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April 26, 2008
this is just to say...
...if you ever get the opportunity to catch an avett brothers show anywhere within a 200 mile radius of your own particular city of orign i would encourage you to do so. by any means possible. i did just that last saturday nite as i journeyed into atlanta with micah seth and joel tunis. after eating our fill of fellini's pizza we strolled into the variety playhouse where the avetts did a pretty fandamtastic job of solidifying their status as one of my favourite new bands. and not just because they play that sort of punk infused country rawk that melts to the core of my heart in seconds flat...although i'm sure that's part of it. it's just that it's not very often that you can go to a show and have your face rocked off only to realize that at no point during the evening did an electric guitar ever make an appearance. scott avett played drums on two or three songs but for the remainder of the show it was just two acoustic guitars an upright bass and an asian man who may or may not have been yo yo ma wielding his cello as though it were a weapon. seriously - he did everything short of hoisting it on his shoulders and playing it behind his head.
from the opening strains of if i get murdered in the city to the closing coda of if it's the beaches it was a phenomenal show. and i was glad i had worn my lucky concert shirt. punches were thrown - babies were born - tears were shed and micah snagged an interview with a kid from spin magazine wherein he expressed regret because he thought that he had paid money to see the allman brothers. which explains why he was yelling out jessica at random intervals. it was a perfect ending to the now infamous ultimate - what do you mean neko's not with the band tonight - concert weekend. now if we could just convince okkervil river and the avett brothers to do a tour together. that would be something to behold.
| By young_christopher | 5:48 PM
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Posted by: Micah at April 27, 2008 8:47 PM