Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs, God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, 2010 on RCA
Fourth full length from New England's Ray LaMontagne (born in New Hampshire, has lived in Maine & Massachusetts) and the first credited to a band. The album was recorded at The Big Room at Apple Hill, on LaMontagne's property in western Massachusetts. Pariah dog is another name for Desi Kutta or Indian Pariah dog, though...
ourth full length from New England’s Ray LaMontagne (born in New Hampshire, has lived in Maine & Massachusetts) and the first credited to a band. The album was recorded at The Big Room at Apple Hill, on LaMontagne’s property in western Massachusetts.
Pariah dog is another name for Desi Kutta or Indian Pariah dog, though I always thought the band was some kind of pun on Prairie Dog and the idea of being a pariah. I don’t think the dog on the rear cover illustration or the photos inside actually is a pariah dog.
LaMontagne is one of my favorite discoveries of the last 20 years, his first album Trouble coming out in 2004.
My copy—via private sale—is a United pressing with Sterling lacquers.
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