***19/10/07 Dallas show, McFarlin Auditorium***

[fairbanks142]

Can tonight's show equal or top Houston?


SETLIST:

On at 8:45

1. - Peaceful Valley
2. - I See Monsters
3. - Beautiful Sorta
4. - Goodnight Rose
5. - Off Broadway
6. - Combat Chicken Imrprov
7. - Rescue Blues
8. - Cold Roses
9. - Please Do Not Let Me Go
10. - Games
11. - Shakedown on 9th St >
12. - Bartering Lines
13. - Wild Flowers
14. - A Kiss Before I Go

Set Break at 10:15

15. - Mockingbird
16. - Two
17. - Nightbirds
18. - The Sun Also Sets
19. - Goodnight Hollywood Blvd.
20. - Graboff Joke and Happy Birthday Spacewolf
21. - Stars Go Blue
22. - Why Do They Leave
23. - Wonderwall

Encore (pre-announced) 11:15

24. - Let It Ride
25. - Come Pick Me Up (with harmonica)
26. - Oh My Sweet Carolina (with harmonica)

Off at 11:35

from RAA



I'm going to the Dallas show on friday (Oct. 19th). It will be my first RA show to attend.

Is there anything I should watch out for? what should I expect? Does RA do meetand greets afterwords?

[Rob]

Watch out for shows being cut short (no encore)

Exepct the tunes to be solid, but don't expect much crowd interaction.

It seems to be pretty easy to meet the rest of the band, but not Mr. Adams.

[FrigidRoses]

Hope you have a good show! Be sure to come back and tell us what happened.

[Libertine4Life]

be sure to shout out loads of song requests, and if i were you id drink too much before the show so you can be that extra bit obnoxious! :)

just kidding

[littleamen]

My first RA show was in Dallas too...back when the Gypsy Tea Room was still open. Loads of really drunk assholes who talked through the whole night, yelled song requests, and pissed Ryan off.

We did get a great quote though...in response to some chick yelling out for Come Pick Me Up. Ryan compared it to going to her mom's house for dinner and yelling for green beans.

Hope you have a better audience on Friday.

[sicottem]

My first RA show was in Dallas too...back when the Gypsy Tea Room was still open. Loads of really drunk assholes who talked through the whole night, yelled song requests, and pissed Ryan off.

We did get a great quote though...in response to some chick yelling out for Come Pick Me Up. Ryan compared it to going to her mom's house for dinner and yelling for green beans.

yea the recording for that show is up on RAA....really funny show.

[fairbanks142]

Thanks for the feedback. BTW What does RAA stand for?

[FrigidRoses]

ryanadamsarchive.com

[fairbanks142]

Thanks!

[sbors]

I am a new member. Seth. My first Ryan Adams show is also in Dallas tomorrow. I've had 3 or 4 almosts, but it actually looks like this one is going to work out.

[Libertine4Life]

good luck seth, have a good one

[hold on magnolia]

where is this show being held in dallas? i remember it being a place i had never heard of before...but then again, new clubs and theatres are popping up everywhere in the dfw area these days.

[geowhitt]

McFarlin Theatre on the SMU Campus. 2000 seats....... We saw him at Red Rocks so we arent going tomorrow even though we live about 1 mile away:mad:

[hold on magnolia]

McFarlin Theatre on the SMU Campus. 2000 seats....... We saw him at Red Rocks so we arent going tomorrow even though we live about 1 mile away:mad:

why wouldn't you go tomorrow? it seems like a pretty convenient location and if i'm not mistaken, they are playing a different setlist then redrocks.

[Sydneyfan]

I won't be around when this show is happening tonight....if anyone else feels like grabbing the setlist, that would be great.

[JackStark211]

I hope the show is great, by younger borther will be there and he needs to see something great.

[Sydneyfan]

I hope the show is great, by younger borther will be there and he needs to see something great.

Fingers crossed Jack :rock

[taparoo]

From ze archive

On at 8:45

1. - Peaceful Valley
2. - I See Monsters
3. - Beautiful Sorta
4. - Goodnight Rose
5. - Off Broadway

[ArkhamAsylum]

6. - Combat Chicken Imrprov
7. - Rescue Blues
8. - Cold Roses
9. - Please do not let me go
10. - Games
11. - Shakedown
12. Bartering Lines
13. - Wild Flowers
14. - Kiss before I go

[ArkhamAsylum]

15. - Mockingbird
16. - Two
17. - Nightbirds
18. - The Sun Also Sets
19. - Goodnight Hollywood Blvd.
20. - Graboff Joke and Happy Birthday Spacewolf
21. - Stars Go Blue
22. - Why Do They Leave
23. - Wonderwall

[raer7385]

what a setlist! Texans got it good

[taparoo]

Very nice.

[ArkhamAsylum]

24. - Let It Ride
25. - Come Pick Me Up (with Harp)


Didn't think we'd ever see that song again!

[taparoo]

Wowaweewoah

[scpenguin]

GAAAHHHH!!! I am tearing my hair out and drooling over this setlist! I can't believe I had to miss this one!

Sounds like Ryan's really treating Texans to a good time this tour. :guitarsolo

[ArkhamAsylum]

26. - Oh My Sweet Carolina (with Harp)

Off at 11:35

[Sydneyfan]

Lucky Texas! Thanks very much to taparoo and Arkham Asylum for getting the setlist. It's appreciated. :upyours

[sbors]

I just got home. UN-BELIEVABLE!! Great venue, good audience (a few obligatory douches), spectacular performance. Ryan was very talkative and came out in full heavy metal costume with spiked cuffs on his arms and legs (he asked the audience to hold while he went backstage to change). Almost 3 hours with a short break. Cardinals toasted the audience near the end and then broke into "Come Pick Me Up" and "Oh, My Sweet Carolina" (both with harmonica). I couldn't be happier right now. :upyours :upyours

[Sydneyfan]

I just got home. UN-BELIEVABLE!! Great venue, good audience (a few obligatory douches), spectacular performance. Ryan was very talkative and came out in full heavy metal costume with spiked cuffs on his arms and legs (he asked the audience to hold while he went backstage to change). Almost 3 hours with a short break. Cardinals toasted the audience near the end and then broke into "Come Pick Me Up" and "Oh, My Sweet Carolina" (both with harmonica). I couldn't be happier right now. :upyours :upyours

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the review. :upyours

[hold on magnolia]

fuck, i could have gone to this show if i had wanted to. it wouldn't have cost me that much to get a plane ticket home. ugh. i'm depressed.

[ewok.online]

fucking CPMU AND Carolina?

Dude's bringing his "A" game.

[Starlite]

OMFG. Amazing setlist :jawdrop

The encore = my three favourite RA songs :guitarsolo

I really, really hope this show was taped.

[Starlite]

Photo by viking73

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m51/viking73/IMG_3884_crop.jpg

[JackStark211]

yep, he text me during the show like an ass to let m know i was a bitch for not going.

i hear it was awesome and they were all in good mood. he said ryan was funny as fuck between songs but he must ahve been drunk. hahaha he did say it was the best show he has ever been too. fuck me for not going.

[Sydneyfan]

yep, he text me during the show like an ass to let m know i was a bitch for not going.

i hear it was awesome and they were all in good mood. he said ryan was funny as fuck between songs but he must ahve been drunk. hahaha he did say it was the best show he has ever been too. fuck me for not going.

Excellent :guitarsolo Don't worry, I'm sure there will be other shows Jack.

[Libertine4Life]

were all the songs full band or were some of them solo acoustic?

[fairbanks142]

It was an amazing show for my first RA concert. I was surprised that he did Wonderwall and my sweet Carolina... The whole concert was full band. RA did play piano on 2 or 3 songs though...

[fairbanks142]

BTW... They canceled Tulsa, and RA said last night that they are flying to LA today. What is he going to do in LA?

[burgerqueen]

That picture is too much.
This sounds like it may have been the best show on the tour so far. I like that he's getting better & better, I'm even more excited now! :D

[ewok.online]

i think he's starting to notice what we want.
and i know we can't have ALL the songs we want, but if that 3 song encore starts showing up more often, i will accept that as a compromise.

the catch is, will he make it to the encore without a walk off?

[clewis]

YNODLUCxEu0

[JackStark211]

Photo by viking73

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m51/viking73/IMG_3884_crop.jpg

my brother said that was funny as fuck. clearly he was correct.

[JackStark211]

fuck, i could have gone to this show if i had wanted to. it wouldn't have cost me that much to get a plane ticket home. ugh. i'm depressed.

same, i fucked myself as well.

[Starlite]

The torrent for this show is up. That was mighty fast :guitarsolo

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=510384

[taparoo]

Awesome. Thanks for the heads up.

[taparoo]

Wow, the tape up on etree sounds fantastic. I'll have to upload some tracks for you guys when I get the chance.

[ewok.online]

DO IT.

[leonard]

Hey guys, new to the site but was at this show and would LOVE a copy of the recording. However, I have no experience with bit torrent (I just tried to figure it out, but had no luck).

Is there anyone who would be kind enough to possibly send over the tracks through YouSendIt or another service?

I would forever be indebted to you! :)

Thanks in advance!

[taparoo]

Hey guys, new to the site but was at this show and would LOVE a copy of the recording. However, I have no experience with bit torrent (I just tried to figure it out, but had no luck).

Is there anyone who would be kind enough to possibly send over the tracks through YouSendIt or another service?

I would forever be indebted to you! :)

Thanks in advance!
Check out the Downloads section of the site (near the top, by User CP FAQ Members List etc.). I uploaded Come Pick Me Up, and plan to upload some more tracks tonight. If you want some particular tracks uploaded just let me know and I'd be glad to upload them. I can zip the show and send it to you if you like, as well.

[leonard]

Hey Taparoo...thanks a ton!

If you wouldn't mind sending over the zipped tracks, that would be AMAZING!

You can send them to keithclingman@gmail.com

Thanks so much!!!

[taparoo]

Hey Taparoo...thanks a ton!

If you wouldn't mind sending over the zipped tracks, that would be AMAZING!

You can send them to keithclingman@gmail.com

Thanks so much!!!
Sure. I'll just zip them and upload them through sendspace or gigasize if that's fine (you then just click the link to download). I'll upload the show tonight sometime.

[Sydneyfan]

Adams is a bit aimless, but he's not angry

By PRESTON JONES
Star-Telegram staff writer



DALLAS -- If you wandered into Southern Methodist University's McFarlin Auditorium between songs Friday night, you'd have been forgiven if you thought some sort of experimental comedy routine was under way.

A nearly three-hour performance by the predictably unpredictable Ryan Adams and his Cardinals featured absurd asides, goofy noises and an amusing disregard for the very vocal hecklers who, by turns, clamored for Adams to strip down, play certain songs or play ... well ... anything.

Most of the evening was taken up with devastatingly beautiful country-rock, the sort that would make Gram Parsons weep with joy. But for every glowing, near-perfect moment of melody and harmony, there would be three or four more minutes of aimless puttering on the stage.

He seemed to forget that concerts are designed for rawness and spontaneity -- it's what makes them more fun than sitting at home in the dark with a record turned up loud. Also, for someone who's almost pathologically prolific, Adams certainly can waste time onstage. He performed 24 songs in almost three hours -- imagine what he would've accomplished if he'd spent less time talking and adjusting his guitar pedals.

But perhaps I shouldn't begrudge Adams his obvious good mood -- he complimented the crowd more than once on its welcoming attitude. There was no trace of the petulant troubadour who's reared his head elsewhere on this tour -- Adams never so much as scowled during his time onstage in Dallas.

While he didn't linger for too long on any one period of his career to date, the singer/songwriter did approach familiar works in a consistent, curious fashion -- reshaping relatively up-tempo numbers like Let It Ride and Rescue Blues as sludgy epics, distended and draped with dramatic flourishes. It made for an almost glacial pace at times, the deliberative renditions sapping energy from the room.

Just when you felt the momentum slipping away entirely, Adams would gleefully rip into a track like A Kiss Before I Go and remind you all over again why he's such a vital artistic force. Better, I suppose, to have Adams a bit aimless than angry.

[taparoo]

If anybody is interested in the show just leave me a pm :pimp

[foggy]

Ryan Adams' moody set was spot on

MUSIC REVIEW: His mood swings and wit won the crowd
By MIKE DANIEL / The Dallas Morning News

Ryan Adams is a wierdo, and thank the heavens for that.

He's almost savant-like when he's on his game, as he was on Friday night in front of a nearly packed McFarlin Auditorium. Loose and spontaneous to the point of incrimination, his manic personality always appears to teeter on the precipice of purpose. Slumped over his pedals or his array of vintage amps, he'll ignore clueless but light-natured hecklers after one song, but let out a primal scream just before another, then rap with a dry machete-sharp wit after that number.

"All right, folks; that was a good set," he said after just the second tune, "See Monsters," feigning a much-publicized early exit from a gig in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. "Keep cool, or you won't like us in an hour," he offered a bit later to other chatterers. "Or, you'll like us less, anyway."

Method is a hunk of that endearing madness, though. Booked to play a two-set, three-hour gig with his stellar backing band, The Cardinals, Mr. Adams has got a right to follow his reputation and be demanding. And things commenced onimously with the opener, "Peaceful Valley"; his microphone's level was wildly low and monitors weren't mixed perfectly enough. So as a built-in flourish to each strum of his guitar, Mr. Adams would first gesture to the offensive speaker, then up or down in the direction he wanted its volume to go. Two songs later during "Beautiful Sorta," he yelled emphatically to his stage manager during the bridge: "The other way was better!" And so the other way it became.

Thing is, to the audience the output already sounded as flawless as could be conceived.

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals is one of the few rock acts that actually improves upon its recordings in a live setting. The band's propensity to lengthen bridges, experiment with dynamics and meander its way through precedents of rhythm allows Mr. Adams' gossamer country-rock compositions to breathe much more deeply.

Example: During "Goodnight Rose," the jouncy opening cut off this year's full-length offering, Easy Tiger, a crystalline Skynyrd-lite dual-guitar solo featuring Mr. Adams and Neal Casal bookmarked the choruses. "Wild Flowers" swelled with beauty thanks to Chris Feinstein's chorus-thickened bass work and Mr. Adams' flowery falsetto.

And at the start of the revivalist country anthem "Games," Mr. Adams played one: He tickled out the opening riff so lightly that only megafans in the front row recognized what it was at first. Later in the tune, he scratched out solo bends so emphatically that it triggered ducking reflexes.

This show was the kind at which time became immaterial and difficult to sense. Before you knew it, 14 songs and 90 minutes had disappeared as surely as Mr. Adams' mood swung. Weird. Well, time isn't a concern for most savants, anyhow.

[JackStark211]

i really want a soundboard or matrix of this set.

[Faded Rose]

An amusing Girlie Review....

Review: Ryan Adams Sends Our Panties to China
Sat Oct 20, 2007 at 06:13:54 PM

Despite having an intermission during his SMU performance, we still love Ryan Adams. (Matthew Blake)We walked into the Ryan Adams concert at McFarlin Auditorium an hour late last night. It was like walking in on the middle of a film people were having trouble following, and two clumsy girls climbing over seats and saying “excuse me” weren’t making things any clearer. I’ve never seen a sea of people sitting quietly with their arms folded at a rock concert, but that’s the kind of effect McFarlin has on people. It was severely disquieting at first.

Adams was on the tail end of “Wild Flowers” when we found our seats. When the song ended, everyone clapped politely and sat in a kind of blind-date awkward silence while he fiddled with his guitar. It was as if we’d been set up with this guy we’d heard a whole lot of good things about, and he seemed kind of cool, but who picked this shitty restaurant? When can we head out to the bar? And then some asshole in the back yelled “FREEBIRD!” and Ryan Adams replied “NO BIRD!” Everyone laughed nervously, and he chit-chattered before saying to his band, “This next song is going to kick so much ass.” And “A Kiss Before I Go” did. Then he told us to go call our moms or talk to a cute girl while the band took a break before the second set. Intermission, at a rock concert.

I was supposed to have interviewed Adams the week before the show, but apparently word had gotten back to Adams’ girlfriend that I was going to verbally seduce him with thoughtful questions and well-timed giggles. So I’ll try to recreate what would have happened as accurately as possible:

“Hey, Ryan.”

“Hey, Andrea.”

“You still seeing that model and being all sober and shit?”

“No, she kind of sucks.”

“I have a bottle of whiskey and season 3 of Seinfeld on DVD. You should come over and we’ll sit too close to each other on the couch and then make out during the credits of ‘The Suicide.’”

“Sweet. See you in a few.”

But I’ll just have to take a rain check. And when, for the second set, Adams came out in a pair of knee-high industrial platform boots and a shirt that looked like it came from Express For Men’s chain mail collection. I have to admit, I was a little worried until he started channeling Freddie Mercury, punctuating overwrought sad-sack ballads like “Mockingbird," “Two” and “The Sun Also Sets” with full-on act-outs and hand gestures—no guitar for Adams on these, just a guy in a shiny shirt with a microphone, high school musical (not High School Musical) style. He even kind of sounded like Mercury. For “Goodnight, Hollywood Boulevard,” Adams left his band behind him and assaulted the front of the stage with fist-pumping goodness, and a faux-earnestness that earned him a standing ovation (photos). It was the ideal way to handle the fact that the man writes panty-droppers, and he’s not afraid to admit it. Adams’ goofy self-awareness-slash-douchebaggery had effectively eliminated the weird blind-date feeling.

After quipping, “I don’t feel comfortable right now,” about his outfit, then reappearing in a t-shirt and leopard print boots, we got “When The Stars Go Blue,” and the stars went blue, literally, on the towering screen of Christmas lights hanging behind him. I’ll take the chain mail, Adams, but pulling the cheese-ball blue thing was a bit much. He soon redeemed himself with “Why Do They Leave,” and my personal favorite, the cover of “Wonderwall.”

Something magical happens to me when I hear this song, which I know is lame because of all the great songs the guy writes, I have to like this cover the best? But there’s a powerful bit of heartbreak in my past that I associate with this song, so much so that I still kind of get wobbly when I hear it on the radio. The sense that’s most powerfully associated with memory is supposed to be smell; but there’s nothing that takes me back to being 21, holding hands on the corner of 14th and Third in New York City like this song. When Liam Gallagher sings the lyrics, “There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how,” it’s accusatory. When Adams sings, it’s heartbreaking. Slays. My. Soul. This may be the entire reason I like Adams at all; I fell in love to his music, once, and a little bit of me does it all over again whenever I listen to it.

Let me break up this moment of creepy sincerity by assuring you that, at this point in the concert, my panties had dropped so low that they were digging a hole to China. By the time he got to “Come Pick Me Up” during the encore—another standing ovation—they were somewhere around the Earth’s core, and after the closer, “My Sweet Carolina,” they were eating a nice bowl of Kung Pao Chicken. -- Andrea Grimes

[Sydneyfan]

She lost me as soon as she said "panties". :\

[Faded Rose]

She lost me as soon as she said "panties". :\

Loosen up a little - he obviously affects some girls that way - pretend she said knickers.

[littleamen]

An amusing Girlie Review....

Review: Ryan Adams Sends Our Panties to China
Sat Oct 20, 2007 at 06:13:54 PM

Despite having an intermission during his SMU performance, we still love Ryan Adams. (Matthew Blake)We walked into the Ryan Adams concert at McFarlin Auditorium an hour late last night. It was like walking in on the middle of a film people were having trouble following, and two clumsy girls climbing over seats and saying “excuse me” weren’t making things any clearer. I’ve never seen a sea of people sitting quietly with their arms folded at a rock concert, but that’s the kind of effect McFarlin has on people. It was severely disquieting at first.

Adams was on the tail end of “Wild Flowers” when we found our seats. When the song ended, everyone clapped politely and sat in a kind of blind-date awkward silence while he fiddled with his guitar. It was as if we’d been set up with this guy we’d heard a whole lot of good things about, and he seemed kind of cool, but who picked this shitty restaurant? When can we head out to the bar? And then some asshole in the back yelled “FREEBIRD!” and Ryan Adams replied “NO BIRD!” Everyone laughed nervously, and he chit-chattered before saying to his band, “This next song is going to kick so much ass.” And “A Kiss Before I Go” did. Then he told us to go call our moms or talk to a cute girl while the band took a break before the second set. Intermission, at a rock concert.

I was supposed to have interviewed Adams the week before the show, but apparently word had gotten back to Adams’ girlfriend that I was going to verbally seduce him with thoughtful questions and well-timed giggles. So I’ll try to recreate what would have happened as accurately as possible:

“Hey, Ryan.”

“Hey, Andrea.”

“You still seeing that model and being all sober and shit?”

“No, she kind of sucks.”

“I have a bottle of whiskey and season 3 of Seinfeld on DVD. You should come over and we’ll sit too close to each other on the couch and then make out during the credits of ‘The Suicide.’”

“Sweet. See you in a few.”

But I’ll just have to take a rain check. And when, for the second set, Adams came out in a pair of knee-high industrial platform boots and a shirt that looked like it came from Express For Men’s chain mail collection. I have to admit, I was a little worried until he started channeling Freddie Mercury, punctuating overwrought sad-sack ballads like “Mockingbird," “Two” and “The Sun Also Sets” with full-on act-outs and hand gestures—no guitar for Adams on these, just a guy in a shiny shirt with a microphone, high school musical (not High School Musical) style. He even kind of sounded like Mercury. For “Goodnight, Hollywood Boulevard,” Adams left his band behind him and assaulted the front of the stage with fist-pumping goodness, and a faux-earnestness that earned him a standing ovation (photos). It was the ideal way to handle the fact that the man writes panty-droppers, and he’s not afraid to admit it. Adams’ goofy self-awareness-slash-douchebaggery had effectively eliminated the weird blind-date feeling.

After quipping, “I don’t feel comfortable right now,” about his outfit, then reappearing in a t-shirt and leopard print boots, we got “When The Stars Go Blue,” and the stars went blue, literally, on the towering screen of Christmas lights hanging behind him. I’ll take the chain mail, Adams, but pulling the cheese-ball blue thing was a bit much. He soon redeemed himself with “Why Do They Leave,” and my personal favorite, the cover of “Wonderwall.”

Something magical happens to me when I hear this song, which I know is lame because of all the great songs the guy writes, I have to like this cover the best? But there’s a powerful bit of heartbreak in my past that I associate with this song, so much so that I still kind of get wobbly when I hear it on the radio. The sense that’s most powerfully associated with memory is supposed to be smell; but there’s nothing that takes me back to being 21, holding hands on the corner of 14th and Third in New York City like this song. When Liam Gallagher sings the lyrics, “There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how,” it’s accusatory. When Adams sings, it’s heartbreaking. Slays. My. Soul. This may be the entire reason I like Adams at all; I fell in love to his music, once, and a little bit of me does it all over again whenever I listen to it.

Let me break up this moment of creepy sincerity by assuring you that, at this point in the concert, my panties had dropped so low that they were digging a hole to China. By the time he got to “Come Pick Me Up” during the encore—another standing ovation—they were somewhere around the Earth’s core, and after the closer, “My Sweet Carolina,” they were eating a nice bowl of Kung Pao Chicken. -- Andrea Grimes


Is it wrong that that made me laugh? (Keep in mind, that I lived in college towns in TX for 6 years, I can picture who this is coming from).

[Starlite]

Is it wrong that that made me laugh? (Keep in mind, that I lived in college towns in TX for 6 years, I can picture who this is coming from).

I was amused too :D

[Faded Rose]

It made me laugh - that's why I posted it...I thought it was meant to be slightly tongue in cheek - and don't you think Ryan has a lot of girlie fans who think like that? I'm not sure I can put my hand on my heart and say I wasn't the same about "rock stars" at 16/17

[Starlite]

I think she went wrong with the Seinfeld DVDs. If she was a real RA fan, she'd know that Friends DVDs are the way to go ;)

[Faded Rose]

It was probably the bondage vest that made her lose her mind.:D

[ewok.online]

reveiws like that make the sucky part of writing songs about hurtful things worthwhile for us guitar-slingin' sensitive types. :D