Ray LaMontagne

patrickredeyes
patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
edited April 2008 in Other Music
I've discovered this artist threw my roommate in the last few weeks. I'm becoming a fan very fast of Ray LaMontagne. Anybody else a fan or heard of him?

Enjoy :)

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''Empty'' is my favorite.
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  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    I've discovered this artist threw my roommate in the last few weeks. I'm becoming a fan very fast of Ray LaMontagne. Anybody else a fan or heard of him?

    Enjoy :)

    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=10492098

    ''Empty'' is my favorite.

    Ive heard him, dont mind his music but dont love it or anything.
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Ive heard him, dont mind his music but dont love it or anything.


    Ok thank you. :D lol
  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    i really love that "trouble" record. i bought both of them the same day and that's the one that i came back to again and again. not to say that TTSTB is a bad record, but it wasn't as immediate for me as trouble. i need to listen to it more. i might go listen to it now actually.

    any idea on what he's up to now, recording or touring or anything?
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    love his stuff, very mellow and soulful. his cover of gnarls barkley's 'crazy' beats the original hands-down: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XjAxABua3RA

    i've missed him the times he's been in town but hope to see him live sometime. as far as i know he's working on a new album :)
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    love his stuff, very mellow and soulful. his cover of gnarls barkley's 'crazy' beats the original hands-down: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XjAxABua3RA

    i've missed him the times he's been in town but hope to see him live sometime. as far as i know he's working on a new album :)

    Anything has to beat the original. Liked that song the first few listens, now it makes me cringe.
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Anything has to beat the original. Liked that song the first few listens, now it makes me cringe.
    well sure, but just saying his version is good :)
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    love his stuff, very mellow and soulful. his cover of gnarls barkley's 'crazy' beats the original hands-down: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XjAxABua3RA

    i've missed him the times he's been in town but hope to see him live sometime. as far as i know he's working on a new album :)


    oh we were listening to this last weekend. thanks for posting. :)
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    that's crazy that i came upon this thread...considering that i just put in his cd after not listening to it in months :) i really enjoy his music...just can't listen to it too often...when the mood is right.
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    iamsampj wrote:
    that's crazy that i came upon this thread...considering that i just put in his cd after not listening to it in months :) i really enjoy his music...just can't listen to it too often...when the mood is right.



    Not bad driving music either. :)
  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    I like him :)

    I've seen him live once in a 5000 seat theatre. He's quite a nervous performer. He and his musicians stand in a semi circle and he puts himself on one end nearly in the shadows rather than in the middle as you might expect. At the end of each song he would just say 'thank you' and then step away from the mic. to let the applause die down before stepping back to start the next song ... and any shouting out between songs seemed to spook him, he didn't respond at all. Think later on in the performance we got a couple of small anecdotes.

    Very powerful voice and performance though. I was sat 2nd row right in front of him though so don't know if that would make a difference.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Amazing artist. I agree that "Trouble" is an easier listen, but the "Be Here Now" and "Within You" are true gems on the new album.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Amazing artist. I agree that "Trouble" is an easier listen, but the "Be Here Now" and "Within You" are true gems on the new album.


    I'm loving his stuff. :D
  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Chime wrote:
    I like him :)

    I've seen him live once in a 5000 seat theatre. He's quite a nervous performer. He and his musicians stand in a semi circle and he puts himself on one end nearly in the shadows rather than in the middle as you might expect. At the end of each song he would just say 'thank you' and then step away from the mic. to let the applause die down before stepping back to start the next song ... and any shouting out between songs seemed to spook him, he didn't respond at all. Think later on in the performance we got a couple of small anecdotes.

    Very powerful voice and performance though. I was sat 2nd row right in front of him though so don't know if that would make a difference.

    Agree.He comes across as a very humble performer.He sings like his life depends on it,like he's got to get something out.Which makes his live performance all the more powerful.
    Beautiful voice.2 Great albums.
    I read in an interview that he and his family live very self sufficient lives and he is intensely private.
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  • Irish Al
    Irish Al Posts: 6,236
    He is class :D
    I need a coffee!
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Irish Al wrote:
    He is class :D


    I hope to see him one day in concert. :)
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Yeah, I like the guy. Only heard the first album but I enjoyed it.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    He is one of those few artists that my wife and I love equally. "Trouble" and "Arms of a Woman" are gems. I don't have his newest album but I've been meaning to pick it up.
  • dirtyT
    dirtyT Posts: 3,620
    yeah, he's pretty good.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Trouble :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZkaj37kA0
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    He is FUCKING amazing! My girl and I were lucky enough to attend his one US show last year at a small music festival in a hippie town in Colorado... maybe 100 people there, walked up and sat 10 feet from the guy...
    That man can sing... I got the same feeling I get from Neil Young the second they sing the first not, goosebumps, watery eyes, it was just amazing!

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