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The Avett Brothers at the Outside Lands 2009
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| Background information | |
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| Origin | Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, United States |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Ramseur, American |
| Associated acts | Nemo |
| Website | theavettbrothers.com |
| Members | Seth Avett Scott Avett Bob Crawford Joe Kwon |
The Avett Brothers /ˈeɪvᵻt/ are an American folk rock band from Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, United States.[1] The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett (banjo) and Seth Avett (guitar), as well as Bob Crawford (double bass) and Joe Kwon (cello). Mike Marsh (drums), Tania Elizabeth (violin) and Paul Defiglia (keyboard) are touring members of the band, with Kwon featured on recordings from 2007’s Emotionalism and later.
Following on from Seth and Scott’s former rock band Nemo, the Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, indie rock, honky tonk, and ragtime to produce a novel sound described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the “heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.”[2
