Ray Lamontagne @ Royal Albert Hall 5-11-07 Review
- Posted on November 6, 2007 10:02 AM
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Bonfire night down at the Royal Albert Hall - but where there fireworks?
My brother and I took our dad to see Ray Lamontagne, cant admit to being to aware of his work (saw him on Jools Holland once..) but Dad is a big fan and was chuffed at the thought of going.
After grubbing some grub at Whole foods on High Street Ken (this makes any gig at the RAH SOOO much better - you have to make it your pre RAH stop..) we hit the Hall but were annoyingly early, Ray wasnt on till 9, so skulked around in the bar till then.
We had cracking seats - in the stalls 5 rows back so perfect view of Ray and the band.
Now to describe the gig as high octane would be incorrect - the set is very down to earth and levelled with four excellent musicians providing a great soundtrack.
The sound of the RAH complemented Ray very well, an excellent voice and guitar - very soothing monday evening gig.
One of the only songs I really knew "trouble" went down well as well as quite a few other Ray faves. He's naturally a very shy guy, even a few pissed hecklers couldnt get him to say much between songs.
I really think Ray is going to blow up and go global, the crowd wasnt what i expected, much "trendier" than I thought - i think with shows like this Ray is going to continue to pick up fans around the world.
A recommended gig from me. JH
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