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Title: Great back story, great album
Review: Ray LaMontagne is a true find. How often does an artist come along that can stand up to the greatness of Van Morrison, or (dare I say it?) Bob Dylan? Here's one, and here's hoping he's around for a long time to come.LaMontagne was a high school dropout, working in a shoe factory in rural Maine, when he woke up one day to a song on the radio that changed his life. Hearing that song made him realize that this - singing, writing songs - was what he was meant to do with his life. And it turns out the man has the talent to back up this epiphanal experience.The CD is mellow, uplifting, and heart-breaking. The title track will fill you with the utter joy of a man who's had a hard life, but who's been, "saved by a woman," as LaMontagne joyfully exclaims. On "How Come" he laments of the senselessness of "man, killing man, killing man, killing man, I don't understand." And all the other tracks are equally as wonderful.
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