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dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
edited November 2010 in Other Music
I saw that there are some Ryan Adams threads, but I think this band deserves one on it's own.

I just acquired a copy of Strangers Almanac, and wow. It's a fantastic record! I also got Pneumonia but am waiting for this one to truly sink it.

I've always enjoyed Ryan's stuff w/ and w/out the Cardinals, and this is no different.
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9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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    Attaway77Attaway77 Posts: 2,889
    Gold and Heartbreaker are great albums as well... Whiskeytown was what got me into his stuff. I have most of his stuff but Gold and Heartbreaker were so damn good that I made them worthy of purchasing on vinyl. I think he or The Cardinals got some new stuff coming out.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    Phil Wandscher is an excellent axeman, and his band, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, is so much better than anything Ryan Adams has done post-Whiskeytown.
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    dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Attaway77 wrote:
    Gold and Heartbreaker are great albums as well... Whiskeytown was what got me into his stuff. I have most of his stuff but Gold and Heartbreaker were so damn good that I made them worthy of purchasing on vinyl. I think he or The Cardinals got some new stuff coming out.

    I believe they do too. Possibly soon, I think.

    I love his solo stuff. Gold and Heartbreaker are excellent records, my personal favorite is Love is Hell though, damn that shits is smooth.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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    intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I like me some whiskeytown :)

    good call on their own thread
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    ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,755
    As a massive Ryan Adams fan I'm quite fond of Whiskeytown as well. Good call on them having their own thread.

    And yes. The Cardinals do have a new collection out next month. It's called III/IV and it's a rocking double disc from the same sessions that Easy Tiger came from.
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    keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    ledvedderman wrote:
    As a massive Ryan Adams fan I'm quite fond of Whiskeytown as well. Good call on them having their own thread.

    And yes. The Cardinals do have a new collection out next month. It's called III/IV and it's a rocking double disc from the same sessions that Easy Tiger came from.
    So stoked for this. And Strangers Almanac is amazing! Houses On The Hill is a hell of a song.

    Edit: After posting here, I searched for a live version... I found Kathleen Edwards, one of my favourite songwriters, doing a version of it. Awesome.
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    dcfaithful wrote:
    ...
    I just acquired a copy of Strangers Almanac, and wow. It's a fantastic record! ...

    please tell me its the deluxe edition you got. 8-)
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    dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    catefrances wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    ...
    I just acquired a copy of Strangers Almanac, and wow. It's a fantastic record! ...

    please tell me its the deluxe edition you got. 8-)

    Nope. :(
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    dcfaithful wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    ...
    I just acquired a copy of Strangers Almanac, and wow. It's a fantastic record! ...

    please tell me its the deluxe edition you got. 8-)

    Nope. :(


    oh no you missed out on some mighty goodness. 5 extra songs on disc 1 from a studio radio performance september 1997. and on disc 2 21 songs including several from the barns on fire sessions.. including a lovely cover of fleetwood macs dreams. and two of my all time fave ryan adams songs.. barns on fire and indian gown.
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    SeaTut73SeaTut73 Posts: 458
    oh no you missed out on some mighty goodness. 5 extra songs on disc 1 from a studio radio performance september 1997. and on disc 2 21 songs including several from the barns on fire sessions.. including a lovely cover of fleetwood macs dreams. and two of my all time fave ryan adams songs.. barns on fire and indian gown.[/quote]

    A MUST have for any WT or RA fan!!!
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    MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,188
    Let's have some love for Faithless Street and Pneumonia too. Jacksonville Skyline is one of the best songs Ryan has written.
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    dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    KevDylan wrote:
    Let's have some love for Faithless Street and Pneumonia too. Jacksonville Skyline is one of the best songs Ryan has written.

    I totally agree! That song has been a stand-out for me so far.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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    dirtymikedirtymike Posts: 121
    dammit. my pc is dead (im on my phone) and i miss strangers almanac so much and i have it saved on my external drive but cant load it on my ipod atm :(
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    prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    I love whiskeytown they have so many outstanding tracks but my personal favourite is Avenues, "you know avenues run one way streets they run the same it's going to take a lot of shit for me to stay away"
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