Following the break up of The Patty Duke Syndrome, Ryan Adams went on to found Whiskeytown with Caitlin Cary, Eric "Skillet" Gilmore, Steve Grothmann and Phil Wandscher. The founding of Whiskeytown saw Adams move to alt-country, describing punk rock as "too hard to sing" in the title track of Whiskeytown's debut album Faithless Street. Whiskeytown was heavily influenced by the country-rock pioneers, most notably Gram Parsons (with whom Adams shares his birthday). Whiskeytown quickly gained critical acclaim with the release of their second full-length album, Stranger's Almanac, their first major label release.
Many of the other members of the band found Adams difficult to work with, resulting in multiple line-up changes during Whiskeytown's five-year career. By the time of the recording of their final album, Pneumonia, in 1999, Caitlin Cary was the only founding member other than Adams still with the band. Pneumonia was the first of several collaborations between Adams and producer Ethan Johns. The release of Pneumonia was held up until 2001 because of legal troubles stemming from the merger of Universal and PolyGram.[4]
You can't begin to imagine how much i love Whiskeytown. or maybe you can... I continue to follow the projects of Ryan, Caitlin, and Phil, and always will. A fan for life, i guess you could say. THANKS FOR THE ADD!
