Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Ryan Adams Week (7 days of music genius)

 Come Pick Me Up By Ryan Adams
Solo Career (2000-2004)

Ryan Adams made his solo debut in 2000, with Heart breaker  (produced by Ethan Johns).  Emmylou Harris, who was originally Gram Parsons' singing partner, sang backup on "Oh My Sweet Carolina." Other backing vocals and instruments were provided by Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, and Kim Richey as Adams embraced a style more reminiscent of folk music. It was met with considerable critical success, but sales were slow.
Adams released Gold, the follow up to Heartbreaker, in 2001. It was well received; however, Adams voted against making videos or doing a radio station meet-and-greet type tour for more recording and some live dates. A video was eventually made for album's first single, "New York, New York". The music video featured Adams performing in front of the city's skyline four days before the September 11, 2001 attacks. The video was played often on MTV and VH1 after the attacks and became Adams's breakthrough to mainstream music consumers.
 

1 comment:

  1. I love his voice. And he always manages to incorporate it into the song really well, instead of it just being a vocal track over the rest of the music.

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