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My Take
Ryan Adams is one of those artists I genuinely can't quit — the guy from Jacksonville, North Carolina who helped put alt-country on the map with Whiskeytown and then completely reinvented himself as a solo act. Heartbreaker from 2000 is just devastating in the best possible way, and the fact that he followed it up with Gold in 2001 and then kept pumping out records at a pace that would exhaust a normal human being is either inspiring or slightly alarming depending on your mood. Thirty solo albums is not a typo. His voice carries this raw, weathered ache that makes even throwaway songs feel like they mean something, and when he's firing on all cylinders — like on Demolition or Jacksonville City Nights — there's nobody quite like him in American rock.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ryan Adams
- Name (Japanese)
- ライアン・アダムス
- Reading
- らいあん・あだむす
- Born
- November 5, 1974 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter / guitarist / musician / songwriter
2. Background
- High school
- Jacksonville High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Ryan Adams born?
Born November 5, 1974 (age 51).
Where is Ryan Adams from?
Ryan Adams is from Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States.
What does Ryan Adams do?
Ryan Adams works as singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician, songwriter.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.