A Jazzy Version of "You Are The Best Thing," Ray Lamontagne

Ray Lamontagne at The Orpheum Theatre on 11/20/09 performing, "You Are The Best Thing," the way he originally wrote it. Apparently he thought it was a little too jazzy for Gossip in the Grain, so he changed it up and it was the last song to be recorded for the album.

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[LucasTheGreat1]

@saxojon The chord progression is jazzed up! it's how he composed the song at first, then changed it!

[saxojon]

Whats "jazzy" about this?

[Majoritis]

Wow I thought I loved the album version!

[adriennei31]

i was at this show too..simply incredible..i really love this version in addition to the one on the album

[jengwenrose]

sorry "hear" duh



[jengwenrose]

i was at this show and have seen ray a few times. i was truly lucky to see him here and here this version so up and close and personal. it was so intimate and amazing i hope he returns to the orpheum again and does another solo show. love you ray!

[sbcaviston]

This is good, but whoever said "let's make this catchy, it has potential for so much more." was a smart man.  Hopefully, Ray came to the conclusion himself. I'll just pretend he did.

[aspensubi28]

jazzy? haha na

[nicolecater]

I've never heard this version! Love it, it's more true to his style than what's on Gossip. Thank you :)

[Manu9078]

reminded me of the Rain song by zeppelin for a bit. im really digging that hes changing the way he plays/sings his songs