Ryan Adams

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Summary: Michael Heatley's Book-writing Blues
Review: I don't generally make a habit of reading band/artist biographies but in this case I don't really think it matters since I thought that Michael Heatley's entire writing style was crap and the content not much better.
I have to admit that there were a few interesting facts I didn't know and it might be good as a beginner's guide to Ryan Adams & Whiskeytown but overall it was awful.
It is apparent that this book was never an authorized study because of the way the facts are presented in a secondary manner and the fact that space is filled up with a song by song account for each and every album that Ryan Adams has ever been involved with. What a waste... I don't need to hear each song evaluated for its merits as if Michael Heatley is personally reviewing the albums. I can go and listen to them and make the jdugements for myself. I wish that there had been more background information on Ryan Adams as a person rather than secondhand accounts of his antics, which really don't get inside his head or even within shooting range. I guess this is the kind of rubbish you get when your subject refuses to authorize such a book because he knows you are a crap writer.

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Summary: Ryan Adams-Genius or Fraud?
Review: This book delves delightfully into the background of one of today's moost shiniest of shiny stars.

We get to learn all about his wild days in the band Whiskeytown and read every intimate detail of his numerous love affairs.

A tell-all wonder!

A must for any true Adams fan.

Rating:
Summary: Good read
Review: This is the first book about Ryan Adams. I found it incredibly interesting. It starts out by talking about his early life and his musical influences now and then, many of which are the same. It goes into great detail about Whiskeytown, his band with Caitlin Cary and Mike Daly, and their tumultuous times together. Then onto his solo career and how he became one of today's most unique stars that has been praised by the likes of Elton John and others. It glossed over briefly his relationships with Winona Ryder and Alanis Morissette, and others. I especially enjoyed the discussion about the songs, and what he thinks about them, what they are about, etc. Overall if you are a Ryan Adams fan this is the book to read.