Welsh Rich Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Well... where to start with this... amazing night... Ryan was on top form, plenty of chatting with the audience and the band, improv songs about teeth rotting in diet coke and Neal going for a pee half way through the set. A couple of stories about Dylan and Neil Young "The godfather of grunge" and debates about old 80's metal acts. The Borderline is a tiny venue and I was very close to the front, I'll see if the pictures off my phone came out ok as I stupidly left my digital camera at home. Offended some people with the laid back attitude - they change the stage set up half way through... lots of mutters about "vibes" with heavy irony... Neal opened with a really lovely set - don't know much of his stuff but definitely going to check it out... Dear John Peaceful Valley Tears Of Gold Arkham Asylum (song based on old batman theme!)What Sin G'night Rose Blue Grass jam about Neal Casal going for a pee (Improv) A Kiss Before I Go-> Cold Roses-> The End-> Dear Chicago-> Please Do Not Let Me Go-> Blue Hotel Your Teeth Dissolve in A Jar Of Diet Coke (Improv) Let It Ride La Cienaga Just Smiled Hickory Wind Fantastic to hear these songs stripped down with just two acoustic guitars and mandolin accompanyment... best gig I've been to since the last Ryan Adams show. The man is a genius - easy as Some Youtube stuff from last night: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Glad you enjoyed it.This morning I doscovered that CD Times is now defunct Have you got another outlet for you reviews (apart from your blog)? EDIT - cancel that - I had typed .com not .co.uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Glad to hear you had a good night mate. That Neal Casal album is well worth checking out - I have it if you want? Let me know. Did he set the piano up in the middle of the audience like the Bush hall gig? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 I'd love a copy of that - cheers mate! No piano stuff at all last night, though there was one on stage and Neal used it for a couple of songs... Here's some pretty rubbish photos: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Cool pics. Im gonna take my Camera with me to the Corn Exchange next week.. ill try and get some video too. I'll do my best to upload that Casal album at some point today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 It was Helen's first gig as well.... I'm going to have to do something special to top that for her You'll have to get close to the front to take any good shots at the Corn Ex... hope it's a good one, he was awesome there last time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 It was Helen's first gig as well.... I'm going to have to do something special to top that for her You'll have to get close to the front to take any good shots at the Corn Ex... hope it's a good one, he was awesome there last time. If I cant get to the front where would you recomend standing for best view etc. I've never been there before and don't know what to expect... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Just push down as far as you can get... I normally try for 1/2 way down in the middle, get a good view and the acoustics, which can be shite, are their best there... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Coolio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 ooooh, i wish he would come do this in chicago. dear john is one of my faves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thisyearsgirl Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 neal's solo stuff is great. i'd give anything to be in europe right now, seeing some of these tiny shows that seem to keep popping up. was this one a regular show or a secret show? i know ryan's been hinting on his forum about a lot of secret shows in the near future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 It was relatively secret - he'd only told the ryanadams.org messageboard and it kinda spread from there. The venue websites had no details for these dates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Ryan Adams, Bush Hall, London By Kevin Harley Published: 25 September 2006 The Independent "Just bear with me," says Ryan Adams as he takes the stage tonight. And you think to yourself: that sounds familiar. It takes patience, being an Adams fan. The former boy wonder of alt-country caused much hoo-ha in the early Noughties, thanks to a great debut solo album of sublime Americana, Heartbreaker, and its vibrant, luminous follow-up, Gold. On top of famous friends and girlfriends, and oodles of press, he played great gigs to boot. But then he went AWOL, releasing a bloody-minded album of Eighties-styled rock, tumbling drunkenly off stages, and cancelling tours. Happily, he seems to be back on track, albeit a meandering one. He's doing less interviews, the music on the three albums he made in 2005 has reverted to a rootsy sound, and he tours incessantly. The quality control on the 2005 releases is mixed, but he's focusing on the music rather than his wayward image. He's certainly reconnected to his fanbase, who snapped up tickets for this "secret" gig at a rapid rate. They hang on every word he says - and he does a lot of wry yacking (winningly at first). They turn as one when he ploughs through the crowd to play a song at a piano in the middle of the audience. And, despite fansite-based rumours that he would play Heartbreaker, they stick with him during a solo set of largely piano-based new material.You can see why, too, as songs such as the Broadway-ish "Don't Get Sentimental" and the pleading "Two" are a fine showcase for his broken-hearted balladeering. "Funny Face" hints at a potential new direction, mining another seam of Americana with Tin-Pan-Alley-ish vim. And when he digs into his back catalogue, much of it is starkly lovely, from Heartbreaker's "Sweet Lil' Gal", to the plaintive "Strawberry Wine" and "Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play That Part" from his best album of 2005, 29. The lachrymose balladry does pall. "More sad-bastard songs," Adams quips. He's joking, but the self-satire isn't off the mark. When fellow members of his band, the Cardinals, join him, the chitchat gets equally wearing. "When you're ready!", someone shouts, as Adams and the guitarist Neal Casal sap any sense of momentum by debating the set-list among themselves. The middling moments frustrate because the more focused flashes of Adams's talent do, finally, light up the joint. "A Kiss Before I Go" prompts a rousing singalong. A fluidly finger-picked "Cold Roses", aided by Jolie Holland, formerly of the Be Good Tanyas, on violin, sees Adams at his folk-country finest. But after all the faffing about, there's no time for an encore. Adams has still got it, but, boy, he can be exasperating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j4lackey Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I'm jealous. Thanks for the report and pix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 There is a torrent of the Soundboard recording of this show here: Ryan Adams Archive This will keep me going until I see him tomorrow.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Got Gold for a fiver this morning. Only the second album of his I've heard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Got Gold for a fiver this morning. Only the second album of his I've heard Great album, whats the other one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Love Is HellThat was the first one and put me off for a long time to be honest. From that I could not see what all the fuss was about. Gold I like alot more, but would not count myself a real fan yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Love Is Hell. That was the first one and put me off for a long time to be honest.I can understand that if it was your first. You need Heartbreaker. Run out and buy it now!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I'll see what that same record shop has tomorrow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isavedlatin Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 and Cold Roses! ...and Jacksonville City Nights, too. Pretty much everything. wonder when the "secret" states shows will be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Sylvia Plath is doing it for me off the Gold album. A couple of formulaic rockers, but generally I think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Sylvia Plath is doing it for me off the Gold album. A couple of formulaic rockers, but generally I think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Sylvia Plath is doing it for me off the Gold album. A couple of formulaic rockers, but generally I think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 There is a torrent of the Soundboard recording of this show here:Ryan Adams Archive This will keep me going until I see him tomorrow.... Do you have a username / password I could use to d/l it?? I can understand that if it was your first. You need Heartbreaker. Run out and buy it now!!! You definitely need Heartbreaker... what an album! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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