Had the great experience of doing something we have never done before and that was going to a NYE concert. We got to see one of our all time favorite bands, hometown NC band, The Avett Brothers, perform one of the biggest concerts to date. This was our fifth Avett's show and by far the best and a reminder of how great they are and how much they continue to grow into one of the best bands out there and most fun live bands touring these days. Another artists, Amos Lee, was the opener. We also love his music and have seen him live once before as well. I have wrote a blog about him as well. One of the smoothest voices in music. He played a very nice hour long set that started mellow and developed nicely including some favorites and some cool covers, especially Queen's "fat-bottomed girls" which was a crowd favorite. The Avett's came out with an insane amount of energy. The south is usually laid back, but definitely not when the Avett's play. We have seen the Dead and Bruce in the same venue and this was twice as loud. The setlist was a well thought out blend of old and new tunes, special appearances and surprise stage shifts as those of us in the back got the treat of an impromptu stage being used by the band not once but twice during the show, giving everyone in the back a front row seat. The band can rock, jam, and play moving renditions of their songs, moving like I have witnessed no other band do. Usually when it gets slow at a concert, people run to the bathroom, but not with this band. Their slower songs are some of their best and it takes balls to stand on a big stage in a big room and capture an audience like they do. The countdown at midnight and the first kiss of 2013! made for a perfect night as the Avett's played for an additional hour and change after midnight. What a show, what a night. If you have missed this band, you've missed some of the best music out there. Probably my favorite line in any song, "Always remember there is nothing worth sharing, like the love that let us, share our name"
Head
Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
Go
to Sleep
Down
with the Shine
The
Fall
Distraction
#74
Life
Paranoia
in B-Flat Major
At
the Beach
Pretty
Girl from Cedar Lane
Live
and Die
Hand-Me-Down-Tune
(Stage
B)
Operator
The
Ballade of Love and Hate
Ten
Thousand Words
(Main
Stage)
Colorshow
February
Seven
Laundry
Room
Old
Joe Clark
Kick
Drum Heart
Geraldine
(Jammed
into 2013!)
Talk
on Indolence
Salina
(Stage
B)
Murder
in the City
(Main
Stage)
Living
of Love
Encore:
Salvation
Song
I
Killed Sally's Lover
Gimmeakiss
I
and Love and You
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