25 years ago today (9/5/00), Ryan Adams released his debut solo album ‘Heartbreaker’. It was his first solo effort after the breakup of Whiskeytown, and it immediately set the tone for his reputation as both a prolific songwriter and a restless musical spirit.The album lives up to its title — Heartbreaker is a deeply personal, often raw collection of songs born from Adams’ own breakup and draws heavily from folk, country, and Americana with sparse arrangements that would soon dissipate on later albums as he becomes more experimental with genres and expansive with bands – mainly The Cardinals. Watch Adams solo at Vintage Vinyl on 10/4/00..