Well as I mentioned in the previous blog (which was about our new baby girl, read it if you missed it), I bought the newer Ryan Adams Jacksonville City Nights cd. Its a pretty darn good CD.
This CD is quite a good one. Cold Roses was i think phenomenal and pretty upbeat, better and more for your money (its a 2 disc-er). This one is more slow, a good duet with Nora Jones called "Dear John" and a few other just really amazing songs. Though it has one of the dumbest lines, "The waitress tries to give me change and I say that's cool just keep it..." To hear it in the song is just laughable because it really doesn't work at all, but the rest of the song is great. I recommend it if you're looking for a good balanced ryan adam's cd. The Hardest Part is a good song on it too, upbeat tune. He amazes me and reminds me of a good blend of Dylan and Cash in a lot of ways. He has the lyric poetry that Dylan has, not to the same level, but still its there. Then he has the tortured soul of Cash down pretty well. Almost like a person that knows they're a sinner, knows Christ died for them, but doesn't know what to do next.
Trains is a great song as well, it reminds me of my brother Pete, he likes trains.
Anyway its got a country influence... well a slide guitar, but I wouldn't call it country or even alt country. Buy it, buy cold roses too, and don't burn or get it from a friend because frankly that's weak and illegal in the grand scheme of things. I'd buy it for everyone i know if i could afford to.
But my fanage to Ryan remains strong. Love is Hell and Rock n Roll was a bit of a low point but he's back and possibly a little bit wiser in the end.