Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
27 Facts About Ray LaMontagne
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Ray LaMontagne was born in New Hampshire and was inspired to create music after hearing an album by Stephen Stills.
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Ray LaMontagne was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1973, one of six children raised by his mother.
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Ray LaMontagne spent a significant amount of time in Wilton, Maine.
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Ray LaMontagne was inspired to quit his job and begin a career as a singer-songwriter after waking up one morning to the radio on his alarm clock playing the Stephen Stills' song "Treetop Flyer".
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Ray LaMontagne began performing in 1999 while maintaining a part-time job as a tutor.
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Ray LaMontagne's song "Hold You in My Arms" was featured in the 2006 movie She's The Man.
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Ray LaMontagne performed at KYSR's Lounge for Life charity concert on October 5,2006, at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California.
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Ray LaMontagne auctioned off one of his guitars on eBay for its charity auction.
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Ray LaMontagne released his third studio album, Gossip in the Grain, on RCA Records in 2008.
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Ray LaMontagne's song "Let It Be Me" was featured on the television series Parenthood and was included on the Parenthood soundtrack in 2010.
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In December 2010, Ray LaMontagne received Grammy nominations and won the award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
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Ray LaMontagne performed on the program Live from Abbey Road in October 2006.
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In 2011 Ray LaMontagne sang a duet with Irish singer Lisa Hannigan, "O Sleep", which was featured on her Choice Music Award-nominated album Passenger.
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On October 9,2014, Ray LaMontagne spoke and performed at the Grammy Museum.
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Ray LaMontagne released his sixth studio album, Ouroboros, in March 2016.
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Ray LaMontagne stated that Ouroboros was written as a single arc, rather than a "batch of songs" and that it was intended for vinyl.
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Ray LaMontagne cited the Talk Talk album Spirit of Eden as stylistically similar to his vision of an unstructured, free-flowing album.
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Ray LaMontagne released his seventh studio album, Part of the Light, on May 18,2018.
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Ray LaMontagne released his eighth studio album, Monovision, on RCA Records in 2020.
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Ray LaMontagne has a unique vocal style which he says is created by singing through his gut instead of through his nose.
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Ray LaMontagne cites Stephen Stills, Richard Manuel, and Rick Danko as strong musical influences, while critics have compared LaMontagne's music to that of The Band, Van Morrison, Nick Drake, and Tim Buckley.
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Ray LaMontagne has received a nomination from the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards for Best New Touring Artist, the BRIT Awards for International Breakthrough Act, the MOJO Awards for Best New Act, and was given the title of Best Voice in 2006 by Esquire.
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On July 23,2014, during a show at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ray LaMontagne interrupted a song and walked off stage as a result of two fans talking during his concert, after having previously asked the audience to quiet down.
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Once the couple was escorted away, Ray LaMontagne continued the concert.
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On September 20,2016, Ray LaMontagne announced that he was canceling a September 22 show at the Bass Concert Hall at the University of Texas at Austin, due to Texas's recently implemented campus carry law.
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Ray LaMontagne refers to himself as a "very private person" and rarely gives interviews.