{"product_id":"waiting-to-derail","title":"Waiting to Derail","description":"\u003cb\u003ePacked with behind-the-scenes road stories, and, yes, tales of rock star debauchery, \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Derail\u003c\/i\u003e provides a firsthand glimpse into Ryan Adams at the most meaningful and mythical stage of his career.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong before the Grammy nominations, sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall, and Hollywood friends and lovers, Ryan Adams fronted a Raleigh, North Carolina, outfit called Whiskeytown. Lumped into the burgeoning alt-country movement, the band soon landed a major label deal and recorded an instant classic: \u003ci\u003eStrangers Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e. That's when tour manager Thomas O'Keefe met the young musician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the next three years, Thomas was at Ryan's side: on the tour bus, in the hotels, backstage at the venues. Whiskeytown built a reputation for being, as the \u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e put it, \"half band, half soap opera,\" and Thomas discovered that young Ryan was equal parts songwriting prodigy and drunken buffoon. Ninety percent of the time, Thomas could talk Ryan into doing the right thing. Five percent of the time, he could cover up whatever idiotic thing Ryan had done. But the final five percent? Whiskeytown was screwed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-plus years later, accounts of Ryan's legendary antics are still passed around in music circles. But only three people on the planet witnessed every Whiskeytown show from the release of \u003ci\u003eStrangers Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e to the band's eventual breakup: Ryan, fiddle player Caitlin Cary, and Thomas O'Keefe.","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56187281867096,"sku":"9781510786417","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781510786417.jpg?v=1778038239","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/waiting-to-derail","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}