Joey Ryan Live @ Hotel Cafe Feb 23rd 10pm
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So far, soooo freaking good. First I’ll run you through what I thought
would happen on this tour… I would get caught trying to smuggle my
CD’s and tshirts into the country and have to pay hundreds of pounds
in tax, I would rent a tiny piece of sh*t car, get it all scraped up
driving on the wrong side of the road, show up to shows with 500 drunk
chatty teenagers, blend in to the backgroud, get frustrated and lose a
lot of money to boot.
Here’s what’s happened so far… got through customs in a flash, slept
13 hours at Jimmy Napes‘ house, went to a Fall Out Boy concert at Wembley
Arena, courtesy of my lovely booking agent Marnie at Primary (who also
apparently book Fall Out Boy), played a sold out show in London in a
giant old church with 50 foot ceilings and craaaazy reverb to a
superlatively courteous crowd of 600 sitting in the pews and in the
rafters, sold and signed almost 100 CD’s and 1 shirt right after my
set, saw Beth Rowley play, who is literally one of the greatest voices
of my generation, went to a great late night Indian dinner with Vashti
and her family and friends (she was the other opener in London), wrote
and recorded a new song with Jimmy Napes which has hit written all
over it, rented a tiny but not piece of shit car and made it safely
all the way to Manchester, checked in to my hotel, got them to switch
my room to one that wasn’t directly beneath their nightclub, played
another sold out show in the Opera Hall at the Royal Northern College
of Music to another exceptionally quiet and responsive crowd sitting
in 50 or so ascending rows of theater seats in a perfectly
acoustically engineered hall, sold about 85 more CD’s and one shirt to
the mass of people that swarmed the merch table after my set, watched
an even more amazing performance by Beth Rowley, and found out that
most of the rest of the shows are in concert halls and theaters
similar to this one. I’ve sent home for more CD’s to be shipped
because I sold out of my two older albums already (I was figuring on
about 5-8 CD sales per night). My coat is warm and has a hood that
keeps my coiffure in order in this rain, my car has bluetooth so I can
talk on the phone, my new guitar sounds amazing, and tomorrow I get to
see Amber Rubarth and Jay Nash and play a house concert with them.
Complaints: I’m a tad bit hungry at the moment but will eat this here
banana, my bed is a twin, the pound crashed against the dollar, the
hotel parking is across the street and is 20 pounds but they told me
it would be 7, I’m on the 6th floor and the elevator goes up to 5.
Pretty damn good overall, although I miss YOU!
joey
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Live performance and interviews with Joey Ryan on his July 2008 UK mini-tour. (also featuring Jay Nash)
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Joey Ryan is a modern troubadour—growing up on a steady diet of Dylan and his contemporaries, he decided to play music instead of going to grad school, and we’re better off for it. His classic singer-songwriter style guitar picking is quite refreshing, and each song possesses a smattering of something to make it sparkle, whether it be a little bit of organ on “Honest Man” or lush strings on “As It Must Be”. We picture the Los Angeles that Joey Ryan inhabits not like the city we’ve visited before, but more like the dreamland crafted by the works of Brian Wilson and The Mamas and the Papas.
by Cameron Cook
Sounds like: Iron and Wine, Bob Dylan, Donovan
Download: Joey Ryan – As It Must Be
Stream: Joey Ryan – Island Rain
Stream: Joey Ryan – Let You Go
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**Although I’m rather excited about the announcements below, this post contains no exclamation points. I find they attempt to instill a forced sense of enthusiasm which I, as a reader, resent. I do hope, however, that you will be enthusiastic about these announcements despite the more mundane punctuation choices.
HOTEL CAFE this FRIDAY
I’m leaving the country again for a month next week, but I’m doing a big show at the Hotel Cafe in LA before I go. It’s this Friday, 8/8 at 9pm. It’ll be a great one to catch, especially if you haven’t seen a show for a while. Stay for GREG LASWELL too at 10pm, I hear great things and you don’t even have to pay again.
ZOEY’S in VENTURA this THURSDAY
But first, I’m making my monthly jaunt up to Ventura to the best little room on the west coast.. Zoey’s is nurturing some of the best acoustic artists around and it will be an honor to play with Chris Pierce, Amy Kuney and Cory Milano. We start up at 8pm, call (805) 652-0091 for reservations. 8/7 at 8pm
FACEBOOK MUSICIAN PAGE
I’ve finally come round to realizing the amazing connecting power of Facebook. I’ve created a musician page which will be continually enhanced over the coming weeks, so if you consider yourself a FAN of mine, go to my Facebook and declare it to the world. Yessss…..
AND ALSO…
My latest album “…with its roots above and its branches below” is now available in limited edition signed cd form at JoeyRyan.net – if you dont have it yet,ORDER IT HERE and tell a friend 
~ or if you’re in the UK you can pick it up from UK iTunes with bonus UK tracks including Let You Go and Honest Manfrom the Extra Hollyoaks ads.
That is all for now, hope to see you soon in your country or mine. I love you all with equal enthusiasm,
-Joey
p.s. THANK YOU so much again to everyone in London and beyond who came to the UK shows this month. I’ll be back soon for you so keep spreading the word, I can’t tell you how much it means to me.
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Testing 1, 2, 3…
This is Joey Ryan signing on.
Greetings from Earth.
–∫•ΣΥ
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