> Just wanted to heartily applaud your NP Ryan Adams 'Winding Wheel' - do > you like no.13 on Heartbreaker too out of interest?
Yeah Sarah, I really enjoy that entire record. Ryan hasn't done any wrong yet in my book, whether it's the early Whiskeytown stuff or his latest collection of 'demos' that makes most singwriters look like also-rans. "Gold" remains my favorite Ryan to date, inspired by and not derivative of the best of 70's classic rock and balladries. But I know a certain Paz-dawg who lists "Heartbreaker" as #1, which is cool. It's all good. <<There are a few tracks on > Demolition Man which are worth a mention too. The start of You Turn Me On > I'm a Radio of Joni's is slightly Ryanesque I feel? Hadn't thought about that, but I wouldn't disagree with you now that you mention it...my immediate response to Demolition is that it is VERY Paul Westerberg/Replacements influenced, from the fragile ballads to the balls-out rockers. Adams admits to being a huge 'Mats fan. And Adams' duet on "Concrete Sky" with Beth Orton is certainly one of my favorite tracks of the year. Simply takes my breath away! > is FTR all about James Taylor or is there another man of > the moment too > at that time? That is the conventional wisdom, Sarah...the giveaway clue is her line "Pack Your Suspenders", referencing his look on the cover of "Mud Slide Slim & The Blue Horizon". Cold Blue Steel references his heroin use. I'm sure there are others on there, I'll leave it to those who have FTR in their blood to comment. Bob NP: Afghan Whigs, "My Curse"
