Blitzen Trapper covers Ryan Adams To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)

 

This beauty version by Eric Earley et al (aka Blitzen Trapper) comes at a nice time reminding listeners of the enduring significance of the Trapper who embody in many ways the Portland and the new Sub Pop sound.  Apart from 2011's American Goldwing, which was a musical disappointment and a rare loss of momentum for a band who has churned out phenomenal releases in fairly short order (including their Rolling Stone attention grabbing Wild Mountain Nation (2007), Furr (2008) and Destroyer of the Void (2010).  Notably Goldwing, which sounded more like an Earley solo record than a full on Trapper record, was the bands last on Sub Pop with them moving to Vagrant for 2013's VII.   In any case here's a lovely rendition of our milllenial bard Mr. Ryan Adams as only Earley and the Trapper could.

Ryan Adams - State Theater, Portland ME (07.22.14) setlist

 

Ryan Adams
State Theater
Portland, ME
July 22, 2014

setlist:

Gimme Something Good
Dirty Rain
Fix It
Do I Wait
Stay With Me
Political Scientist
Let It Ride
Oh My Sweet Carolina
Everybody Knows
Catherine
Peaceful Valley
This House Is Not for Sale
Beautiful Sorta
Shadows
Two
When The Summer Ends
Change Your Mind
Am I Safe
Crossed Out Name

Encore:
Come Pick Me Up

Ryan Adams to release Ashes & Fire

On the heels of a successful European tour where Adams continued to debut new songs, a number of which will be released on the forthcoming Ashes & Fire (release October 11), more news is emerging.

Given Adams predeliction for hyper-productivity - in 2005 alone for instance he famously released the Grateful Dead inspired album Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, and 29 - his catalogue has been scattered of late between soaring highs and shattering lows (not unlike his own life).  On a number of Adams by now seminal early albums Heartbreaker (2000), Gold (2001), Demolition (2002) and the aforementioned 29, he collaborated with producer Ethan Johns son of legendary producer Glyn Johns (Rolling Stones/ The Who).  For his new release Adams has moved up the food chain as it were and is working with papa. 

It's hard to know what to expect next from the multi-faceted and fractured faces of Ryan Adams.  Here is a man who quietly wed pop singer Mandy Moore in March of 2009, is finally getting around to releasing his albums III/IV (with the Cardinals) and his own fittingly titled Blackhole, released a dismal (not dismal-good ie. most of his repertoire) 'metal' album Orion, has made repeated mentions of an album inspired by
Ronnie James Dio, forays into poetry (see for instance White Diamond), and memorably talk of presumably the 'super cool' Johns led sessions in New York and LA with contributors including Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) and Norah Jones. 

Ryan Adams has released the first track from Ashes & Fire entitled Lucky Now

Ashes & Fire:

  1. "Dirty Rain"
  2. "Ashes & Fire"

3. "Come Home"

4. "Rocks"

5. "Do I Wait"

6. "Chains of Love"

7. "Invisible Riverside"
  8. "Save Me"

9. "Kindness"

10. "Lucky Now"

11. "I Love You But I Don't Know What to Say"

Ryan Adams European Tour setlist

Much to the delight of his deadicated core of undoubtedly lifelong fans Ryan Adams is out on the road again with a solo acoustic tour of Europe.  A fine audience recording of the second night in Oslo at Folketeatret can be found here at Archive.org.  Adams is currently in the studio with veteran producer Glynn Johns whose most noteable production credits include several LP's by The Who, the Rolling Stones’ Satanic Majesties Request and Beggar’s Banquet as well as Eric Clapton’s Slowhand.



Ryan Adams (solo) - June 11, 2011 - Folketeatret, Oslo, Norway



Ryan Adams (solo) - June 11, 2011 - Folketeatret, Oslo, Norway

01. Intro

02. Oh My Sweet Carolina
03. Don't Fail Me Now
04. Crossed Out Name
05. Let It Ride
06. Desire
07. The Rescue Blues
08. Blue Hotel
09. banter/intro to Dancing With The Woman At The Bar
10. Dancing With The Woman At The Bar
11. Please Do Not Let Me Go
12. If I Am A Stranger
13. banter about cell phone filming
14. SYLVIA PLATH
15. crowd/encore break
16. Come Pick Me Up
17. Two
18. Everybody Knows
19. Friends
20. This House Is Not For Sale
21. 16 Days - improv. Black Metal version
22. 16 Days



Ryan Adams (solo) - June 16, 2011 - Aula Magna, Lisbon, Portugal


Oh my sweet Carolina
Firecracker
Don't fail me now
Please do not let me go
If I am a stranger
Everybody knows
NYNY on piano
'Invisible Riverside' (new song, potential title)
200 more miles (Cowboy Junkies cover)
This house is not for sale

16 days

Breakdown Into The Resolve

English Girls Approximately

Strawberry Wine
Desire
Come pick me up

E:
'Promise' (new song)
'Come home' (new song)


Ryan Adams (solo) - June 14, 2011 - Koncerhause, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oh My Sweet Carolina
Carolina Rain
Invisible Riverside
If I Am A Stranger
Jacksonville Skyline
This house is not for sale
Halloween
New York, New York
Dancing with the woman at the bar
Everybody knows
Two
Sweet Illusions
English Girls Approximately
September
Sylvia Plath

E:
Let it Ride
'Shadow of the Light'
16 Days


Ryan Adams (solo) - June 13, 2011 - The Consert House, Malmo, Sweden

Oh My Sweet Carolina
Don't Fail Me Now
Firecracker
Damn Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains)
I Taught Myself How to Grow Old
New York, New York
Invisible Riverside
English Girls Approximately
Dirty Rain
Winding Wheel
If I Am A Stranger
Let it Ride
Desire
Cannonball days

E (all new songs):
Straight ("you go sailing through the sky")
Ashes and Fire ("and the river she cried")
Shadow in the Light ("we didn't ... she never coming back, like we did, waited all night")
Take...high ("talking about the chains of love")
Wild and Young ("remember ... wild and young...")
Come Home ("we built this house")



Ryan Adams European Tour Dates (solo)
06-10 Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus

06-11 Oslo, Norway - Folketetreat
06-13 Malmo, Sweden - The Consert House
06-14 Copenhagen, Denmark - Koncerhause
06-16 Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
06-17 Porto, Portugal - Teatro Sa Da Bandeira
06-20 London, England - Barbican
06-22 Brighton, England - Dome
06-23 Manchester, England - Bridgewater Hall
06-25 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
06-26 Oxford, England - Oxford New Theatre
06-28 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Concertgebouw