Smokestack Joe Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 i really want to see Ryan live again, it has been too long for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown(book) Before he achieved his dream of being an internationally known rock personality, Ryan Adams had a band in Raleigh, North Carolina. Whiskeytown led the wave of insurgent-country bands that came of age with No Depression magazine in the mid-1990s, and for many people it defined the era. Adams was an irrepressible character, one of the signature personalities of his generation, and as a singer-songwriter he blew people away with a mature talent that belied his youth. David Menconi witnessed most of Whiskeytown’s rocket ride to fame as the music critic for the Raleigh News & Observer, and in Ryan Adams, he tells the inside story of the singer’s remarkable rise from hardscrabble origins to success with Whiskeytown, as well as Adams’s post-Whiskeytown self-reinvention as a solo act. Menconi draws on early interviews with Adams, conversations with people close to him, and Adams’s extensive online postings to capture the creative ferment that produced some of Adams’s best music, including the albums Strangers Almanac and Heartbreaker. He reveals that, from the start, Ryan Adams had an absolutely determined sense of purpose and unshakable confidence in his own worth. At the same time, his inability to hold anything back, whether emotions or torrents of songs, often made Adams his own worst enemy, and Menconi recalls the excesses that almost, but never quite, derailed his career. Ryan Adams is a fascinating, multifaceted portrait of the artist as a young man, almost famous and still inventing himself, writing songs in a blaze of passion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Im on a Whiskeytown binge lately (good Autumn music). Gawd, i miss this band. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leatherman Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Does anybody want to recommend me a couple of good Ryan Adams albums to grab with the iTunes gift cards I got for Christmas? Back when Amazon f'd up and briefly priced the Live After Deaf MP3's at $7.99, I grabbed the set and totally fell in love with it. Now, I'm looking to venture into the studio albums and am slightly intimidated and could use some recommendations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 heartbreaker is essential then maybe gold, love is hell, cold roses, or jacksonville city nights, depending on which version of ryan you want to hear more of. gold and love is hell are his stones-ish rock albums, cold roses and jacksonville city nights the country rock stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nodep5 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Id say love is hell and cold rosesCant go wrong with demolitionActually every one! Im tired of people dismissing his solo career because of his antics or personality or that he didnt always play by the alt country rule book. Freakin neil young of my generation folks. I feel better now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I would start with Heartbreaker, Cold Roses and Whiskeytown's Pneumonia. Love is Hell and Demolition are also great. I have a soft spot for Rock n Roll. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 id say all three whiskeytown albums are essential if you like his more country side. strangers almanac is my favorite, but theyre all solid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Going back to Whiskeytown is a good idea. Gold is my favorite solo. The most rockin' other than Rock and Roll, which is also good, but it's straight ahead modern rock and not like most of his other stuff. Gold is 70s rock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 It's interesting how people have different connections to his albums. I would go with Love Is Hell and 29. Although Faithless Street and Stranger's Almanac are still the best I think. I read the book I posted about above recently. His early life sort of parallels Bob Dylan's early life in a way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leatherman Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Thanks for the suggestions, I really appreciate all your input. Browsing on iTunes reading reviews, and I'm surprised to find Heartbreaker isn't available on there. I'll narrow down my search and make a few purchases tonight or tomorrow. Definitely going to grab a Whiskeytown and a solo disc, just gotta narrow it down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I think Strangers Almanac, Love is Hell and Cold Roses are all essential DRA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leatherman Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Based on your suggestions, I just bought Love is Hell, Jacksonville City Nights & Strangers Almanac. Thanks again for the input. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 nice. keep in mind heartbreaker is his masterpiece, and if you like those three albums (mostly JCN and SA) you'll absolutely love heartbreaker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I just got the RA/Whiskeytown book titled Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown. im hoping it is a good read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I don't know if good is the word I would use - but you do learn some things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leatherman Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Just thought I'd pop back in here with a little update. I'm loving Strangers Almanac & Love is Hell. I haven't listened to Jacksonville City Nights, yet, but I did grab a copy of Heartbreaker and you were right, it's a masterpiece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Ryan Adams Plays New Songs In London, Album Coming Ryan Adams is back in the saddle and testing new material with a full band. And there’s an album on the way. Sources tell Billboard.com that Adams has teamed-up once again with top producer Glyn Johns (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Clash), who worked on his most recent album, 2011’s “Ashes & Fire.” The new set is said to have "more orchestral flourishes" than the last one. British audiences got first-listen to a brace of new songs. Adams performed the new tracks “Where I Meet You In My Mind” and “In The Shadows” on March 19, for the opening night of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall.According to a review of the show published in British tabloid The Mirror, the first of those songs “wouldn't have been out of place” on “Ashes & Fire,” but “In The Shadows” was “very different, more uptempo and electric and with a horror movie storyline.” For the first time since 2009, Adams took to the stage with a full backing band. There’s talk that the five who joined him on stage -- Benmont Tench on keyboards, Don Was on bass, Cindy Cashdollar on steel guitar, Jeremy Stacey on drums and Glyn’s son Ethan Johns on guitar -- are the same musos who play on the upcoming album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 That would be a sweet touring band....He never has played South Florida...Never. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 He's also got a new punk band called Pornography http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/03/ryan-adams-is-in-a-new-punk-band-called-pornography/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Fox News vs Ryan Adams ... kinda surreal. Anyone catch this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 He appears to be producing Jenny Lewis' next album, as they have posted a few photos online.Also showing Benmont Tench, Tom Petty's keyboardist, there. Seems like there should have been announcement about the new album mentioned a few posts back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Ryan Adams - Neutron Dance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 where is the best single source for finding Ryan Adams' recorded catalog? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
knotgreen Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 New song, Gimme Something Good: http://studio.stupeflix.com/embed/uEg6vEw7Sr6L/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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