California) and was co-produced with Trina Shoemaker (known for her work with Sheryl Crow and Giant Sand). Ryan was joined by Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner, who contributed trumpet on "Ballad Of A Limping Man"; former Concrete Blonde frontwoman Johnette Napolitano, who sang on "Sunk" and "The World Is On Fire”; Slow River/Rykodisc artist Josh Rouse, who tracked backing vocals on "I Hear A Symphony”; and David Ricketts, formerly of David & David, who played keyboards, guitar and piano at Teatro in Oxnard, California, and at the Sound Emporium in Nashville. Ryan says of East Autumn Grin, "Not only did I want to create a collection of great recordings, but equally, a collection of great moments." 2001 - Concussion After being dropped by Interscope Records, Ryan started working on demo material with David Henry. The material was stark and bare. Concussion was recorded and mixed in eight days with Richard McLaurin. It was released in 2001 on Nashville, Tennessee label WaxySilver, and features a duet with Lucinda Williams. Ryan was asked by actor/director Edward Burns to contribute a song to his film Ash Wednesday; "Be Thou My Vision" was used for the closing credits of the film. Ryan opened tours for Kasey Chambers and Lucinda Williams for much of 2001, along with his own headlining shows. 2002 was a quiet period for Ryan, who eventually released two collections of Stereo-Pak demo recordings, Dissent from the Living Room and Hopeless to Hopeful. These were made available on CDR through Ryan's website. 2003 - Regret Over the Wires Ryan started recording again in February 2003, and Regret Over the Wires was released in late 2003 by Hybrid Recordings. In April, Concussion was released in the UK and Europe through One Little Indian Records. This included a UK tour with labelmate Jeff Klein. On September 9, 2003, One Little Indian Records also released Happiness in the UK and Europe only, a collection of songs taken from Ryan's self-distributed collections Dissent from the Living Room and Hopeless to Hopeful. He made another self-distributed release in December entitled These Are Field Recordings, a two-disc collection of live recordings and early tracks. 2006 - From a Late Night High Rise In 2006 Ryan completed recording for another solo album called From a Late Night Highrise. It is a collection of songs inspired by the death of a friend and the sentencing of Ryan's brother to 30 years