RAY LAMONTAGNE at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles

Very few things will remind me of autumn more than watching Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne perform under the stars of the October California sky at the Greek Theatre. The Bell Brigade opened the concert and later joined Ray onstage to complete the band. In promotion of his new record “Supernova” which came out in April, Ray performed an array of songs old and new including “Burn” from 2004’s Trouble. I was happy to hear Ray joke with the crowd that he would be performing for 25 more years. After a brief pause he changed his mind, “30.”

I was fortunate enough to photograph his concert at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church (pictured above) when the record came out earlier this year, and his voice echoed through the church. A few of my favorites from the new album include “Supernova,” “Ojai,” and the song that seemingly closed the encore “Drive In Movies.” Ray sings

“I wanna be Brando in the Wild One
I wanna be somethin’ to someone
Cause nothin’ ever happens in this Town,
The same old crew, hangin’ around
Jus’ waitin for some shit to go down
But we love our Drive-in Movies”

As the audience erupted into applause and headed for the exits, Ray returned to the stage with his acoustic guitar and began playing the chords to “Shelter” in which everyone froze. At that second I saw the moon shine through an opening through the clouds and I ran back to my seat, a fitting song to an amazing evening.

 

Be sure to catch Ray LaMontagne during the remainder of his fall 2014 tour!

DATE	VENUE	LOCATION	STATUS
Oct 14	Fox Theatre	Oakland, CA	TicketsRSVP
Oct 17	Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU	San Diego, CA	TicketsRSVP
Oct 18	Santa Barbara County Bowl	Santa Barbara, CA	TicketsRSVP
Oct 21	McCallum Theatre	Palm Desert, CA	TicketsRSVP
Oct 22	Comerica Theatre	Phoenix, AZ	TicketsRSVP
Oct 23	Fox Theatre	Tucson, AZ	TicketsRSVP
Oct 26	Municipal Auditorium	Shreveport, LA	TicketsRSVP
Oct 27	Saenger Theatre	New Orleans, LA	TicketsRSVP
Oct 28	Saenger Theatre	Mobile, AL	TicketsRSVP
Oct 30	Macon City Auditorium	Macon, GA	TicketsRSVP
Oct 31	Tivoli Theatre	Chattanooga, TN	TicketsRSVP
Nov 01	Ovens Auditorium	Charlotte, NC	TicketsRSVP
Nov 02	Altria Theatre	Richmond, VA	TicketsRSVP
Nov 04	Peace Center	Greenville, SC	TicketsRSVP
Nov 05	Sandler Center	Virginia Beach, VA	TicketsRSVP
Nov 07	Hershey Theatre	Hershey, PA	TicketsRSVP
Nov 08	Landmark Theatre	Syracuse, NY	TicketsRSVP
Nov 09	Palace Theatre	Albany, NY	TicketsRSVP
Nov 12	Beacon Theatre	New York, NY	TicketsRSVP
Nov 13	Beacon Theatre	New York, NY	TicketsRSVP
Nov 14	Beacon Theatre	New York, NY	TicketsRSVP