{"product_id":"ryan-adams-9780292725843","title":"Ryan Adams","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore he achieved his dream of being an internationally known rock personality, Ryan Adams had a band in Raleigh, North Carolina. Whiskeytown led the wave of insurgent-country bands that came of age with \u003ci\u003eNo Depression\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in the mid-1990s, and for many people it defined the era. 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. David Menconi witnessed most of Whiskeytown’s rocket ride to fame as the music critic for the \u003ci\u003eRaleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eRyan Adams\u003c\/i\u003e, he tells the inside story of the singer’s remarkable rise from hardscrabble origins to success with Whiskeytown, as well as Adams’s post-Whiskeytown self-reinvention as a solo act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenconi draws on early interviews with Adams, conversations with people close to him, and Adams’s extensive online postings to capture the creative ferment th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Author David Menconi, music critic for the Raleigh, NC, News \u0026amp; Observer, pulls back the curtain on folk icon Ryan Adams in his new book, Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story Of Whiskeytown. From Adams' earliest experiences listening to country music on his grandmother's radio, through his obsessive punk rock phase and dusty-throated alternative-country explosion, Menconi leaves no stone unturned.\" - Todd Sterling, ReDigi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Before \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: During \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Eight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Nine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Ten\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Eleven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Twelve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: After \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChater Thirteen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Fourteen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Fifteen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Sixteen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seventeen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Discography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864321634647,"sku":"9780292725843","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292725843.jpg?v=1722271404","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ryan-adams-9780292725843","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}