12/04/03

12/04/03	Ryan Adams	Set list:	Previous
	Webster Hall	Shadowlands	Next
	New York, NY	She's Lost Total Control
		Note To Self: Don't Die
		Boys
		Wish You Were Here
		Shallow
		Nobody Girl
		To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
		New Song about almost losing record deal
		Luminol
		1974
		Love Is Hell
		A verse from "Peeing On A Cowboy"
		Anybody Wanna Take Me Home?
		New York, New York
		This House Is Not For Sale
		This House Is Not For Sale (sped up version)
		Burning Photographs
		Encore
		Come Pick Me Up
		So Alive
	The Stills opened. Ryan played about 90 minutes. Webster Hall had another event of some kind afterwards so they cleared us out at 11 p.m. He played most the night with a Fender Strat, used the Les Paul on one song and the Gibson Hummingbird on three or four, including a gorgeous Come Pick Me Up. Ryan is growing as a performer. The performance during So Alive left no doubt that he is a rock star. And he is obviously enjoying the part. He stood on the monitor and posed high above the adoring crowd. He knows how to please. The lighting was much better also. I don't know if that's Webster Hall or all the shows. But the lighting accentuated his rock stardom. He even did a Roger Daltrey spinning of the microphone cord like a lasso, But once he had it sailing above the crowd he didn't seem to know how to bring it back to his hand. He dropped his arm down, the mic swung around and hit his drink and ice went flying into the audience. -- Gary McGriff.