Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown (American Music (University of Texas))
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (621 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292725841 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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At the same time, his inability to hold anything back, whether emotions or torrents of songs, often made Adams his own worst enemy, and Menconi recalls the excesses that almost, but never quite, derailed his career. Adams was an irrepressible character, one of the signature personalities of his generation, and as a singer-songwriter he blew people away with a mature talent that belied his youth. Before he achieved his dream of being an internationally known rock personality, Ryan Adams had a band in Raleigh, North Carolina. David Menconi witnessed most of Whiskeytown's rocket ride to fame as the music critic for the Raleigh News & Observer, and in Ryan Adams, he tells the inside story of the singer's rema
"packed with tales of magical performances and utterly desperate train wrecks."
"A Whiskeytown fan's review" according to Jerrod Johnson. Let me start by saying that I'm a huge Whiskeytown fan, so my review is completely biased. Since purchasing it, I can't seem to put this book down. I raced through the entire book over one weekend, but now I go back and revisit favorite passages - the band recording their landmark "Strangers Almanac" album; Adams' side project Freight Whaler; and the volumes of unr. Adams fan? Cool book. Whiskeytown die-hard? Absolute must. I found the book a solid and thorough exploration of Adams' past and how it shaped his career trajectory. Very pleasurable read; not overly pedantic nor ostentatious in prose. I think I read the book in 3-Adams fan? Cool book. Whiskeytown die-hard? Absolute must. Andrew Scott Harkins I found the book a solid and thorough exploration of Adams' past and how it shaped his career trajectory. Very pleasurable read; not overly pedantic nor ostentatious in prose. I think I read the book in 3-4 sittings over the span of a few days.No smoke and mirrors from Menconi -- the book focuses mostly on the Whiskeytown era, which the author deems the period of A. sittings over the span of a few days.No smoke and mirrors from Menconi -- the book focuses mostly on the Whiskeytown era, which the author deems the period of A. This is a highly entertaining account of one of the US's greatest current singer-songwriters and the North Carolina music scene Menconi's book offers a richly drawn portrait of the singer's life and career in his pre-solo days as the singer and guitarist in Whiskeytown. Menconi is an astute and generous biographer, not averse to drawing attention to DRA's flaws on occasion but also focused on an even-handed and perceptive account of the prolific amount of music that DRA was producing in his