As yesterday progressed, pouring rain and dark skies, and my mood kept turning sour I was convinced that the day was a wash out of sorts. There was talk of perhaps putting together a small bowling expedition, but that fell apart when a lot of folks headed to Atlanta to see Nashville Pussy play and Joolie and Eric were opting to see a show here in Augusta of a band called the Avett Brothers. So rather than stay in and wallow in misery, I coaxed Mike and Erika to join me over at the Mission to tag along with Eric and Joolie. I love the fact that pretty much everything I want to do is within walking distance from my house. Even if I have to get drenched getting there.
Anyway, the point of this post is that I stumbled upon one of the best live shows I have ever witnessed last night in the Avett Brothers. And if I wasn't here in bumblefuck, USA I would never have gone and seen these guys play. I highly encourage you all to check them out on ITunes and give them a listen. The set up of the band is very simple, two brothers (one on banjo and one on guitar) and a stand up bass player. No drums. They use stomping during their songs to give it that element of percussion. And let's call this music neo-country, bluegrass, folk or some such hodge-podge. Lush harmonies, love songs for the broken hearted and a great southern spirit. Last night was the last night of their tour and they admitted that they saw Augusta on the schedule and thought "oh well." Until they realized that there is nothing else for us Augustans to do and we packed the place and gave them 100% of our collective love which I think made them turn it up a notch. This kind of night would never have happened in the big, bad city up North.
As an added bonus, the opener was a local act with a horrible name The Shaun Piazza Band that I had been curious about for quite some time here. People have said nice things about them to me, but that band name really conjurs up cheese in my mind. In any case, they were on stage when I showed up and they were incredibly good. I was in shock. So I got a 2 for 1 special here in good old Augusta.
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