Ryan Adams fans?

elstongunn

hailhail82 wrote:

I've seen this stated before and I always say that the phrasing in Casey Jones (which is what Ryan "rips" from that song) is classic delta blues phrasing, sung in many, many songs. I don't hear what you're talking about regarding Highway 61 other than it being blues. While we're talking about the Dead, Ryan is great friends with Phil Lesh and has been playing with him at his shows quite a bit as of late.
I'm not saying Ryan doesn't wear his influences on his sleeve. Before I really "got" him, I couldn't stand To Be Young cause it sounded so much like Dylan. I just suddenly one day realised the beauty of the song itself rather than what it sounded like.
Ryan's great and he has SO much unreleased material it's insane. To have it all (I've been downloading torrents for the last month and still don't have it all) would double your collection easy.

don't get me wrong, it grabbed my attention and anytime i can hear a musician playing actual music on the radio i'm thrilled. i just couldn't get over it in my mind the references i heard. but my brother said to check him out as well so i'm looking forward to diving into the deep end with mr adams.

hailhail82

elstongunn wrote:

don't get me wrong, it grabbed my attention and anytime i can hear a musician playing actual music on the radio i'm thrilled. i just couldn't get over it in my mind the references i heard. but my brother said to check him out as well so i'm looking forward to diving into the deep end with mr adams.

I hear you, wasn't slammin' you or anything. I had the same attitude as you and, like many great artists, it suddenly clicked for me.

StoneG82, that's a great 29 article. It's absolutely one of my favorites as of now. Every song is just so sad and beautiful. I can't believe the amount of emotion put into the songs. It sounds like he wants to live though and as long as that's there...
As for his live performances, I'm too new of a fan to have seem him yet, but it sounds like he just doesn't give a shit, which is fine by me. I enjoy that quite a bit actually (I AM a dyed-in-the-wool Neil Young fan). I buy concert tickets because I enjoy watching my favorite artists perform and I don't have any sense of entitlement with that. If I don't enjoy it I won't see him/her/them again but I certainly don't think to complain or anything, which is what I see a lot of over on the Ryan boards.

StoneG82

hailhail82 wrote:

I hear you, wasn't slammin' you or anything. I had the same attitude as you and, like many great artists, it suddenly clicked for me.

StoneG82, that's a great 29 article. It's absolutely one of my favorites as of now. Every song is just so sad and beautiful. I can't believe the amount of emotion put into the songs. It sounds like he wants to live though and as long as that's there...
As for his live performances, I'm too new of a fan to have seem him yet, but it sounds like he just doesn't give a shit, which is fine by me. I enjoy that quite a bit actually (I AM a dyed-in-the-wool Neil Young fan). I buy concert tickets because I enjoy watching my favorite artists perform and I don't have any sense of entitlement with that. If I don't enjoy it I won't see him/her/them again but I certainly don't think to complain or anything, which is what I see a lot of over on the Ryan boards.

I saw Ryan Adams last May. He was quite self destructive on stage, complaining about the audience and stopping songs because of noise from the bar. I loved every minute of it though. He is great live, despite what everyone says. Even if he is having an off night, it's still entertaining.

oh and your'e right, all those people on Ryan boards do is bitch and complain.

29 has really grown on me. I think that record is just a beautiful mess.