Speaking of Ryan Adams, When he's not ripping off other artists for whole albums at a time (The Grateful Dead on Cold Roses, The Replacements on Demolition etc. Jeff Buckley, etc.*), he writes some real gems. With a new album's worth of material released every 8 months or so average, even one or two good songs per set adds up to a significant body of work.That's pretty much been the case from the early post Whiskeytown era all the way up through his work with the Cardinals with a few exceptions-Heartbreaker, Jacksonville City Nights, and his latest-Cardinology, all three of which, along with both Whiskeytown albums, are solid, papless efforts. On the other hand, there are at least three records-Gold, Rock and Roll, and Easy Tiger which are 100% crap all the way through. That sort of inconsistency becomes infuriating over time as does the insincerity of the genre exercises. He's the kind of artist who requires a well chosen best of collection in order to listen to him more than 5 minutes at a time, but its worth the effort. I will create that collection and post it in the weeks to come.

Here's one of my favorites from Whisleytown's second record

The Ballad of Carol Lynn