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Ryan Adams & The Cardinals are an American alt-country/jam rock/prog rock band led by Ryan Adams. Though in the later years they preferred to be known simply as “The Cardinals”.
The Cardinals are featured on the albums Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, Follow the Lights and, most recently, Cardinology as Adams’ backing band. Though credited as a solo Ryan Adams release, the 2007 album Easy Tiger also features The Cardinals, as does the Willie Nelson album Songbird.
Regarding the band’s name, Adams states that he: “suggested the Cardinals because it was my high school football team, I thought it would be very funny, considering those people wanted to beat the shit out of me. I’d go to school with Danzig shirts on. My nickname at school was literally ‘Satanic.’ I fucking really wanted to play football.”
According to Pitchfork Media, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals may be known as simply “The Cardinals” from now on.
Initially, The Cardinals consisted of Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton, JP Bowersock, Catherine Popper, and Cindy Cashdollar. The band toured in 2004 and recorded Cold Roses. Cashdollar left in 2005 and was replaced by Jon Graboff.
The band toured worldwide without Cashdollar to promote Cold Roses, and during this period returned to the studio to record their second album, Jacksonville City Nights. Bowersock left after the album was recorded, and was replaced by Neal Casal.
The Cardinals are featured on the albums Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, Follow the Lights and, most recently, Cardinology as Adams’ backing band. Though credited as a solo Ryan Adams release, the 2007 album Easy Tiger also features The Cardinals, as does the Willie Nelson album Songbird.
Regarding the band’s name, Adams states that he: “suggested the Cardinals because it was my high school football team, I thought it would be very funny, considering those people wanted to beat the shit out of me. I’d go to school with Danzig shirts on. My nickname at school was literally ‘Satanic.’ I fucking really wanted to play football.”
According to Pitchfork Media, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals may be known as simply “The Cardinals” from now on.
Initially, The Cardinals consisted of Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton, JP Bowersock, Catherine Popper, and Cindy Cashdollar. The band toured in 2004 and recorded Cold Roses. Cashdollar left in 2005 and was replaced by Jon Graboff.
The band toured worldwide without Cashdollar to promote Cold Roses, and during this period returned to the studio to record their second album, Jacksonville City Nights. Bowersock left after the album was recorded, and was replaced by Neal Casal.
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holycoma wrote:
oh gosh. i a d o r e them.
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yoda_soda wrote:
Underrated!
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ShuffleItAll wrote:
Watch Ryan Adams perform "Lucky Now" live on Conan last night http://birdsneedfeet.blogspot.com/2011/10/video-ryan-adams-perform-lucky-now-on.html?spref=tw
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ShuffleItAll wrote:
video for ryan's new single lucky now: http://birdsneedfeet.blogspot.com/2011/10/video-ryan-adams-lucky-now-official.html
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Turin_Turambar wrote:
IT'S YOUR WASTELAND, YOU HAVE IT!
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Sandman2527 wrote:
I'm sure your spot on PattyIsMyHero. Tis a shame tbh...
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PattyIsMyHero wrote:
"Why aren't there more Cardinals songs being played on last.fm?" I'm assuming because people can be moronic and lazy about tagging and tag everything as Ryan Adams (solo).
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WickedWillyMuse wrote:
Hello, we're Wicked Willy, and we invite you to hear the "dark side" of singer-songwriter music! Please give a listen to our new album at: http://www.last.fm/music/Wicked+Willy -Thanks so much for your support & let us know what you think of the songs!
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Captainrad88 wrote:
I'm finding III/IV to be a verrry pleasant surprise. Lot of solid songs on it. Tonnes of energy.
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Gas-Panic wrote:
such an epic rock band
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cestladore wrote:
Ryan Adams solo = Ryan Adams with the Cardinals. :p
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vacantandbored wrote:
III/IV is very listenable for a double album. Not really any major weak points. Surprisingly decent. Love the Smiths and Replacements feel throughout [2] i was on this page to say almost the exact same thing. there are some really fun songs scattered throughout, and while normally i'd say if it were pared down to a single album it'd be better, i think part of the fun of the album is just that's its a long set of consistently enjoyable (tho never exceptional) pop rock. and as long as ryan is working on proper new music, which by all accounts he is, it's a nice enough stopgap
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mmmmlowell wrote:
ryan with the cardinals > ryan solo.
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biles1234 wrote:
III/IV is very listenable for a double album. Not really any major weak points. Surprisingly decent. Love the Smiths and Replacements feel throughout
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Aardvarked wrote:
I FUCKING LOVE THIS ALBUM
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miner4music wrote:
enjoying this album. Nice and complex.
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Mockingbirdsing wrote:
'Class Mythology' Is awesome. I was lucky enough to get a copy on Record Store Day. The packaging is really nice.
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wavescrashing wrote:
Well it was just released for the Record Store Day.
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yoda_soda wrote:
I just downloaded Class Mythology ep. I had no idea this existed. Anyone else have it? I'm listening now and so far the first track is classic ryan.
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05061985 wrote:
Why aren't there more Cardinals songs being played on last.fm?
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