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The groups beginnings can be traced back to the two brothers younger days, when they merged the separate bands they had formed at college and school to perform under the moniker “Nemo”. Whilst playing in the rock influenced Nemo and releasing three albums with them, the brothers started a side project focusing on acoustic music, eventually writing their first folk EP, the eponymous “Avett Bros.”, in 2000.
After the disbanding of Nemo, the Avetts, alongside new members Kwon and Crawford, decided to push on with their new band, and wrote and released their debut album “Country Was” in 2002, before embarking on their first tour together in the same year.
They were shortly picked up by local record label, Ramseur Records, and released their follow up album a year later, “A Carolina Jubilee”. This was the first glimpse of the Avett Brothers’ ability to blend their folk style with other genres, such as punk, pop and honky tonk.
The group released a further three studio albums with Ramseur between 2004 and 2007, before collaborating with legendary producer Rick Rubin, and subsequently signing with his American Recordings label.
It was with Rubin that the band really broke through into the mainstream, with their sixth effort, “I Love You and Love You” reaching number 16 in the US charts. The album was well received by critics, who appreciated their more polished sound, and after touring for a few years the band moved on to capitalise on their newfound fame, releasing the even more successful “The Carpenter” and “Magpie and the Dandelion” in 2012 and 2013.
As well as touring, the band has performed at the Grammy Awards and TV shows such as “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and their music has also been used as the soundtrack for many different movies such as “This is 40” and “Friday Night Lights”.
The Avett Brothers have been the soundtrack to my life for the last 6 years. Every emotion I have felt, whether it is joy, love, sadness, rage, I have always been able to relate a song to them. I have seen the Avett Brothers twice and that is not nearly enough for me. I saw them in Montreal and in Boston. Both shows I was in the front row and I highly recommend it for the full in your face experience. The Avett Brothers have an energy that is contagious like a virus that spreads over your entire body for the entire show. Songs like "Talk on Indolence" make your whole body vibrate with ecstasy as you thrash your head, stomp your feet, and shake your fist. They break up their shows with heartwarming single mic numbers such as "Murder in the City". Watching them all sing in perfect harmony playing acoustically into one microphone sends shivers down your spine and you break out in goose bumps. I find that at their shows everyone in the audience is on the same wave length as you, there are no bros shouting out song titles. There are no wasted DMB type fans who won't even remember that they went to a show in the morning. I have found all my fellow fans to be caring compassionate individuals who look out for each other and all have the same love and passion as you do. It saddens me that I have moved across the country for 6 months and now that I have moved the Avett Brothers have finally returned to do a show in my home state of Vermont. If you love bluegrass, love to rock, and aren’t ashamed of a shedding a tear once in a while then you will absolutely love to see the greatest live show of our generation, The Avett Brothers.