Ryan Adams knows what it feels like be one of this century’s most influential singer/songwriters, and, later, one of its biggest pariahs. Now, with the help of his loyal fanbase, Adams is slowly but steadily building his career back up from less than zero.

Huntsville, Alabama will be a part in this latest chapter of journey of Adams arc, when the musician, known for songs like “To Be Young” and “New York, New York,” plays a solo show at the Von Braun Center Concert Hall on Sept. 7. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. June 2 via ticketmaster.com and the VBC Box Office, address 700 Monroe St. Prices range from $36.50 to $96, plus applicable fees.

In addition to making his own acclaimed albums, including 2000 solo debut “Heartbreaker” and 2001′s hit sophomore LP “Gold,” Adams has produced albums for other notable acts, like country legend Willie Nelson. His admirers have included superstars like Elton John, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher and Taylor Swift. In 2015, Adams famously covered/reimagined Swift’s entire pop crossover album “1989″ for his own release. As a songwriter, he’s known for heart-on-sleeve lyrics peppered with specific details. As a singer, his voice can sound sweet or roguish.

A North Carolina native who grew up on punk-rock and heavy-metal, Adams first rose to fame with Whiskeytown, a band part of the ‘90s alt-country movement, along with acts like Wilco and Son Volt.

After Adams went solo, he made rootsy and lyrics-driven “Americana’ music a viable music-career path many artists, including future stars like Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson, later followed.

To date, Adams has released more than 30 albums. Besides solo and Whiskeytown, he’s also released albums with his rock band The Cardinals, with whom Adams will perform with 7 p.m. Saturday at Birmingham’s Avondale Brewing. Tickets are $43 plus fees via ticketmaster.com. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals’ run also hits Mobile’s Saenger Theatre, on Aug. 18. Tickets start at $59 plus fees via ticketmaster.com.

Adams, the musician and the human being, took a major hit after a New York Times story titled “Ryan Adams Dangled Success. Women Say They Paid a Price” published in 2019. In the story, several women Adams had past romantic relations with, including Adams’ ex-wife Mandy Moore and indie-rock star Phoebe Bridgers, accused him of past abusive behavior.

The FBI later opened an investigation into the Times’ other major claim, that Adams also engaged in explicit communications with a fan who although she told him she was an adult was actually a minor at the time.

Previously, Adams’ fanbase had always included a significant female contingency. Now he found himself a #MeToo movement poster-boy.

In the scandal’s aftermath, Adams the musician, who’d had a top 10 album as recently as 2017, couldn’t get arrested, figuratively. Albums he released in 2020 and 2021 flopped. They barely got reviewed by anything but a few blogs.

But importantly, Adams the person never got arrested, literally, regarding these controversies either. The FBI dropped their investigation of him in 2019.

In 2022, Adams’ comeback found a toehold. Famously formerly addled but now sober and with new management, Adams played a five-show East Coast solo run, including at New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Even without publicity, these handful of shows generated around $600,000 in ticket sales, according to Variety reporter Chris Willman. After that, Adams did a well-attended solo tour in Europe, playing sprawling sets that often lasted around three hours.

In early 2023, Adams gave a now-rare interview to a U.K.-based entertainment blog called Gabfest. During that interview, Adams was asked for his thoughts on cancel culture, which he knows far better than most people what it’s like to be on the receiving end, earned or not. His response: “People can do whatever they want. It’s your time on earth, you’ll never have that time again. So do what you want.”

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