ray lamontagne - what a great show!!!

this is ray lamontagne. i had the privilege of seeing him at la zona rosa and he put on an incredible show. i think he played all the songs from his album 'trouble' as well as about 5 new ones. all of his stuff is really great and he put on a great performance. he rocked out to 'forever my friend' which was and is my favorite song of his. he also did a really great slow version of 'how come.' the added string quintet on a few of the songs was awesome too. unfortunately we were standing beside what seemed to be a fraternity so that was a little annoying, but we were really close so i guess thats the price you pay. but overall, i was completely satisfied with the show. rachel yamagata opened whom i had heard a little of her stuff before but not a lot. it was kinda what i expected...slower ballads...kinda dark...depressing feel to some...angry bitter girl feel to others...overall...decent. so yeah. thats my critique of the show...go see him if you have a chance!