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Win a Ryan Adams limited edition lithograph

June 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Email me your favorite Ryan Adams or Whiskeytown song and why it’s your favorite and you’ll be entered to win a limited edition lithograph (similar to the one pictured above).

While you’re thinking about Ryan Adams, his latest album for Lost Highway Records — Easy Tiger — hit stores this week. You can pick it up at any record store.

Here’s what author Stephen King has to say about Easy Tiger:

I think there are really only two kinds of pop music CDs these days. There are the ones you listen to only once or twice, maybe downloading the single good song to your iPod or computer; then there are others that grow stronger, sweeter, and more necessary each time you play them. Gold was that way; Cold Roses was that way; so was Jacksonville City Nights. I won’t say Adams is the best North American singer-songwriter since Neil Young…but I won’t say he isn’t, either. What I know is there has never been a Ryan Adams record quite as strong and together as Easy Tiger; it’s got enough blue-eyed, blue-steel soul (with the faintest country tinge) to make me think of both Marvin Gaye and the Righteous Brothers. Probably ridiculous, but true. And the songs themselves are beautiful–the lyrics tightly focused and brief, the feeling one of melancholy calm that will probably be a revelation to fans that remember the old, sometimes angry Ryan Adams.

Now there’s this, maybe the best Ryan Adams CD ever. And I know you want to listen to it right away. But slow down. Take your time. This album asks for that, and it will reward your full attention.

In other words–easy, Tiger. –Stephen King

Order your copy here.

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