- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Pneumonia · 2001
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Faithless Street · 1995
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Pneumonia · 2001
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Faithless Street · 1995
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
- Strangers Almanac · 1997
Essential Albums
- Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary have since gone on to estimable solo careers, but for a brief flicker in the mid-90s the duo managed to work together as Whiskeytown, an alt-country band with roots in Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and the Replacements. Stranger’s Almanac was their 1997 major label debut, after the head-turning indie release Faithless Street. The original album stands as a versatile 13-track collection that established them as virtual veterans (Adams was all of 22!) of the emerging Americana rock scene with several key selections (“Excuse Me While I Try to Break My Own Heart,” “Yesterday’s News,” “Turn Around“).
Albums
- 2001
- 1997
- 1996
Appears On
- The dB's
About Whiskeytown
Along with Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown is in many ways the quintessential alt-country band. Flaunting a boozy aesthetic more suited to CBGB than the Ryman Auditorium, the band nonetheless produced some of the most heartfelt, twang-laden rock songs of the 1990s. With their cult status firmly in place, Whiskeytown parted ways after only four albums, while frontman Ryan Adams went on to have a successful and prolific solo career.
- ORIGIN
- Raleigh, NC, United States
- FORMED
- 1994
- GENRE
- Rock