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Ryan takes a back seat

Ryan Adams
Nov 1, 2011 Updated Nov 2, 2011

A newly-resurgent Ryan Adams has caused a stir by refusing to take part in a TV collaboration.

Audience members at the recording of the BBC TV programme The Songwriters Circle were taken aback when Ryan seemingly withdrew from proceedings, openly packing up his gear whilst fellow guests Janis Ian and Neil Finn were still performing.

The programme brings three well-known songwriters to perform their own songs, discuss their art and collaborate with each other, but after performing solo, Ryan chose not to join Janis and Neil in a rendition of Finn's 'Fall at Your Feet'.

Adams took to his website to offer the following explanation “It was not mandatory to play on each others songs and I was respectful to both Neil and Janis by way of listening and enjoying their tunes”.

Source: Undercover FM external link

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David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, which was earlier considered one of the leaders of the alt-country genre, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000. The album was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize. Adams has released six...

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