As promised a while back, alt country's darling Ryan Adams' first (and best) band, Whiskeytown. Whiskeytown was centered around Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary and the sweet harmonies they made have yet to be recreated. Based out of the Chapel Hill, NC area in the mid 90's, they quickly rose to the top of the crowded scene that was happening there (it was a killer scene back then too) picking up where Uncle Tupelo left off. I think ol' Ryan summed it up best with the lyric "So I started this damned country band, cause punk rock is too hard to sing". Whiskeytown split up after only 3 official albums with Ryan Adams going on to pursue his solo career and Caitlin doing the same (though not as high profile). What they left us with though remains essential alt country and this is a good overview of this seminal band.
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I don't have much info on this, just that it was recorded sometime between Faithless Street & Stranger's Almanac and never released. I read somewhere that Ryan Adams wanted it released when Faithless Street was re-released but that never happened for whatever reason. I could not find any artwork online so I just whipped something up real quick.
This is a nice little acoustic set from Whiskeytown's acoustic tour supporting "Stranger's Almanac". That's about all the information I have on this, but it's a good set of tunes. The highlight of this disc is the Mountain Stage songs at the end....perfect sound quality, and great, great performances. Also worth Mention is an excellent cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams".
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