Whiskeytown

Whiskeytown
Formed: 1994 in Raleigh, NC
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Disbanded: 1999
Styles: Alternative Country-Rock, Americana, Alternative Pop/Rock
Group Members: Mike Daly, Phil Wandscher, Steven Terry, Ryan Adams, Jeff Rice, Caitlin Cary, Skillet Gilmore, Steve Grothmann, Ed Crawford
Biography: A band with as turbulent an existence as Whiskeytown was bound to implode sooner or later, but by the time they did, they had one of the largest cult followings of any alt-country band. Most accounts traced the source of all the turmoil to bandleader Ryan Adams, a gifted young songwriter whose flashes ...Read full biography
Pneumonia
Released: 2001
Label: Lost Highway Records
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Whiskeytown had ceased to be a band in the truest sense by the time they recorded their third (and final) full-length album, Pneumonia; the group began to collapse during the touring following Strangers' ...Read full review
Faithless Street
Released: 1996
Label: Outpost
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Faithless Street serves as an interesting document in the history of alt-country upstarts Whiskeytown, showing 20-year-old bandleader and chief songwriter Ryan Adams' headfirst leap from member of a high-school ...Read full review
More Whiskeytown albums: Main Albums (4), Singles & EPs (2), Others (1)
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