Haha... count me among those who still love "Rock n Roll".
The songs are definitely not as strong as most of his other work, but that album always manages to put a smile on my face. And sometimes that's all that is required.
I think Love Is Hell is vastly underrated. While it's on the darker end of his catalog, the songwriting is top notch, and the production is easily in the Top 3 of any of his albums.
I have a 35 song bootleg of Ryan Adams and The Cardinals that is excellent quality and the band is KILLER that night if anybody wants it PM me
First -- Whiskeytown's "Stranger's Almanac" -- Ryan's band before going solo, and a true Alt. Country classic. One of the genre's best.
Second -- Ryan Adam's "Heartbreaker" -- all that is great about Ryan can be found on this CD. Having Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch singing backup on this incredible collection of songs doesn't hurt, either.
Doesn anyone know what gear is used to produce those wonderful tones on the song "If I am a Stranger" ?
I'm talking about the electric guitar that plays mainly arpeggios and chords, along with quite a bit of whammy bar abuse, in a surf-like way.
I first thought it sounded like some Gretsch semi-hollow into a Vox, but I've used the Search function and it appears Ryan uses an ES335 into a Princeton Reverb.
I'm not sure who actually plays those parts, but man, do they sound great !!
Any idea?
Doesn anyone know what gear is used to produce those wonderful tones on the song "If I am a Stranger" ?
I'm talking about the electric guitar that plays mainly arpeggios and chords, along with quite a bit of whammy bar abuse, in a surf-like way.
I first thought it sounded like some Gretsch semi-hollow into a Vox, but I've used the Search function and it appears Ryan uses an ES335 into a Princeton Reverb.
I'm not sure who actually plays those parts, but man, do they sound great !!
Any idea?
I think you're right about the Gretsch actually. That song is on Cold Roses and Ryan and his other guitarist (JP Bowersock) at the time both played Gretschs all over that album. A White Falcon and a Black Falcon.
As for amps, he's pretty much used the Princeton exclusively for years but you never know in the studio.
Heartbreaker. One of my favorite albums front to back.