Jason Isbell

[ducktrapper]

That's a great Ryan Adams summary!
 Check out his album Stone Roses with his old band the Cardinals. That is a superb album.

I believe you mean Cold Roses. Stone Roses is a British band. Yeah it's one of the good ones. The stuff he did with Whiskytown is great too.

[StringPicker6]

Yes, cold roses! I stand corrected. And whiskeytown was also a great band. Ok, I'm off to listen to some Jason Isbell for guitar inspiration! (Stone Roses was a fantastic British band!)

[StringPicker6]

I continue to be impressed by Jason Isbell. His song "Children of Children" is pure genius and I can't stop playing it on repeat.

[Silence Dogood]

Jason Isbell posts some guitar clips on Instagram that I watch sometimes.  He's a very raw and tasteful player. I don't know his music other than those clips.

I was very into Ryan Adams a few years ago. I began with his Demolition album and worked my way backwards.  Some very good stuff, but that part of me that likes that kind of introspective songwriting seems to have gone away now.  I just can't seem to listen to stuff like that anymore.  I also noticed that he put out a ridiculous amount of albums, many of which seemed very mediocre.  He's like the Louis L'Amour of the music world. 

[ducktrapper]

Jason Isbell posts some guitar clips on Instagram that I watch sometimes.  He's a very raw and tasteful player. I don't know his music other than those clips.

I was very into Ryan Adams a few years ago. I began with his Demolition album and worked my way backwards.  Some very good stuff, but that part of me that likes that kind of introspective songwriting seems to have gone away now.  I just can't seem to listen to stuff like that anymore.  I also noticed that he put out a ridiculous amount of albums, many of which seemed very mediocre.  He's like the Louis L'Amour of the music world. 

Funny thing, after my remarks above, I put on some of the Adams' albums I thought I didn't much like and found I liked them quite a bit. Including the Taylor Swift thing which is better than I thought. Hmmm. 

[StringPicker6]

I was just listening to the whiskeytown album Pneumonia with early Ryan Adams, great stuff! I'm not familiar with Taylor Swift cover album, because I'm not really interested in Taylor Swift music.

[ducktrapper]

I was just listening to the whiskeytown album Pneumonia with early Ryan Adams, great stuff! I'm not familiar with Taylor Swift cover album, because I'm not really interested in Taylor Swift music.

Adams completely remade her "1989" album song for song. Why? I guess he liked the songs but not how she did them? I'm not a Swiftie either but bought it because I like Adams. Anyway, it's his album not hers and better than I first thought. 

[StringPicker6]

I might check it out. Her lyrics with his delivery could be interesting. 

[Silence Dogood]

View from the cheap seats here, but the Adams '1989' deal looked really gimmicky to me, like he was trying to gain a new audience by latching onto an actual superstar's material rather than writing his own.  I mean, there's nothing "wrong" with that, but it seems a bit "tacky," as my grandmother would often say.

[StringPicker6]

I felt the same when I first heard about the 1989 album; Hitching his wagon to a superstar.

[ducktrapper]

Interesting. I only judge it on what it sounds like and don't really understand that criticism. However because it's different, it took me a while to like it a bit which had nothing to do with who wrote the songs and which is not the first time for an Adams album. I wonder, though, would you feel the same way if Adams made an album of Johnny Cash or Beatle covers?

[StringPicker6]

Interesting point, because on his website he recently offered free downloads of famous album covers from Bob Dylan, Springsteen and Oasis. If I'm being honest, I think the fact that Taylor Swift wrote the songs is what turned me off. But that is me just being ignorant and stubborn, I guess.  I should probably give her music a listen. 

[ducktrapper]

Interesting point, because on his website he recently offered free downloads of famous album covers from Bob Dylan, Springsteen and Oasis. If I'm being honest, I think the fact that Taylor Swift wrote the songs is what turned me off. But that is me just being ignorant and stubborn, I guess.  I should probably give her music a listen.

Nah, she's probably better through Adams' versions. I wouldn't know. I just don't get the whole selling out or sucking up thing. If I could "sell out" or get Taylor Swift's audience to listen to me, I'd do it in a heartbeat. LOL
Over the years, I've noticed that most bands accused of selliing out, merely got better. Like The Clash or The Replacements.

[Silence Dogood]

Interesting. I only judge it on what it sounds like and don't really understand that criticism. However because it's different, it took me a while to like it a bit which had nothing to do with who wrote the songs and which is not the first time for an Adams album. I wonder, though, would you feel the same way if Adams made an album of Johnny Cash or Beatle covers?

I have no way of knowing Adams's motivation, and for all I know it was just something he genuinely wanted to do. It just struck me as gimmicky.  If he did the Beatles or Johnny Cash, well, I don't know how it would have hit me. I'd probably just wonder why he didn't make another original record since he's made so many.  There's no way he suffers from writers block. 

Speaking of TS, I tried listening to her for a bit to see what all the fuss was about.  I started with some of here newer material.  It came complete with the ubiquitous F-bombs sprinkled throughout and I didn't make it very long. The language didn't *offend* me, but at this point, for me at least, it just gets old and I'm tired of hearing it. 

[ducktrapper]

I have no way of knowing Adams's motivation, and for all I know it was just something he genuinely wanted to do. It just struck me as gimmicky.  If he did the Beatles or Johnny Cash, well, I don't know how it would have hit me. I'd probably just wonder why he didn't make another original record since he's made so many.  There's no way he suffers from writers block. 

Speaking of TS, I tried listening to her for a bit to see what all the fuss was about.  I started with some of here newer material.  It came complete with the ubiquitous F-bombs sprinkled throughout and I didn't make it very long. The language didn't *offend* me, but at this point, for me at least, it just gets old and I'm tired of hearing it.

Well, you're ahead of me. Apart from a TV appearance, I've never listened to her but pretty much have all the Adams albums so ... what was one more? As for gimmicky? I'd do that in a heartbeat if it got me noticed. The Beatles going from leather to suits was gimmicky too. You do what you gotta do .... which is probably why I'm an unknown songwriter. LOL

[StringPicker6]

As a Pennsylvania native, I'm familiar with the story of Taylor Swift growing up in PA, and her Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor father decided to move the family down to Nashville to help her budding music career.  So I guess we all do gimmicks. Like Bobby Dylan sang, "ya gotta serve somebody". 

Ok, I have a cold and I think the NyQuil is starting to do the talking. I better get some sleep! 

[ducktrapper]

I'm sure of one thing, If Taylor Swift recorded an album of Ryan Adams' songs, I wouldn't buy it.

[StringPicker6]