The Ray LaMontagne Experience
Two songs into Ray LaMontagne’s set at the Shubert a chorus of audience members screamed “Free Bird! Play Free Bird!” Rarely have I been to a concert where at least one chant for that glorious piece of Southern rock was not barked. While LaMontagne often draws confusion from first listeners who assert that he “must be from the deep South,” requests for Skynyrd seemed entirely out of place to many audience members and the singer himself, who replied, “I will not be playing that song tonight. […] Isn't there an AA meeting somewhere?”
Apart from this quip, LaMontagne was very much in...
