Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis performed on the PBS series Austin City Limits Saturday, Jan. 24, kicking off the show's 40th season. While Adams's set spanned recordings from 2002 until last year ("Stay with Me"), Lewis relied heavily on her recent The Voyager LP with tunes like "Just One of the Guys." Some welcome surprises were Adams doing "When Summer Ends" from 2014's 1984 EP and Lewis digging into Rilo Kiley's "Silver Lining," Consequence of Sound noted.
Each artist performed six tracks of their choosing. Adams landed on "Dear Chicago" from 2002's Demolition, "Let It Ride" from 2005's Cold Roses and "Do I Wait" from 2011's Ashes & Fire. He also ran through "Stay with Me" and "Shadows" from last year's self-titled effort in addition to the 1984 cut.
Lewis played "Moneymaker," another Rilo Kiley song, before launching into "Head Under Water," "Just One of the Guys" and "She's Not Me" from The Voyager. The singer-songwriter capped the performance with "Acid Tongue," the title track from her 2008 release. Check out the full episode below.
Adams and Lewis finished out 2014 on the road together, and they have a few dates scheduled for the spring as well. The "Gimme Something Good" singer co-produced The Voyager at his PAX AM studio, pushing Lewis to create a spectacular album.
"In some ways, I felt like he was needling me," she told Rolling Stone about Adams. "He was winding me up. I was somewhat agitated at times, and I think it put me in a really cool place to perform those songs. Ryan is the most unique producer I've ever worked with, in his approach and behavior ... He made me listen to five or six Creed songs, really loudly on these beautiful tube speakers. My ears were bleeding."
Originally the female artist went to PAX to record one song, "She's Not Me," which features Adams on guitar and Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes on drums. After an effortless session, Adams invited Lewis back to cut some more songs.
