Ray LaMontagne
I suppose that it's nice he hasn't let his apparent asthma get in the way of his singing career, but in what way does anyone find this wheezing, whining, and carrying on entertaining?

He combines the worst of stereotypical "sensitive" singer-songwriter, self-conscious white "blues," middle-class alternative lifestyle "hippie," and working class "sympathetic" scruffiness.

His first breakthrough hit sampled a dead blues singer, which was the best part of the song (I've blotted the title from my memory).

The last overplayed song of his is this disaster, a collection of so-called lyrics (they rhyme) that have such cliches as "everybody in this town gets down to a job and wastes their life, but I'm gonna follow my dreams." Yeah, that's never been done before in a song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6a_1R3w5i4
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 22:07, 1 reply)

Sorry chap, but gonna have to disagree.
Seen him four times now. Utterly professional, zero pretention and just a genuine all-round 'nice' bloke who's only interested in the music.

And what music! If this doesn't make your soul tingle I don't know what will!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIUSikXex5w
(Billy The Fish wants to gargle with Lucy Pinder's bath water, Sun 2 Jan 2011, 11:58, closed)