It should come as no surprise that I post at least one song in every blog.  I like to think if it as my “song-of-the-blog,” but today there will be a blog of the song -two actually.  Thanks to RA Shannon (who was my RA last year) i have been exposed to an artist with soul coming out of his eardrums!  And to tell you the truth, it doesn’t really surprise me that Shannon introduced me to Ray (and a few others) because her taste in music is beyond excellent.  Well, I kind of gave it away approximately one line ago, but anyway, Ray Lamontagne is his name and love songs are his game.  There is one song that really just touches my soul and that is “Trouble.” But the fun thing is that the title makes it sound negative when it isn’t -at least I don’t perceive it to be.  Ray has this very GNARLEY beard and an equally and gnarley, raspy voice.  These are just a few “soul-boosters” to Ray’s credit, but his delivery and “presence” (<even though its just YouTube) are the real attraction.

I also love pairing two songs together that really jive.  I just get them ready on my computer and switch back and forth between the two.  In fact, one of those songs is Ray Lamontagne’s “Trouble,” and the other is James Morrison’s **Tangent: whenever I see that son title I think of “Better Man” by Pearl Jam…  Anywhose!  The two go together like “lamb and tuna fish,” to quote “Big Daddy,” and it makes for a majestic listening experience.

That being said, I’ll keep this one short because I just wanted to let you all in on my musical excursions.

“Trouble” by Ray Lamontagne

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“Better Man” by James Morrison

Matt Stracq

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