Ray Lamontagne

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited March 2012 in Other Music
Big fan of his. THAT VOICE! I like how his sound and voice harkens back to the 1960's, not really the hippie part, but more the songs that were on the radio. Otis Redding. Van Morrison.

And he's such an underrated lyricists. Posted about Sam Beam earlier in the week. And both Ray and Sam are two of the best lyricists of our generation. The lyrics to Empty for example are pretty damn mindblowing. Or Jolene.

Facinating guy as well. He's shy and private, and just seems to dislike playing the game. Another parallel with Sam Beam is that Ray lives the life you'd expect him to live. On some farm house with his wife and kids, I know at some point, the farmhouse didnt even have electricity or something like that. Seems pretty uncomfortable with the fact he is gaining some amount of stature and status
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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    I love the song, "for the summer" gonna have to check some more on itunes.
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  • maj4e
    maj4e Posts: 605
    I really like Ray but I can't listen to a whole album at once. I usually sprinkle some of his tracks in a playlist.
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Fantastic live.... Highly recommended!!
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  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    great live . very underrated. got the set list from his show as well. he also allowed taping ,which was pretty cool.
  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 4,349
    Huge fan.... great music, every album...
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  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,965
    Ray and the Pariah Dogs album is phenomenal front to back. Saw them live and they were great!!!
  • Cinnamon Girl
    Cinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Fantastic live.... Highly recommended!!

    I've heard that he is! :thumbup:
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Fantastic live.... Highly recommended!!
    +1, saw him in September and he was beyond amazing!! Just like the OP said, THAT VOICE. It's remarkable. Beautiful, haunting voice combined with his lyrics makes for some damn incredible music!
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Be sure to track down his albums before Trouble. Green is fantastic.
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  • dlymnfld
    dlymnfld CT Posts: 935
    I love me some Ray, I saw him at the LIG festival and he did not disappoint. I think that kid from AI that has Dave's mannerisms sounds more like Ray, which is not a bad thing.
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