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Easy Tiger – By Ryan Adams
I’m listening to Ryan Adams a lot at the moment (not to be confused with Bryan Adams by the way). As a band we play a couple of his songs in our standard set. Lyrically Adams is poetic, musically he blends country (listen out for the lap steel and the banjo), with a more contemporary feel. What is interesting is that he faces the harsh realities of life and relationships very openly, which is illustrated in his 2007 album ‘Easy Tiger’.
On first listening there are some very catchy tunes, thoughtful numbers and even a jolly jig (Pearls on a String) in the middle. But as you read the lyrics you find a much darker world that Adams, at least poetically, inhabits. Read the rest of this entry »
