A mass of fans curved the block to get inside The Tabernacle for folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Samsung and AT&T is appealing to the music world with their Summer Krush Tour again, featuring a free one hour concert with big names like Bush /Chevelle and Coldplay in nine cities to promote the new Samsung Infuse 4G. The mobile giants released the free tickets online at the end of August and offered an extra 200 a couple of days before the September 9th concert. Promotions for the Samsung Infuse 4G included interactive stations to create-your-own t-shirt, photo/Twitter displays on the stage curtain, and free Samsung souvenirs. The Samsung Infuse 4G and a Samsung embellished guitar were given to two lucky winners of the audience as well.
The Avett Brothers is a grassroots band encompassing North Carolinians Seth and Scott Avett, who are known for their high-energy performances and straightforward lyrics of simple life, death, love, and pain. Both brothers can sing and play the banjo, guitar, piano, drums, and harmonica. The brothers prove their mastery of music by swiftly switching from several instruments to microphone and back again throughout a song. For example, Scott Avett kept the beat going with a kick drum, banjo, and harmonica for “Denouncing November Blue.” I’m not sure there is an instrument the boys can’t play, though they added a full band for the show to help including a drum player, bass player, and permanent cello player Joe Kwon. The musicians are the male version of debutantes to the mainstream music world with the 2009 release of American Recordings album I and Love and You and radio hit single of the same name, but have enjoyed a cult following through a few previous albums since early 2000s. The brothers appeared right at home on stage back in their native south looking like they stepped out of a period piece (signature mountain beards included) to play for an intimate crowd of 30 instead of hundreds. The band did not disappoint as they started off with a slow buildup of “And It Spread,” and it was obvious that the audience knew every word as the song spread itself into the crowd. After a few high beat songs, The Avett Brothers’ voices hypnotized as they slowed the show down for fan favorites “January Wedding” and “Shame.” The brothers like to alternate being lead singer, showing true collaboration and harmony that perhaps can only shine through by starting a band with a sibling and having talented guitar plucking fingers. Scott and Seth came onto the stage by themselves to play acoustically, heads touching in front of one microphone for “Ten Thousand Words” and “When I Drink;” songs the older crowd could easily relate. The full band returned to play “Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise,” a passionate piano piece from the new album about finding your own way in a world of unfairness and injustice. The screaming vocals and frenzied beats revisited with “Kick Drum” as Scott prepared the crowd with clapping to the beat while Seth arranged his guitar joking, “Don’t make him nervous y’all!” By this point in the show, their shirts were soaked through and Kwon’s cello bow was falling apart from his rapid playing. The boys exuded such raw energy and certainly knew how to have a good time, including the audience in on the fun. Scott remained at the piano as Seth came up to play alongside his brother. Then Scott left for the microphone; the whole transaction seamless without a note misplaced as they finished the set crooning “I And Love And You.” Of course the audience wanted more, and a trend following the concerts of Atlanta of the tomahawk Braves chant began until The Avett Brothers took the stage again. The boys dedicated “Murdered In The City,” to “Brittney,” an odd dedication and song choice for an encore. According to testimonials from the show, 26-year-old Atlantian Brittney Fox Watts was killed earlier this summer by her security guard and was a big fan of The Avett Brothers. During “Kick Drum,” a girl threw a Brittney’s funeral card from the balcony to Scott Avett written with lyrics “Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name” from the “Murdered In The City.” It shows the character of such a band to honor the dedication for a girl whose life was taken unwillingly. Not wanting to end on a sad note though, Kwon started strumming and plucking his cello in tune with the bass while the band led into one of their more adrenaline-fused songs, “Talk on Indolence.” Seth entertained with his trance like state of obvious euphoria of performing for fans, also kicking the cymbal for added effect of unbridled dynamism. The last notes ringing through The Tabernacle, the boys showed gratefulness as Seth blew kisses and Scott got on his knees, saying “We love you Atlanta. We love you Atlanta. We love you Atlanta.”
Setlist:
And It Spread
The Fall
Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane
January Wedding
Shame
Paranoia in B Major
Go To Sleep
Down With The Shine
Tin Man
Ten Thousand Words
When I Drink
Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
Denouncing November Blue
Kick Drum
Colorshow
I And Love And You
Encore:
Murdered In The City
Talk On Indolence
"Head Full of Doubt: Road Full of Promise"
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