You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne Cover

[2porch]

impossible to watch once. (:

[infloraldress]

Fucking brilliant! Great job! I really like your cover.

[dmstins]

So beautiful :) Very well done

[SXEtony]

Amazing cover! Very well done!

[xGLAMROCKx]

this is really lovely :)

[Tommytomoz]

Very good, nice voice, simple playing, you make it look easy :-) any cahnce you can tell me the chords and I'll try and copy your playing ;-S tommy1234@fsmail.net

[LovelyDulceAmore]

I love Your version of this song. I think it's the best one on youtube. Even better than Ray LaMontagne.

[Timelessthought]

Will you be my best friend?! This is awesome, very heartfelt. I've seen Ray live and even after hearing his genius your cover was amazing. Thank You.

[theserenitynowish]

Brilliant. So effortless and laid back, I love it.

[xoxsarahxox02]

I loove your version :)

Great job!

[juniedai]

vocally needs more conviction~

[blueshel37]

Love it!! 

[jbdmb41]

great man

[ashltom072392]

NEED PROPER CHORDING FOR THIS VERSION, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME!! THANKS

[SixxDarling]

this is a really good cover,, i love it !!!

[flopizzzleee]

aww, i love this. :)

[TheTheresamurphy]

This is the best cover of the song I've heard. I'm a big fan of Ray so I check out all of them. It's nice to hear you sing it without ruining it like the rest of the covers. Thanks for posting

[abelardoruizbarroso]

From Venezuela i wish you good luck, you sing very well... i hope you can be a great singer as a career, excuse me for my english...

[aurelienmillec]

awesome man ! i like the way you are not trying to copy but do your own version... really cool. A good song should sounds great on acoustic, and it so does sound great right here !! congrats ! keep going !

[yamisaw]

you sound awesome dude

[singsow]

I think with all the positive responses that you have received, you may have a good idea by now how great you sound to us/the public! I would really love to have a CD of you- you are really talented and refreshing : )

[heyjeans]

great cover man!!

[lykndamuzic]

when you sing the higher notes, it's sounds very ben harper'esque.... great voice man!!!

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks... still working on it every day!

[aurelienmillec]

@lykndamuzic agreed !

[kickyourass777]

@lykndamuzic why, because he's black??... lol he doesn't sound anything like ben harper.. you are racist!! just kidding!

[thefleshisweak]

Holy crap this rules so hard.

[chrisbryantsings]

awesome :)

[ivensmith]

you should make a cover of al greens - simply beautiful!

keep it up man!

[ivensmith]

the new al green is born!!

[chrisbryantsings]

Al green is the man! I've got to learn the guitar part to a few of his songs - I already sing them :)

[jond21]

You are the first one to do a cover of Ray that impressed me. Bravo

[chrisbryantsings]

thanks jon - sent you a message :)

[theholisticoption]

Wow, you are amazingly talented, Chris. Where are you located and where can I buy YOUR album?

[chrisbryantsings]

Thank you! Check out my website (chrisbryantmusic [dot] com) and sign up for the mailing list... I'm working on a short project that should be done by thanksgiving that will be free for mailing list subscribers :)

[vpxxx]

diggin it bro love the cover

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks for watching!

[s0methingcreative]

wow, fantastic rendition! i really like ray's version a lot, but you really took it in a different direction with the quietness and it turned out great!

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks! I tried to make it as much of my own as possible :)

[josh1992oasis]

fuck me .. this is amazing .. really . ... woah

[jhessler91]

Amazing playing and singing! subscribed

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks for the kind words and the subscription!

[adgua350]

dude, your voice sounds lil' bit like Ben Harper at times. cool.

very good cover.

[chrisbryantsings]

I've gotten that a few times. BH is one of my favorite artists, and people say you tend to sound like who you listen to :)

[indiantribal]

very nice work chris. cheers mate!

peace

[joelimkim]

dude, this is beautiful.  will you please show me the chords you played? i'm just a beginner and not good enough to spot the chords by eye. thanx!

[chrisbryantsings]

sorry that it took me so long to get this back to you... did you see the how to video i made?

[kupruzz]

cantas muy bien hermano!

[chrisbryantsings]

gracias, amigo :)

[cynicron]

wow! great cover! I love the fact that you made the song your own and did not mimic Ray :)

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks! I think it's kind of pointless to do a cover if you're going to make it sound exactly the same as the original :)

[caitlinmcullen]

This is one of my favorite songs, you did a great job!

[chrisbryantsings]

Thank you!

[grischico]

Great Job on a Great song! Really did make it your own! Beautiful.

[chrisbryantsings]

thank you!

[kampam3]

Amaziiing, wooow I m so impressed how talented you are :D

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks for listening/watching... You're pretty talented yourself as well :)

[madluvr]

Great Job, Way to make it your own!!!!

[chrisbryantsings]

Thank you!

[korkeycat]

Wonderful cover mate, from a true Ray fan

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks! I hope I get a chance to see him in concert sometime...

[ItsTooshe99]

This song is Goood but u made it your Own and it sounds equally good.

[schwe001]

sounds great.. could you post a video lesson for the guitar chords?

[chrisbryantsings]

I teach middle school, and this week happens to be my spring break :)... I hope to get a lesson up using some of my free time :)

[85capricelandau]

damn near perfect pitch...

my mouth was gaping open half the time

the other half i was busy cleaning up the drool.

great job =)

[chrisbryantsings]

Thank you! Probably the best comment ever :)

[kevinfaulkner00]

top notch mate really enjoyed it and im quite fussy what ill listen to!lol keep them coming

[cbonleblues]

very good version. congratulations. cheers, fred

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks Fred!

[Duncmaster426]

SO good! Truly

[EverythingEndsN]

That was awesome. I love how you made it your own. Ray's my hero and to be honest, this is pretty damn good man. Thanks.

[chrisbryantsings]

Thank you for the compliments!

[EverythingEndsN]

No problem man. Keep putting up videos. You're very talented.

[Linsbrothers]

very nicely done

[happyjack80]

lol your beginning startled me you just like went right at it that was good though man

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks! I surprised myself too, but I just went with it... don't like redoing these videos too much :)

[iceman373737]

Chris-

Great job with this...I saw Ray La Montagne on SNL last night for the first time...I had heard of him but never heard his music and I really enjoyed it. I liked your take on the song-great vocals especially- I really enjoyed your cover.

[chrisbryantsings]

Thanks Matt!

I discovered him through the Ben Harper channel on Pandora and really, really like his style... what song(s) did he do on SNL?

[iceman373737]

That's funny...I think on his album his voice sounds a little like Ben Harper...sounded a little different when I saw him live...more like Joe Cocker...but anyway, he played this song and also Trouble...both great tunes.

[bink602]

this is very amazing! impressive and your voice is wonderful!

[chrisbryantsings]

thanks for watching!

[BringingItAllBack]

Could you tell what key your guitar is tuned to? Much appreciated.

[chrisbryantsings]

everything's tuned down a whole step... hope that helps :)

[BringingItAllBack]

One more thing, could you tell me the chords for the chorus that you play.

[MubbytheMan]

Nice job dude very good !!

[fabiannolove]

oh damn!!!

that was awesome

nice take on it

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[madiisrad]

I love this song so much already, and your version gave me the chills. Good job. (:

[chrisbryantsings]

I'm glad you liked it!

[guglio1290]

Incredible job!

Really, very good job.

[ACMarley422]

NICE COVER Chris..really appreciate your work mang ..as you know ..

[chrisbryantsings]

Any more recommendations?

[efay420]

nice job excellent voice and perfect cover, keep it up man

[chrisbryantsings]

thank you very much!

[tman8792]

Really good, man.

[chrisbryantsings]

thanks, man.. good luck with your stuff. i subbed to keep tabs on you :)

[tman8792]

Ah thanks a lot! I already subbed yours. Haha.

[Airplanefreake]

me like hehe

[chrisbryantsings]

thanks for checking out the video... are you really ras cricket's sibling?

[Airplanefreake]

jupp I sure am!!!

[mexicanbutterfly86]

It's an amazing song for sure! I absolutely dig Ray LaMontagne!....

[chrisbryantsings]

I just discovered him around Christmas-time... don't know how I missed something so awesome :)

[mexicanbutterfly86]

Wow that's really good!

[chrisbryantsings]

thank you! it's a really great song.

[isaacice626]

i've never heard this song before, i've been missing out, i just heard the original. kudos my friend, good job i like it. what chords did you use? you got me curious on this song.

[chrisbryantsings]

thanks man! if you tune the guitar down a whole step, then you can use the following

C/G/Am/F for the verses

C/E/Am/F for the chorus

and

Am/Em/Am/F/C/F/G for the bridge

What i play is a little different but i can't remember without a guitar in my hand :)