Nashville Music Scene

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals blew the doors off the War Memorial last night. I had never seen a show there (although I did walk across the stage there at my high school graduation), and didn’t know about the acoustics…no worries on that count. That lovely wood floor made for a nice live room with lots of bounce, and Mr. Adams and band were in fine form. I had balcony seats, but at the last minute my partner-in-crime decided that he was feeling a mite too under the weather to venture out on a wet Tuesday night. I headed on out, and was able to sell my two balcony seats for a general admission, and enough cash for a t-shirt and limited edition print. Sweet!! But I digress, when Ryan took the stage, the whole house fell under his spell. Althought there was an underlying current of muted tension as the we all wondered what kind of humor he was in, and would some jackass shout out “Play Cuts Like A Knife” and prompt him to walk offstage, I am happy to report he was in a fine mood, and the two sets were chock full of classics, beautiful harmonies, some of the best steel guitar I’ve ever had the pleasure to hear, and a funny mock meltdown.

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