The Avett Brothers

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't call them bluegrass! You're likely to piss people off


To me, I love a lot of their lyrics and harmonies. I also like the uptempo, boot stomping stuff they'll play live. Some of the content of their songs I can really relate to. I think like most musical acts you either feel a connection or you don't.

While the audio quality isn't best this gives you the feel for what I'm talking about. These two songs are great examples of the high energy/upbeat songs of theirs that I really like:



Here's the studio version of Talk of Indolence (the second song on that vid) that really hooked me from the first time I heard it. When they play it live it's even better but this version is fantastic too IMO:



Screw it.....here's a better quality version of live:




The opening lyrics:

Well I’ve been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now
Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin'
and searching for reasons and missing the seasons.
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow.
The record will stop and the record will go.
Latches latched the windows down,
the dog coming in and the dog going out.
Up with caffeine and down with a shot.
Constantly worried about what I’ve got.
Distracting my work but I can’t make a stop
and my confidence on and my confidence off.
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
and I think to myself that I do this a lot.
World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes...
and witness it all from the blinds of my window.
THREE, FOUR

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Also a fan of Distraction #74. Here's a live video with another decent song after:



Studio version:

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Traveling Song is another I really like. Here's someone's video from the show I was just at (gets particularly fun around 2:13):





There's some more probably....gotta remember the names though...will post more here

I honestly don't know what it is about them but I haven't been this affected by music in a long, long time. I don't know if it's the place I am at in my life but their lyrics really speak to me. There's a song for every mood, for every kind of situation. It's almost like they are my own personal therapist. They are amazing writers and musicians and if you know anything about them they are the real deal. They are so honest and raw and it really comes through in their lyrics and music.

If you haven't been able to get into them by now you probably won't. I think either they "speak" to you or they don't.

Great interview. Such a good guy.

I am really looking forward to their return to the farm. I still listen to the live rip of their last performance on the Which stage. For me, it's near perfect.
Luckily, I get to see them next weekend in Columbus before heading down to the farm.

Ya I highly recommend seeing them live. They are just one of those bands that it doesn't click for a lot of people until seeing them live. Listen to the last 2-3 records and the new one when it comes out and go see their show. I can pretty much guarantee you will have a great time even it isn't the type of stuff you would normally listen to.

I have seen them many, many times, and they always get better. Quite frankly, I was shocked to have to go through 3 pages to even find their thread in here! So proud to share my home state with them and to have seen them in my hometown of Greensboro. These men can put on a show, and to those who say the music bores them, I can guarantee you the live performance will not. And to any straight females, they are not bad to look at, either.

This will be my first Bonnaroo, period, so naturally, my first time seeing them in this venue, or even in a festival setting for that matter, and I am ridiculously excited.

Probably a guarantee they'll play the new "Once and Future Carpenter," which, for old-school Avett fans, is a refreshing contrast to the poppier tunes of I&L&Y. I personally love their scope of sound and how they develop from album to album, but this new track encompasses everything I love about an Avett song. It brings me to tears every time I hear it.

My boyfriend made me a die-hard fan, but it took a few hours of him playing non-stop Avetts for me to come around, and some time paying close attention to the poetic lyrics.

Look for the tiny girl front and center bouncing around in a teardrop bandanna trying to lock eyes with Scott. datz m3.

Any fans have guesses on what their set will consist of, or what you're hoping to hear?

-- Here's a clip of them singing "The Fall" with G. Love. Pretty spectacular.

I see The Avett Brothers don't list Bonnaroo on their tour dates anymore and the Phone App now shows their time slot on Fri as Null. Anyone know if this they had to cancel their show or is it just an error?

It's still showing on my app, on the Bonnaroo website in the schedule and here is a link to it on their website..

www.theavettbrothers.com/us/news/bonnaroo-and-big-tour-news

Haha, perhaps I should have said "dragged me to their CD release party"?

The Avett Brothers were one of my favorite bands 2 summers ago. I even went to a John Mayer concert just so I could see them open.

But I must say, I've grown a little tired of their music. Part of me really wants to see them at Bonnaroo, and part of me wants to see Little Dragon and Trampled by Turtles instead. Hmm. I wish I could have seen a good show of theirs in the past, which would make this decision easier as I have never seen Little Dragon or Tramped by Turtles, but as I said, the Avett Brothers show I did see was simply a shortened opening set.

I was panicking last night when the Bonnaroo app glitched up on my phone. Honestly, my first terrifying thought was that something happened with Bob's daughter and they canceled!

Trampled by Turtles are always playing small, intimate shows around me at really cheap prices, so that's how I'm looking at it. Obviously, anyone at Bonnaroo is going to be more exciting than a tiny venue in our hometowns, but I'd rather see the Avetts in this context and check dem Turtles out elsewhere for cheaper.

And if you've never experienced a real, live Avett show, just do itttttttt. You will never be disappointed.

I REALLY want to see Trampled by Turtles but they are still playing small places all the time and since the Avetts are one of my favorites I have to see them at Bonnaroo, it would just be wrong not to.

I'm not sure as a fan how you can get bored with their music. They have such an extensive catalogue and their songs are all so different. There's a song for every type of mood and I love that it all sounds so different from each other. Now Bon Iver and the Black Keys I could see that a bit because all their songs pretty much sound the same but not the Avetts.

Scott just gave an interview with a "tentative" date of August for the new album.

We must be fairly close! I live about 10 minutes away also. Had only gotten into them in the past 2 years, only been to 3 shows. Incredibly nice staff that the band has as well. Had great experiences at each of the shows i've been to.

I noticed somebody else asking about this on their forum. Hopefully they are still on, i'll send out a few emails to people I know in their organization. If they have to back out, hopefully they will move Trampled By Turtles to that slot...that's my biggest conflict also.