Ryan Adams & The Cardinals: Jacksonville City Nights
Mark Kemp, Paste, 27 September 2005
RYAN ADAMS got his PhD in bad behavior from decrepit old Rock 'n' Roll University, where he studied all the greats: Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, Jerry Garcia, Paul Westerberg. Adams drinks, gets obliterated onstage and acts out in public; tongue-lashes critics, berates his fans and sends bandmates running for the exit; hooks up with celebrity girlfriends and then writes tender, heartbreaking ballads about them.
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