Ryan Adams "La Cienega Just Smiled" Live Acoustic Echo Version (Edited Ryan Adams Tribute Video)

It's high time I made another Ryan Adams Tribute, so with this in mind, I decided to go with one of his most mellow and thoughtful songs "La Cienega Just Smiled" from his second studio album "Gold". This is a live version of the song, with an echo effect which I added myself to the edited footage I put together.

This version of "La Cienega" was recorded at the Nottingham Royal Centre, on 17th February 2006. Originally recorded by Thomas Bauer & transferred by Gary Watson. This concert can be found on the archive.

David Ryan Adams was born in the military town of Jacksonville, North Carolina. When he was nine, his father left and he was raised by his mother, an English teacher. Adams was a reader and has said Edgar Allen Poe's work inspired him to write short stories by the time he was eight-years -old. As a teen, he discovered maverick writers like Jack Kerouac and Henry Miller and learned to play guitar. Adams dropped out of high school in the tenth grade and played with a series of punk bands in before moving to Raleigh, NC, and forming Whiskeytown with singer and violinist Caitlin Cary. Whiskeytown released Stranger's Almanac in 1997. By the time Whiskeytown went into the studio in 1999 to record its third album, Pneumonia Adams and Cary were the only original members left. The album was shelved during the merger of Universal and PolyGram and Outpost closed its doors.

Adams, meanwhile, went into a Nashville studio with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to record his first solo album Heartbreaker which came out on the independent alternative-country label Bloodshot Records in 2000. The album was hailed for its songwriting and balance of country, folk and classic-sounding rock. Comparisons to Gram Parsons continued further after Emmylou Harris, Parson's music partner, harmonized with Adams on the song "Oh My Sweet Carolina." When Pneumonia surfaced the following year on Lost Highway Records it was seen more as an Adams solo album than a Whiskeytown release.

During the 2000s, Adams turned out roughly an album a year, with even more songs surfacing on his Website. In 2001, he released Gold (Number 59, 2001), which sold more than 360,000 copies in the U.S. and produced the minor hit "New York, New York," which was played regularly on MTV after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Artists ranging from country superstar Tim McGraw to Bono covered Gold's "When the Stars Go Blue." The album received two Grammy nominations: Best Rock Album and Best Male Rock Vocal for the single; and Adams was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal for a version of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" that appeared on a tribute album.

He followed with Demolition (Number 28, 2002), which was culled from two shelved albums, 48 Hours and The Suicide Handbook, both of which have been heavily bootlegged. That year he appeared with Elton John, who cited Adams as an inspiration on his recent music, on CMT's Crossroads. In 2003, Adams recorded Rock N Roll (Number 33, 2003) and Love is Hell Part 1 (Number 78, 2003) and Part 2. The latter two records seemed to being influenced by the mopey pop of the Smiths; Adams' New Wave tendencies seemed so unappealing to Lost Highway that the label released Love as Hell as a pair of EPs as opposed to a proper album. The acoustic cover version of the Oasis hit "Wonderwall" that featured on Love is Hell Part 2 earned Adams another Grammy nomination, and the surprise success of the album made Lost Highway rethink their decision by ultimately releasing the two Love is Hell EPs as one album in May of 2004.

In June 2007, with the Cardinals back by his side, Adams released his highest charting album to date, Easy Tiger
Cardinology, another new album with the Cardinals, came in October 2008, and it seemed like the return of the overactive Adams had returned. However, with his Lost Highway record contract completed, Adams revealed plans to part way with the Cardinals in March 2009. Adams also promised to take a hiatus from recording, citing his desire to be an author — his book of poetry Infinity Blues came out in April 2009 — and that he was suffering from hearing loss. Other than a handful of odd black metal demos that popped up on his official website after his final concerts with the Cardinals, Adams has largely stuck with oath to take a break from his music career until recently, when he made a stunning comeback with a series of solo tours in the US and Europe. His European solo gigs, the "Acoustic Nightmare Tour" was well received throughout Europe. Most notable was the recent release of his latest album "Ashes & Fire", which has also been highly regarded by his followers, including myself!

In March 2009, Adams married pop singer and actress Mandy Moore in a ceremony in Savannah, Georgia.

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[trollingisme]

all hail the kindness.



[madmusiclove]

SHIVERS...

[neilfan1971]

Ryan Adams is a brilliant artist & so are you Fenner....

[hugosalarm]

Surely a fragment of heaven....

[ImportanceOfWhatever]

so beautiful

[BriansexyMolko]

What a beautiful song! *__* It's so relaxing.<3

Great video,as always.Thanks for sharing! =-) Kisses

[PoparaZou]

So beautiful song! I've never heard this before. Thanks for sharing this dear! Nice work again!

[neilfan1971]

This song always breaks my heart, reminds me of my daughter & a painful divorce...beautifully done my friend.

[nazli1907]

beautiful song,you can't do anything but love it....thanks!

[1melodyaurora1]

<3 hey man this is just right for me getting ready to go to Strawberry Fair...love and peace :*** <3~<3