{"product_id":"ryan-adams-david-menconi-9780292725843","title":"Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown","description":"\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 that produced some of Adams's best music, including the albums \u003ci\u003eStrangers Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e. He reveals that, from the start, Ryan Adams had an absolutely determined sense of purpose and unshakable confidence in his own worth. At the same time, his inability to hold anything back, whether emotions or torrents of songs, often made Adams his own worst enemy, and Menconi recalls the excesses that almost, but never quite, derailed his career. \u003ci\u003eRyan Adams\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, multifaceted portrait of the artist as a young man, almost famous and still inventing himself, writing songs in a blaze of passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Menconi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292725841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292725843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/13\/2012","brand":"David Menconi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946388652287,"sku":"9780292725843","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_853071f4-20a1-41ed-a4eb-bf4754699ef3.jpg?v=1681512865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ryan-adams-david-menconi-9780292725843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}