering, "Easy Tiger" which peaked at #7 on The
Billboard 200; the
album included the single "Two".
