THE AVETTS ARE COMING!
THE AVETTS ARE COMING!
The first time I had a favorite band it was New Kids on the Block. But that love ended quickly, mostly because I was in fourth grade and my mother wouldn't let me listen to Z100.
Then, in high school it was Blink 182, mostly the early stuff and especially Dude Ranch.
I went through the totally valid, but still cliche, Dave Matthews Band phase in college, thankfully skipping Phish altogether, and dabbled a bit in early John Mayer.
But it wasn't until I sat in Dan's chair at Samuel O'Reilly's getting the outline work done on my arm that I really found, and fell for, a band: The Avett Brothers
The lyrics, the music, the instruments, the ridiculous amazingness that is their live shows...it is all SO GOOD. I don't know that any other band could have compelled me to sit through three hours of pouring rain just to listen to them play their music like the Avetts did last August at the Washington Park Zoo.
And now, TONIGHT, they are going to be in Portland. Not just in Portland, but in Portland playing at The Crystal Ballroom.
I am giddy as I anticipate this evening's concert.
2 comments:
They have remained on my recently played list on i-tunes ever since I started downloading their tracks. I never get tired of these songs.
It's just good music, no matter how light or heavy the subject matter.
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