Cry On Demand
07-09-2008, 02:37 PM
Here's a snippet from a recent review of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals support slot for Oasis at MTS Centre (01-10-2008).
"Now in theory, opening act Ryan Adams & the Cardinals -- with their alt-country stylings and folksy jam band tendencies -- might seem the antithesis of Oasis' grizzled arena rock.
But as fans know, the two acts share many a hard-edged musical parallel, plus no less an expert than Noel has said he "never got his head around" Wonderwall until he heard Adams' cover version.
The former Whiskeytown frontman wisely chose not to try to beat the Gallaghers at their own game yesterday, but he and the Cardinals did deliver an hour-long set that found them deftly straddling the line between country and rock.
In between mumbled bits of banter, the hyper-prolific troubadour led his band through tunes culled mostly from the last four years, weaving from the haunting, strobe light-enhanced Off Broadway to the nakedly plaintive Please Do Not Let Me Go; from steel pedal-infused country numbers like Let It Ride and Mockingbird, to borderline rockers like Come Pick Me Up and Everybody Knows."
Source: winnipegsun.com (http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Music/2008/09/02/6632926-sun.html)
"Now in theory, opening act Ryan Adams & the Cardinals -- with their alt-country stylings and folksy jam band tendencies -- might seem the antithesis of Oasis' grizzled arena rock.
But as fans know, the two acts share many a hard-edged musical parallel, plus no less an expert than Noel has said he "never got his head around" Wonderwall until he heard Adams' cover version.
The former Whiskeytown frontman wisely chose not to try to beat the Gallaghers at their own game yesterday, but he and the Cardinals did deliver an hour-long set that found them deftly straddling the line between country and rock.
In between mumbled bits of banter, the hyper-prolific troubadour led his band through tunes culled mostly from the last four years, weaving from the haunting, strobe light-enhanced Off Broadway to the nakedly plaintive Please Do Not Let Me Go; from steel pedal-infused country numbers like Let It Ride and Mockingbird, to borderline rockers like Come Pick Me Up and Everybody Knows."
Source: winnipegsun.com (http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Music/2008/09/02/6632926-sun.html)