Ryan Adams & The Cardinals played Hammerstein Ballroom

only one cardinal (CRED)

In spite of a supremely generous set length (3+ hours and roughly thirty songs), I left last night’s Ryan Adams show sorely disappointed. In fact, out of the near-dozen times I’ve seen Ryan over the past few years, I would easily place this gig at the bottom of the list. I’m not certain if it was a lack of energy, the reinterpreted versions of Ryan’s older tunes and/or a general longing for Ryan’s incomparable stage banter, but something seemed slightly off. [says the Music Slut]

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals played a Halloween show at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC last night (Oct 31, 2007). Set list below….

Setlist:
[Set 1]
Peaceful Valley. Blue Hotel
Mockingbird
Beautiful Sorta
The Rescue Blues
The Sun Also Sets
When The Stars Go Blue
Goodnight Rose
Cold Roses
Freeway To The Canyon
Off Broadway
Please Do Not Let Me Go

[Set 2]
Bartering Lines
A Kiss Before I Go
The End
Dear John
Nightbirds
Wild Flowers
Shakedown On 9th Street
Everybody Knows
Why Do They Leave
Two
Halloween Head
Goodnight Hollywood Blvd
I See Monsters

[Encore]
Let It Ride
Down In A Hole
What Sin Replaces Love.

none of this I guess….