September 24, 2002 - Ryan Adams and Desire

On the same day as my last release a new artist briefly joins my library when Ryan Adams released his third album "Demolition" on September 24, 2002. But who is Ryan Adams? He is a country singer/guitarist from Jacksonville, North Carolina and while I'm definitely not a big fan of his, I do have one song by him in my library titled "Desire". It'a driven by a catchy acoustic guitar riff and some smooth singing by Adams. Eventually some mean harmonica joins the mix and I don't usually say this, but it really spices things up and sounds pretty good! This is definitely out of my usual comfort zone, but I think it's a well done song, even if it's a one hit wonder for me. 

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