This is how it's done (Ryan Adams content).

Lebarque

No words needed...

thumpingrug

Lebarque said:

No words needed...

however,  some form of viewable content might help 

Lebarque

thumpingrug said:

Lebarque said:

No words needed...

however,  some form of viewable content might help 

Sorted

dindude

I’ll raise you a more concise no words needed...

https://youtu.be/s5ZcBMCA36A

thecolourbox

A musical hero of mine I must admit.

Lebarque

dindude said:

I’ll raise you a more concise no words needed...

https://youtu.be/s5ZcBMCA36A

Such a talent

thermionic

Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams share a birthday, did you know? Big fan of Ryan btw, Bryan, not so much.

AlexO

I never got it for years with Ryan Adams but I've probally listened to him more than any other artist in the last two years. 

His guitar player Totally Todd is a monster of a player also 

Cookiemonster

Ryan is probably my fav artist. I've seen him a bunch of times. Cardinals were very good.

Fav albums are heartbreak, Gold and self titled. I do like some of the unreleased officially stuff as well.

If only there was a bunch of people in Leicester to start a similar band with. 

I like wilco as well

KKJale

Can I post one of my favourite clips of RA, when he's bust his arm skateboarding and can't even play? Jon Graboff on pedal steel. What an outro. 

Zoolooter

Brilliant. Love him, the last album was near perfect.

stickyfiddle

Awesome. Phenomenal artist. 

I do do think some of his output is a bit hit and miss, partly because there’s so damn much of it. He could benefit from slightly tighter quality control and a little less output, but when he’s good he is SO good.

Cold Roses ftw!

(I also like Bryan - Reckless is basically perfect)

stickyfiddle

KKJale said:

Can I post one of my favourite clips of RA, when he's bust his arm skateboarding and can't even play? Jon Graboff on pedal steel. What an outro. 

He missed the Glastonbury that year - I was gutted!

professorben

I bought his first 2 albums and listened to them pretty much non stop for about a year with my gf at the time, we went to see him when he toured, and he was so shitty, moody, rude to the audience I’ve never listened to him since. 

Rubbish live act, no stage presence and decidedly average skills. 

It it was a huge disappointment. 

dangriffiths

Not a fan of much from the last 10 years but the early stuff is so good he gets away with it.  Seen him a few times solo acoustic and with Cardinals - all much better than when I saw him in 2017 with full band.

horse

Cookiemonster said:

If only there was a bunch of people in Leicester to start a similar band with. 

I dunno - there tend to be singer-songwriters around who are influenced by Ryan, and many musicians I know are fans. The challenge is if you hope to find someone who can write anywhere near his standard, or hope to find somebody else to sing your songs in that style.

I can take him or leave him tbh, but on paper I should be a massive fan. We covered New York recently and did discuss whether we thought there could be an audience for a tribute, but thought prob not worth the effort.

duotone

Have been listening to the first Whiskeytown album Faithless Street for the past few weeks, great stuff. The Stranger’s Almanac & Pneumonia albums don’t quite do it for me, but the first one does hit the spot.

Modellista

professorben said:

I bought his first 2 albums and listened to them pretty much non stop for about a year with my gf at the time, we went to see him when he toured, and he was so shitty, moody, rude to the audience I’ve never listened to him since. 

Rubbish live act, no stage presence and decidedly average skills. 

It it was a huge disappointment. 

^ so much this.

Absolutely loved Gold, was my gateway to the rest of his catalogue.  A bit later when he toured with the Cardinals, couldn't wait to see him live, and it was a total crushing disappointment.  He couldn't be arsed, basically, played a load of stuff nobody knew and stalked off without an encore.  The band looked embarrassed.  The video above proves he can actually be good but I was so let down by what he phoned in that night I'm not sure I'd risk seeing him live again.

Same goes for Elton John - ok, he was getting on a bit when I saw him, but a complete disappointment as well.  If you can't be bothered to give a good show, just stay at home.

victorludorum

There's also the famous video of him on the BBC Songwriters show with Neil Finn and Janis Ian (I think). Maybe he was having a bad day, but it seems to be a common theme.

Strat54

Saw Whiskeytown at The Borderline in 1998....amazing gig and a natural talent. 

professorben

victorludorum said:

There's also the famous video of him on the BBC Songwriters show with Neil Finn and Janis Ian (I think). Maybe he was having a bad day, but it seems to be a common theme.

Having spoken to a mate that saw him the following night who said it was one of the most incredible shows ever, I’m guessing professionalism is low on Mr Adams list of priorities. 
:-(