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Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter

Formed in the ashes of two influential alternative country rings, Whiskeytown and Hominy, the duo of lead singer/guitarist Jesse Sykes and guitarist Phil Wandscher fulfilled in 1999 in Seattle’s Hattie Hat club. Sykes had simply ended a romantic relationship with Jim Sykes (her musical partner within the music group Hominy) …

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Whiskeytown

A music group with as turbulent an existence as Whiskeytown was destined to implode ultimately, but by enough time they did, that they had among the largest cult followings of any alt-country music group. Most accounts tracked the source of all turmoil to bandleader Ryan Adams, a gifted youthful songwriter …

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