Ryan Adams Performs Bluegrass Tributes to Slayer and Black Sabbath at the 2016 Newport Folk Festival!
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Ryan Adams has never been shy about his love for heavy metal. Doing everything from covering Iron Maiden and Ratt in his live shows to tweeting about his excitement over finding rare Mayhem vinyls while on tour in Europe, Ryan Adams is every bit as metal as the rest of us.
Well, he proved it once again on Saturday, July 23 when he was accompanied by the Infamous Stringdusters. Ryan Adams and the Infamous Stringdusters opened their nearly one hour set with a rousing rendition of Slayer’s “South of Heaven” and then went on to close their set out with the Black Sabbath classic “The Wizard. ” Ryan’s entire set can be heard HEREbut you can hear the Slayer and Sabbath covers below!
I have been running this blog since 2009 when it was known as The Great Southern Brainfart. These days, Southeast of Heaven is it’s name but I’m still the same angry, cranky, bitter fuck I’ve always been only a bit more now. My Swedish friend Charlie from the band Hellsingin Underground said once, “Don is known for being one of the meanest bastards in American rock journalism.” It’s nice to be loved.
Oh, and I also once took a shit in Anthrax’s backstage press room toilet and didn’t flush.
