Ryan Adams (born David Ryan Adams on November 5, 1974) is an alt-country and rock and roll singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Adams dropped out of high school at age 16 to work in a shoe shop and make music. He formed a band named Whiskeytown in 1994; they disbanded in 1999 having released two full albums, Faithless Street and Strangers Almanac. Adams went on to put out his first solo record, Heartbreaker, in 2000. After a long delay, in 2001 Whiskeytown's third album Pneumonia was finally issued. In 2002, Ryan contributed backing vocals on Butterfly In Reverse, from the Counting Crows album, Hard Candy; after Adam Duritz (Counting Crows lead singer) appeared on the album Gold. Ryan is highly prolific, and in 2005 released one double album and two regular albums: Cold Roses,
Álbumes
| 1 | Defenders Of The Galaxy | Orion |
| 2 | Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play That Part | 29 |
| 3 | She's Lost Total Control | Rock N Roll |
| 4 | Do Miss America | Rock N Roll |
| 5 | Argument With David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey | Heartbreaker |
| 6 | Don't ask for the water | Heartbreaker |
| 7 | Victims Of The Brigade | Orion |
| 8 | Night Birds | 29 |
| 9 | Tennessee Sucks | Demolition |
| 10 | Imminent Galactic War | Orion |
| 11 | Am I Safe | Ryan Adams |
| 12 | Shallow | Rock N Roll |
| 13 | Shakedown on 9th Street | Heartbreaker |
| 14 | Burning Photographs | Rock N Roll |
| 15 | Call me on your way back home | Heartbreaker |
| 16 | Nuclear | Demolition |
| 17 | My winding wheel | Heartbreaker |
| 18 | End Of Days | Orion |
| 19 | (Argument with David Rawlings concerning Morrissey | Heartbreaker |
| 20 | Boys | Rock N Roll |