I Wont Be Around~Ray Lamontagne

[novastarbart]

a true genius!! i was at the concert in antwerp and it was amazing!!!!!!

[littlewingforever]

Wonderful song. Takes too long for these kinds of songs to find their way to me.

[trucker152]

its like this guy has been following me around my entire life...recording and writing about what he sees. amazing

[Darkknight9955]

this guy can't do anything wrong

[Mojojojo449]

If someone makes a facebook page politely bagging ray to release this so we can download it, I will join

[AshmongerKOL]

I need to find a download for this song!!!

[katpost918]

@AshmongerKOL take the url and go to listentoyoutube com and it will download this song from a video file to an mp3 for you...for free! its sweet, your welcome

[XRockxGodX]

Anyone know if this song is going to be released?

[minnesotabreed360]

can I infinity click the like button?

[essex246]

He reminds me of Cat Stevens................

[essex246]

He reminds me of Cat Stevens.....

[rcbtits79]

shit...! How long have i been missing out on this music? wow that is make you cry good!!!!

[doramunoz1970]

amazing voice...

[antnyv07]

LOVE this guy.... Seems he has been following me around, and writing songs about my own life, LOL

[clstile]

i love at 3:30 how ray sings "learn to play guitar and join a band", and you have a picture of a guitar hero guitar!! lol

[EMILYG191]

i'm in love with this man i love his music it makes you feel so good after you listen to him :)

[TheFasteddie16]

if it was 70s hed be in the range of CCR THE BAND.. he should be sellin out the Garden for 5 straight nights and MILLIONS of albums !! Genius.

[MrIhave2go]

when he writes music you immediately have a familiarity with it....as if you've heard it before. There's a place in every one for ray :)

[graceflyer1]

Love the harmonica and his amazing voice.

[graceflyer1]

Just heard Ray last week for the first time and was drawn to his music like a moth to a light. His voice is awesome and soothing, love the harmonica in this. Going to buy his CDs for sure.

[TheFuzzygagnoise]

@graceflyer1 lol.... I was just thinking that! I just found this guy too! He should be up on the charts... why isnt he more popular or on the radio?? hummpph... I dont get it?

[graceflyer1]

@TheFuzzygagnoise I think he is climbing that chart as we speak! lol~ I'm going to get all of his music. :)

[Dirtbagging]

@TheFuzzygagnoise I do NOT want to hear Ray on the radio. I haven't had the radio hooked up in my car for 7 years and I feel bad for people who listen to radio.

[TheFuzzygagnoise]

@Dirtbagging Why? I mean- not about radio in your car- but Ray L. played on radio? Just asking. *but not in a snotty way*

[Dirtbagging]

@TheFuzzygagnoise eh, it's just always the same story. Someone starts out small and very connected to their music, then they end up making a deal with some pushy agent and start producing pop music. The "radio people" don't need to hear Ray, they need to find him while searching for great music... if they ever do such a thing.

[TheFuzzygagnoise]

@Dirtbagging Oh, I see. I never looked at it that way. Well, Im glad I did then =) TC!

[zavalael]

LOOOOOVE the new album!! Haven't picked it up yet? Well you're totally missing out :) But you can listen to the whole album on the First Listen section on NPR . org Enjoy!!

[BreezeclanAutumn]

This made me cry... ;.;

[Joker61373]

Cant not like this man and his music

[TheFasteddie16]

soooo good my fav by him.. this guy should be on the radio more then top 40 shit ..gaga  garbage

[loganmoore1234]

makes me cry every time. hes amazing!!

[happydot1]

How is he so honest with his lyrics?

[Myhairisnotforsale]

Brilliant!

[Babalon]

Fantastic.

[nero7285]

Where has this singer been all of our life. His voice is incredible. I heard his voice on the Traveler's Insurance commercial and had to find out who was singing. I glad I checked it out.

[deeanna50]

Yes.... nero.... me too.....

[natureremains]

Thank you Gary for posting this profoundly moving song and video!!!

[The1debbie]

omg never heard of this fella til 5 mins ago i already love him

[CollieBuddzWifey]

Hes soooo amazing.. your lucky u found him!

[akj375]

You need to listen to everything from him. He's incredible. I don't how one person could have so many incredible songs and so much to say , it's a freakin phenomenon though. I'm a student of music and never seen anything like it. A living legend in my opinion.

[markstenquist]

@akj375 I wholeheartedly agree. I think I've heard every song he's ever touched and each is unique and brilliant. Inspiring music for sure.

[hurlockbros]

this song is just amazing! i dident even relive this was live until the end. the strumiing was so strong as was his voice. one day i hope this is mainstream. but people wont open their ears and its realy annoying me. my kids if i ever have any are going to be intoduced to a variety of music not just stupid pop or meaningless rap. i think artists like this are just so more real and authentic instead of fake and produced .just had to say peace

[orchidsbloom]

@hurlockbros i kinda wish this is what i could listen to when i turned on the radio.. but im also afraid it would lose its private charm.. its so demure.. ouh ouh you need to listen to Diane birch.. fire escape.. shes up there too with this guy. :D

[rhcp27tom1]

i really likes rays latest album, but gotta say i prefer his older less up beat songs!

[adorno30]

Absolute legend. One of his best songs imo.

[AshleyBrooke011]

"Someday your gonna miss me and I won't be around."

Absolutely beautiful!

His voice, even live, is amazing..

[BreezeclanAutumn]

@AshleyBrooke011 I agree, totally COMPLETELY agree.

[mth3119]

sooooooo Bob Dylan, but better voice!

[jealousjessie]

his voice captures me. he's just so damn beautiful.

[Russ4you]

one of the best ray songs! in my top 3! how can I get this song

[manzoxx914]

amazing man..

[swivelsticks]

The Guitar Hero guitar in this video really caught me off guard and cracked me up! LOL!

[kkristiekevin]

awesome!

[trevster2905]

He just makes you want to quit everything and start writing songs.

[agiftfromthesun]

that is soo true. he is one of the best musicians i ever heard. i wish i was like him.

[TheJuliusJT]

@trevster2905 exactly!!

[aubreyholman]

@trevster2905 maybe you should do just that.

[OhLookItsAlexandra]

@trevster2905 Agreed! And what makes it all the better? He quite literally, he did that, as in, gave up his job and just started writing out of the respective blue. n_n

[Mysticzilla]

I love you Ray and everything you say

:)

[bahrain1981]

one creative genius - lets hope the masses don't take hold of and ruin this rare gem

[lauralovesocialwork]

i hope so, too! but i have a feeling he won't let them... he dances to the beat of his own drum. thank goodness.

[fjafjan]

@bahrain1981 Haha, the true Indie spirit. It's only good if other people don't like it.

[ummsum1]

@fjafjan im not sure you completely understand what he was saying. i think it was more along the lines of the joy in finding genius in unknown people and hoping that the mainstream music industry (which isn't quite music at all) does not change the way he creates music out of his raw emotions. he wants to make sure ray always stays true to himself

[skatetolive34]

every time the doll holds up the "I miss you" sign I fight off the man tears- silly, I know, but it doesn't take much when hearing Ray- somehow reminds me of those serving overseas for some reason. God bless them.

[iseededppl]

awesome

[rhcp27tom1]

this is one of my favourite ray lamontagne songs

[whatavitoldya]

Bravo! Like it lots..

[thisxisxvivien]

wow hes a great artist.wonder why all his songs are so long...?

[AZNsplatform]

because he has a lot to say ;-)

[thisxisxvivien]

but this on one has no lyrics.i meant this one.not in general.

[Detroithoopsta22z]

lovessssss it

[jb830]

Why is this not on any of his albums???

Ray is amazing.

[foleysmk]

I haven't heard this since he played it at the Avalon just after Trouble was released...

[redsaucelover]

love it

[jethro22]

Double LOL! that's not a keyboard!

[jahnetg]

LOL that not robin williams!!

[jerrynstephanie]

hahaha. Too funny!

[daddycool3000]

Rays music just makes med happy - and sad at the same time. But his sound is so unique and beautiful

[voltronmax45]

Sounds Great.

Thanks for the post.

[cosmiccarl]

Wow, this isn't even on one of his two lost albums. How can a song this good not be on any album! Where is this from? A live show? Demo?

[18stchicano]

2.29 is robin williams on the keyboard !

brilliant song

[Verrako]

Ray Lamontagne is really a rare breed not seeing since the sixties with a soulful voice not heard in a while. His music takes me back to an era when my innocence was still intact and the troubles of the world were nothing but a distant foreign language.

[melancholyjen]

this song is amazing...

i love how ray can be so simple and complex at the same time...

[surferguy1011]

ray lamontagne = bob dylan without the pretentious personality

[ajdelanger]

where did you find this song?

[brtraider071]

he reminds me a lot of bob dylan with a mix of the newer sound

[oldschoolwaverider]

found these words on internet copied and pasted here you go, last line on 1st verse sounds wrong to me?

So long to rose of sharon I'm so tired of your fair weathered clouds,

so long to your plastic angels all their prayers never left their mouths (oh they're gonna bring you down)

some day you're gonna miss me,

someday, you're gonna miss me

and I won't be around

doo doo doo doo doo dooo doo dooo

doo doo doo dood ood ooo doo doo dooooo

dooo doo doo doo dood (thats a mouth organ)

[oldschoolwaverider]

So long to feeling jealous, what you trying to prove by running around? So long to my lonesome laaaady hurts my pride throws me to the ground, some day you're gonna miss me, someday, you're gonna miss me and I won't be around (doo doo mouth organ) I'm going, going to a city, learn to play guitar and join a band, and I'm going to forget you baaaby Find me a pretty girl and who likes to dance some day you're gonna miss me, someday, you're gonna miss me and I won't be around

[oldschoolwaverider]

So long to rose of sharon I'm so tired of your fair weathered clouds,

so long to your plastic angels all their prayers never left their mouths (oh they're gonna bring you down)

some day you're gonna miss me,

someday, you're gonna miss me

and I won't be around

doo doo doo doo doo dooo doo dooo

doo doo doo dood ood ooo doo doo dooooo

dooo doo doo doo dood (thats a mouth organ)

[jonathansomerville]

The quality of this is above anything else I've found on the internet...it doesn't sound like a live recording.

Anyone know where I can get this permanently?

[jonathansomerville]

I hope this song makes it on his new album.

His music just pulls at my heart and draws me in. Long live lamontagne!!!

[Weevlitz]

Sadly, it will NOT be on the new album coming out this September.

[RyanHunterLV]

Please help me with the lyrics here.. Can't seem to find them anywhere.

Goodbye, ??, I so tired of your ? ?

Goodbye to you plastic angels, Didn't have? oh they're gonna bring you down

Someday you're gonna miss me, Someday you're gonna miss me, When I won't be around.

So long, The fear is ? Unless you try to prove ? wrong So long, to my lonesome lady ??

chorus

[RyanHunterLV]

I'm going, going to the city, Learn to play guitar and join the band

And I'm going to forget you baby, find me a pretty girl who likes to dance

Chorus

[DanPat121]

This is the best song I have ever heard from him. God, I hope he records this on an album. Thanks so much for posting.

[lilygrace20]

A-MA-ZING video!!!!

thanx a lot, its just beautiful...

[JokesMcJoker]

class

i got it from btjunkie

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[JokesMcJoker]

class

i got it from btjunkie

x

[lapipz]

I want the track to this song, how cna i get it?

[daschuck77]

What key is his harmonica in?  Any guesses?

[tenshinomiraju]

I think the song is in C, if so, the harmonica should be in G.

[SnurgyBob]

Please please could you email me this track? I'd love to have it on my iPod

[thefolding]

it has to be converted into an mp3 first, which isn't a regular process =P

[josephineb0naparte]

if you google "youtube to mp3 converter" you can convert the audio of this video into an mp3 for your iPod. :D

[thefolding]

i've never seen this man.

grrrr i've listened to every song from bonaroo to his recent.

i want to see him so bad =[.

he's always out of the u.s. though D=

[molby12]

Thanks very much for posting, brought back great memories of the recent tour. Ray is the best.

[donis1rap]

where can i find the actual recording to this song??