Photo By: PedalFreakOn October 4, The Beans were able to see Ray LaMontagne and Leona Naess at the State Theater in downtown Minneapolis. The venue lent a beautiful background to the intimate stage LaMontagne and his bandmates had set.
The Maine resident was in town to promote his new album, Gossip in the Grain. While his other two albums were more solo ventures, this album seems to be more of a group effort supported by his touring bandmates.
LaMontagne opened the show with his first single off the new album, "You Are the Best Thing," a happy love song that The Beans have found themselves singing around the house since the moment they heard it. The song was followed by a much more meloncholy number, "Empty," off his debut album, Trouble. LaMontagne was absolutely moving in his delivery of the soul-shaking lyrics.
He continued with another song from his first album, before returning to some more of his newest material, "Let It Be Me," "Falling Through," and "Meg White."
Next, a three song set solo performance highlighted by "Winter Birds," a favorite for The Beans, especially with the cold weather quickly approaching. Other highlights included "You Can Bring Me Flowers," a heavy hearted track from Ray's second release, 'Til The Suns Turns Black, and "Hey Me, Hey Mama," a song that single-handedly turned the lavish State Theater into a juke joint. When LaMontagne and his band began playing "Trouble," his most well-known song to date, the crowd erupted.
The first encore started off with "Three More Days" and was followed by "Gossip in the Grain."
The night ended with a second encore, "Jolene," a song which many audience members had called for all night.
The show was amazing. Lamontagne's raw, sultry voice is a perfect accompaniment to his soulful lyics.
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