Video: Ryan Adams: Let It Ride (8/2/07)

Freshly back from the annual summit of record label and radio folks up in Boulder (I didn't fit into either category; I just happily observed and chit-chatted, gratefully partaking in a bunch of good showcase shows). First up was the side-achingly-hilarious Matt Nathanson , rocking through a solid set of mostly new material which sounded fantastic. Even though he had to face an oddly pugilistic audience, he handily slayed them all with his sharp wit, leaving one golf-shirted middle-aged heckler kind of speechless (the guy made some random crack about Matt "giving it [...]

• Ryan Adams - Blue Hotel (live in Boulder, 8-2-07).mp3