Ryan Adams Does "Fix It" & "Cobwebs" For Mr. Letterman

For those losers with jobs who couldn't make it to SoHo on their Tuesday lunch breaks, Ryan made his second public appearance this week, at the Ed Sullivan Theater, saying hello to his friend and fan Mr. Letterman for last night's Late Show. Like when DR Adams visited Dave in those long gone Easy Tiger days, Team Letterman banked on the web appeal of the loony Tumblr mascot by airing one song and setting aside another aside for some web-exclusive pageviews boosting. To start here's the televised portion: Cardinology's "Fix It," in which Ryan rocks gently while sporting some mussed brown hair, far from his blond/metal days (Iron Maiden shirt notwithstanding).

Head to the Dave's dubya dubya for a performance of the new record's great track "Cobwebs," which comes off really well (maybe a mistake to choose this one for the bonus web bait). Take it to the end for a nice good night from ever avuncular Dave. Cardinology is out via Lost Highway.

Posted at 2:30 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: David Letterman | Ryan Adams

17 Comments

Great performance. Was wondering what the deal with the huge amp was. But I think it's just a prop, because it's not plugged in. Ryan Adams does use two of the smaller versions of that amp, the Fender Princeton Reverb, so I guess he has them mic'd up behind it.

Posted by: Lonnie Pigford at 10/30/08 3:12 PM  | Reply
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You could see the rest of his Princeton Reverbs jumbled behind Neil and Jon's setups. He is actually up to three Princeton Reverbs these days.

Posted by: Alan Knut  in reply to Lonnie Pigford's comment at 10/30/08 4:26 PM  | Reply
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That amp is a prop from Neil Young's Live Rust tour film.

Posted by: Revjustin  in reply to Lonnie Pigford's comment at 10/31/08 10:34 AM  | Reply
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damn sam, i love ryan adams.

Posted by: robbie at 10/30/08 3:18 PM  | Reply
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Absolutely brilliant performance. The Cardinals continue to shine and shine in a live setting.

Posted by: Jared at 10/30/08 3:21 PM  | Reply
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that was awesome - hoping to pick up the new album this weekend

anyone else think Ryan looks like Rick Moranis from the Ghostbusters days? maybe it's just the glasses

Posted by: hellsbells53 at 10/30/08 4:04 PM  | Reply
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He looks more extremely hot than Rick Moranis-y to me. Is it just me, or is he so much better looking since he got sober?

Posted by: jwlz  in reply to hellsbells53's comment at 11/03/08 11:20 PM  | Reply
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does anyone think he sounds a little but like rivers in this song? its not bad or anything....i just noticed it....less of that southern twang

Posted by: ian at 10/30/08 5:36 PM  | Reply
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and an expert layer-er to boot.

Posted by: Stop Okay Go at 10/30/08 5:38 PM  | Reply
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Letterman loves Ryan Adams.... dude is always preforming on his show it seems. Just me?

Posted by: EddieMat at 10/30/08 6:44 PM  | Reply
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every time he comes out with a new album at least. twice for easy tiger. and even once for his inclusion on the elizabethtown soundtrack.

Posted by: robbie  in reply to EddieMat's comment at 10/30/08 11:41 PM  | Reply
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Great performance.

Posted by: Trace at 10/30/08 7:04 PM  | Reply
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Actually, the big prop amp houses 4 Princetons wired with a JD7.....

Posted by: Joe Schmoe at 10/30/08 7:29 PM  | Reply
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the link for Dave's "dubya dubya" takes you back to the Blond/Metal days link

Posted by: ryan at 10/30/08 7:32 PM  | Reply
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Hell yeah. That's good stuff.

Posted by: Sean Jean at 10/30/08 8:04 PM  | Reply
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Great performance... he sounds a little like Neil Young in this version.

Posted by: FJ at 11/03/08 2:04 AM  | Reply
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perfect

Posted by: yeager at 11/03/08 3:48 AM  | Reply
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