I’ll never forget the first time I saw Whiskeytown live.
It was a Bloodshot Records package tour that had them and Hazeldine opening for Old 97s at the Sons of Hermann Hall. I had been listening to 
their debut “Faithless Street” in pretty heavy rotation and was I ever psyched for an alt country throwdown.
They didn’t let me down. Lead singer Ryan Adams was all rock-and-roll attitude and, after spending the evening downstairs in the bar chatting up the old bartender, really seemed to relish being up there on that legendary stage.
