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If I were to say that three of those are absolute "must have", they would be Oslo, Ludwigshafen (10/17/06), and the Somerville '07 show. There's a lot of shows that can catch your ear and make you get hooked, though. I think the one that hooked me was 6/10/05.

Wow. That is an incredible show. I mean really amazing.

 

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"is this show still going on? i heard it was over around 10, there was a walk off. "

 

 

Was it held in the abandoned Member's Only warehouse??

"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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Tonight = unbelievable... better than Tuesday. Ryan was in a great mood. Though there were monitor problems again. Played about 2 solid hours, with a solo piano encore of "Sylvia Plath".

 

I was in the front row right in front of Neal. I'll have more tomorrow once I sleep.

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Setlist:

 

1. "Goodnight Rose" - Excellent as an opener, kind of set the tone for a good show.

2. "Games" - Very good once again.

3. "Wildflowers" - Better than the Milwaukee version, which I thought was kind of listless.

4. "Peaceful Valley" - Out of this world jamming.

5. "Cold Roses" - When they started it I got chills - I just love the beginning.

6. "Everybody Knows" - Didn't expect it, was off the cuff. Ryan said before they started "this one's not on the list". I'm pretty sure it's the first time they've played it electric.

7. "Rescue Blues" - Phenomenal. Splendid.

8. "Two" - Ryan was having some serious monitor problems here and wasn't too pleased, but the song was great.

9. "Mockingbird" - Loved it.

10. "What Sin" - Highlight of the entire evening, especially with the Sonic Youth-esque fuzzed-out ending.

11. "Beautiful Sorta" - Solid.

12. "Dear John" - Neal Casal's harmonies are the best thing since sliced bread.

13. "A Kiss Before I Go" - Very fun, like always. They played it a little slower than in Milwaukee.

14. "The End" - One that I was really hoping for in a big way. Always good.

15. "Freeway to the Canyon" - More good Neal Casal action.

16. "Bartering Lines" - AWESOME

17. "When The Stars Go Blue" - Good way to end the full band set.

 

Encore

 

18. "Sylvia Plath" (Ryan solo on the piano) - Ryan just nailed it. I'm not even sure this was a planned encore, since he left for probably close to 5 minutes after saying "thank you very much, that's curfew, good night."

 

In general, this show just was better than Tuesday's was. The band was much looser and the entire show had more of a rock concert feel to it, as opposed to the sound of a rock concert and the atmosphere of an opera that Tuesday had (and I got 7 songs I didn't hear that night). Maybe it was because I was in the first row and so close and able to see facial expressions, but Ryan was having a blast. He was smiling from ear to ear about 70% of the time and had the most crowd interaction he's had in a long time. Someone asked him "what the hell happened last night?" (referencing the reported "meltdown" - which it wasn't - in Minneapolis) and he said "what, you mean at the 'Beer Hut'?" Someone said "thanks for coming to Madison" and he said "we're glad to be here, believe me." He was very funny all night, for the most part. On Tuesday, he didn't even acknowledge the crowd for about an hour. The Barrymore is just a fun place. The setlist was better, it didn't have songs that disrupted the flow of the show like Milwaukee did with "I Taught Myself How to Grow Old" and "Off Broadway".

 

Now, as I mentioned in the setlist, there were monitor problems again. In the first half of the show, he had been communicating a lot to the sound guys during songs to adjust his monitors one way or another. Then, during "Two" it kind of boiled over and he turned himself to the side of the stage with the sound engineer and sang "if we could get some decent (expletive) sound guys we could give you a good (expletive) show, honest". Then, after the song ended called out his sound guy by name and said the "vocals are so (expletive) loud out front that I can't hear what notes I'm singing". He went out of his way to say it wasn't about the audience and he knew it sounded great to us, and it was about him and making sure he could sing on key. After a couple more songs he said "it's fixed". Though he was still kicking his monitors away from him once in a while through the rest of the show, the whole disgustedly yelling at the sound guys during songs ended. He just rolled with it much better.

 

The all-around show was much better, the entire atmosphere was looser. When we were waiting outside before the show, Ryan was eating over across the street at Monty's Diner and came out and he and Neal walked the streets for a while. Then, his manager came out looking for him, and eventually Ryan needed a ride back to the Barrymore. So, one of the cool posters from RyanAdamsArchive.com was like "I'll give him a ride", so she went and picked him up and brought him back to the theater so they could soundcheck - apparently he has a time management problem. I was kind of worried, though, since she said he didn't say a word in the car on the way back. But all was good. I was glad, since this was one of my good friend's first Ryan show and he got a great one. Actually, another guy from the Archive who travelled from Scotland and has seen Ryan countless times said this was the best show he's ever seen them play. I felt lucky to have witnessed it myself.

 

Looking back on both shows, I'm pretty lucky to have gotten to see such excellent ones, since the shows on the nights before both of them were short ones. It's almost like he wanted to stick it to those cities by coming back the next night and playing great shows. Though from all reports he played an amazing show tonight in Chicago (which included "Magnolia Mountain" - the only song that I really wish I would have heard at the two shows I went to). I can't wait to go see him a couple (or more) times next year. I had an awesome concert season - I got to see my two favorites, Wilco and Ryan Adams, from the front row once a piece, and got to see them both twice.

 

RyDogg, you definitely need to download this one when it comes out!

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So, is that exit before Van Buren or after? And what do I do following that exit?

 

That exit is before Van Buren, and it's on the right hand side. The ramp will split, follow the sign for J. Lovell Street which will put you headed north on J Lovell... then turn right on Wells St. I don't really know where you should park, but there are a number of parking ramps around the Wells/Plankinton intersection, which is just across the river from the theater.
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