Which Avett brother is taller? Briefly we see the longhaired Seth Avett — the taller and more soft-spoken of the brothers — strumming his guitar on a porch overlooking an expanse of Carolina greenery and singing metaphor-rich lyrics about a loved one. Are the Avett Brothers twins? The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett banjo, lead vocals, guitar, piano, kick-drum and Seth Avett guitar, lead vocals, piano, hi-hat along with Bob Crawford double bass, electric bass, violin, backing vocals and Joe Kwon cello, backing vocals.
Who is Crackerfarm? Crackerfarm, real name Mike Beyer, is the official videographer, photographer, and documentarian of The Avett Brothers. He began following the band around with partner Lindsey Rome with the original plan to create an electronic press kit, which later turned into a plan to release a documentary about the band.
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Then, all of a sudden, it turned the corner. Almost overnight, it happened. And there were starting to be radio stations, like WNCW , where you could listen and hear that kind of stuff.
But they were different even in that genre because their music was more youthful and older sort of at the same time. And they sure have. Dolphus: I guess the thing to me that probably helped as much as or more than anything is when they first got onto MerleFest. I do know that MerleFest was a thing that made people sit up and take notice, and while the guys were there on the grounds at the festival, they really won people over. Tommy: That was how Alix and I knew they were getting big.
We went three years in a row, and the first year we went, they were way off in the corner, and, like, 50 people there. The next year we went, they had one of the big side stages, and there were people there. The next year we went, they were on the main stage, and there were 3, people there.
Ted Hagaman, MerleFest director: I was at the college in when they first appeared here. I guess the first time I ever met them, we had gone to the Americana Music Awards week in Nashville in I can remember, we were out at dinner, before the awards show, and in walk The Avett Brothers with their manager, Dolph Ramseur, and their agent, Paul Lohr, into the restaurant. I really had not heard much about them. At that time, I was over the food and hospitality section for the festival, so I was kind of getting my feet wet and everything.
I can see them in my mind, exactly where we were sitting and what was said. They seemed like really nice men and, you know, sharp-looking. Then of course I saw them several times at the festival. You could tell that they were different. They had a real unique sound, and they were already cultivating a following.
Dolphus: MerleFest, people come from all over the world. I just felt like that was an opportunity for the band, and sometimes you get these opportunities one time, and you got to take advantage of it. What is there not to get? This band is connecting with people in a way that is very rare. As a matter of fact, a lot of times they appear with their father on a Sunday morning for a gospel set before they take the stage to do their own act.
They bring their sister on the stage some with them when they are here at the festival and actually spend part of the weekend with us rather than just an in-and-out. You can see them with some of their kids out around the bus area or in the backstage area. We certainly try to bring them as often as we can, because our fans love them. Doug Williams founded EMR Recorders in Winston-Salem in and, starting with Mignonette in , served as the recording engineer for two original Avetts albums, the deluxe editions of three more, two EPs, and assorted recordings by band members.
I mean, I kind of was viewing them through the lens of what it was like working with a lot of metal and hardcore bands at the time, really adrenaline, pumped-up year-olds chuckles , lots of that kind of energy in the room.
They were really focused on what they wanted to do, and they still had a developing skill set. They had an original thing that bridged a bunch of different styles and eras of music. This is happening on a way bigger level now than might have been happening two or three years before. Can you make yourself into something new? I thought the subsequent stuff, the Rick Rubin stuff, has been an attempt at that, with mixed results. At a show, people want to dance, they want to jump up and down and stuff.
And they speak the same language musically. And they believed it. So I believed, because I believed in them, because I knew what good people they were. You know how some kids kind of start bucking the system and getting really rebellious, especially when your parents are trying to show you the path? Tommy: One thing about them that really comes through is earnestness, sometimes to a fault. David: It was huge. I never heard self-doubt from either one of them in my entire lifetime of knowing these guys … and yet, they were appreciative of every single body that was in that room, every single opportunity that somebody gave them to get on a stage and the people who worked there, and it was nothing but love, to be honest.
David: Watching them grow musically has been pretty astonishing. I think their lyrics are very thoughtful and very fresh. People connect to them. Eric: I think as far as humans go, Bob, Seth, and Scott? He began following the band around with partner Lindsey Rome with the original plan to create an electronic press kit, which later turned into a plan to release a documentary about the band.
Lindsey departed in but Mike continues to follow the band as they record and tour. The band and Crackerfarm frequently discuss putting out his content in a documentary, possibly funded by Kickstarter.
In the meanwhile, Crackerfarm is known for his exclusive videos of the band and his behind-the-scenes snapshots of them at work in the studio and on the road, which he shares on YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram. Description from YouTube: The idea was that this would be an part of an electronic press kit for the Avett's then it sort of got abandoned when we all decided to just make a full-length documentary.
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