Editing Ryan Adams (section)

===Whiskeytown===
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Following the breakup of his high school band, The Patty Duke Syndrome, Adams helped found [[Whiskeytown]] with [[Caitlin Cary]], Eric "Skillet" Gilmore, Steve Grothmann and [[Phil Wandscher]]. Whiskeytown saw Adams move to [[Alternative country|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 a number of country-rock pioneers, most notably [[Gram Parsons]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inman |first1=Davis |title=Pieces Of The Sky: The Legacy Of Gram Parsons |url=https://americansongwriter.com/pieces-of-the-sky-the-legacy-of-gram-parsons/?nab=1 |website=American Songwriter|date=May 18, 2012 }}</ref> The band quickly gained critical acclaim with the release of their second full-length album, ''[[Strangers Almanac]]'', their first [[Record label|major label]] release. A third album, ''[[Pneumonia (album)|Pneumonia]],'' was completed in 1999, but record label problems delayed its release. It was eventually released by [[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]] in 2001, at which time the band was effectively done.