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 | Fire Away | Orion |
| 2 | Disappyramid | Orion |
| 3 | Starlite Diner | 29 |
| 4 | Ghorgon Master Of War | Orion |
| 5 | Come pick me up | Heartbreaker |
| 6 | Tomorrow | Demolition |
| 7 | Amy | Heartbreaker |
| 8 | Electro Snake | Orion |
| 9 | My Wrecking Ball | Ryan Adams |
| 10 | Do Me Wrong | Live In Seattle At the Tractor Tavern 021400 |
| 11 | Kim | Ryan Adams |
| 12 | Burning Photographs | Rock N Roll |
| 13 | In my time of need | Heartbreaker |
| 14 | Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play That Part | 29 |
| 15 | (Argument with David Rawlings concerning Morrissey | Heartbreaker |
| 16 | Why Do They Leave? | Heartbreaker |
| 17 | Trouble | Ryan Adams |
| 18 | 29 | 29 |
| 19 | Call me on your way back home | Heartbreaker |
| 20 | Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby) | Demolition |