Ray Lamontagne

amylou · Dec 08, 2006, 01:50 PM

Saw him last night in St. Louis. AWESOME show. super mellow, but his voice is killer. He played a good mix of stuff from both albums. I highly recommend checking him out live. it's well worth it!

BH · Dec 08, 2006, 05:27 PM

QuoteSaw him last night in St. Louis. AWESOME show. super mellow, but his voice is killer. He played a good mix of stuff from both albums. I highly recommend checking him out live. it's well worth it!

Uhhgggg! I am such an idiot for not going to this. I got tickets to see Govt Mule tonight and I didn't want to go to two back to back shows and piss my wife off! What was I thinking?

Stupid Question. I have been listening to Ray for about 3-4 months now, but I have never heard anyone say his name. How do you pronouce it?

(And I know someone is going to say it rhymes with Day so I beat you to it. I mean his last name ;))

suebeeboo · Dec 08, 2006, 05:45 PM

La-mahn-tain

maybe.... ??? ::)

I've never seen Govt Mule - what are they like? They were here at the Riv not too long ago...I think it was the riv...

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

red · Dec 09, 2006, 02:05 AM

QuoteLa-mahn-tain

maybe.... ??? ::)

That's the way.

BH · Dec 09, 2006, 01:32 PM

Cool thanks. I thought it might be french like La Mahn tahn YAY.

Govt Mule was really good. Warren Haynes is the man. He still sounds so good and he's a guitar master for sure. Last nights set was fantastic. Way over two hours and had a lot of reggae vibe to it.

Donavon Frankenreiter opened up and was really good. Him and his whole band came out for the entire encore. OK, I don't need to hijack Ray's thread........

evilPaauwe · Dec 09, 2006, 09:39 PM

still don't know, what love is.

dragonboy · Jan 11, 2007, 09:24 PM

Does anyone have Ray's cover of Crazy?
I have it on my PC & plays fine there but I can't put it in my mp3 (something about unspecified format?)

red · Jan 11, 2007, 09:31 PM

QuoteDoes anyone have Ray's cover of Crazy?
I have it on my PC & plays fine there but I can't put it in my mp3 (something about unspecified format?)

I seen the 7" a few months back when I was in NYC and I've been kicking myself every day since for not buying it.

rob · Jan 12, 2007, 12:05 AM

QuoteDoes anyone have Ray's cover of Crazy?
I have it on my PC & plays fine there but I can't put it in my mp3 (something about unspecified format?)

http://docopenhagen.blogspot.com/2006/11/ray-lamontagne-crazy-cover.html

dragonboy · Jan 12, 2007, 04:50 AM

Thanks very much Rob! :)

dragonboy · Feb 06, 2007, 07:25 PM

Heaps of live tracks here:
http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2006/11/you-asked-ray-lamontagne-live.html

Get them quick as these links soon go dead!

Katie Belle (Gettin' High) is great.

rob · Feb 06, 2007, 08:34 PM

All of his pre-TROUBLE albums, as well as tons of live songs can be downloaded free from his own website......Trading Forum....Ray Downloads thread.

http://p214.ezboard.com/braylamontagne

dragonboy · Feb 06, 2007, 09:05 PM

I had no idea they were pre-Trouble albums, thanks for that Rob :)

red · Feb 06, 2007, 09:23 PM

Oh my, I got a busy evening.

dragonboy · Feb 07, 2007, 10:03 PM

Live in Washington late last year:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6599923

Empty
Be Here Now
Barfly
Gone Away From Me
Hold You In My Arms
Shelter
Three More Days
Trouble
Forever My Friend
How Come
You Can Bring Me Flowers
Lesson Learned
Till the Sun Turns Black
To Love Somebody
Jolene
Burn
Can I Stay

IHL · Feb 09, 2007, 07:51 AM

Saw the dude play Hammersmith Apollo on Weds night - he nailed it

dragonboy · Feb 09, 2007, 06:46 PM

QuoteSaw the dude play Hammersmith Apollo on Weds night - he nailed it

Is that what used to be the odeon? Saw many a great gig there...
Yeah he's kicking up a storm in the UK.
I wonder what casual fans who liked Trouble but thought he was the next David Gray made of Till The Sun Turns Black?

IHL · Feb 10, 2007, 09:41 AM

Yep, it was the Odeon where the Boss played a fine gig (well, not in his opinion) back in '75.

I like THSTB, the production is a lot more spare than Trouble, it seems to suit the lyrics so much better. On weds he played with a band (3 piece) so it wasn't all stripped done like I've seen him before.

red · Mar 22, 2007, 01:11 AM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=q4nKjnaUS-Y

After watching this clip dozens of times, I've came to the conclusion that Ray Lamontagne along with The White Buffalo are the greatest singer/songwriters to emerge in the past few years. I just don't think anyone can compare to these two incredible musicians. I just can't wait to see what the future holds for these individuals with soooo much potential.

I just can't ever get enough of either of these men, and I NEED to see them live. It'd be a truly religious experience for me I'm sure of it.

:)

red · Apr 07, 2007, 05:23 PM

I was just reading the February 2007 issue of Uncut magazine and there's a pretty good article on Ray. There's a section called "Who's On Ray's iPod" and this is what it says under Van Morrison:

"He's on another planet. It's unbelievable what he does. I appreciate his records very much. What I love about Veedon Fleece and Astral Weeks is that feeling of wholeness - the orchestration, the instrumentation, the feel - it carries you through from beginning to end. My Morning Jacket also do it very well."

I knew he was a fan of MMJ, but I really enjoy reading stuff like that.