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Ryan's coming to town
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:00 pm
by Shawn Juris
I know that the name has been associated with the mayoral campaigns recently but for a total change of pace, I was excited to see that Ryan Adams and the Cardinals will be playing the Lakewood Civic on Saturday October 27th. For my money, this is one artist that is head and shoulders above the rest. At a time when the old timers are charging over $100 for the privilege of sitting in a huge arena and watch them on the jumbotron, do yourself a favor and check out a great show for $25-$35 (and no parking costs either).
I would love to see the civic used more often for these types of events. I can tell you from seeing both Ryan Adams and Wilco play the House of Blues a couple of years back, the artists don't seem to like the idea that the hum of the bar is louder than they are during slower ballads.
Re: Ryan's coming to town
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:06 pm
by David Lay
That is great news. Ryan Adams is fantastic, as is Wilco. I've seen both several times, and Wilco's performance on the Burn to Shine: Chicago DVD is spectacular. Their documentary film 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart' is worth checking out too.
As a side note, I ran into Jeff Tweedy (singer of Wilco) a couple of times when I lived in Chicago. Definitely a stand up guy.
EDIT: Wilco 'Muzzle of Bees' from Burn to Shine Chicago. The guitar solo at the end is simply mind blowing:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8QSK6Jh47K4
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:15 pm
by Dee Krupp
Hopefully he doesn't have another meltdown. . .
Ryan Adams has Meltdown at Minneapolis Show
Sep 28, 2007 01:21 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Ryan Adams pitched another fit for a Minneapolis audience, a few years after his last local meltdown.
Throughout a show Thursday night, the 32-year-old singer-guitarist complained about the sound monitors onstage at the State Theatre. At one point, he moved two monitors, his microphone and his guitar pedals.
After 70 minutes he'd had enough. Adams announced "the last song," played it and didn't return for an encore. Many fans stood and booed.
"I don't know what the story was," guitarist Neal Casal told the Star Tribune afterward. "I just play guitar."
In 2003, Adams gave a famously bad performance at First Avenue, a rambling two-hour show where he griped about the sound system, played several songs twice and lambasted local rock legend Paul Westerberg.