Last week, I had the pleasure of heading into Baltimore with my wife for the Avett Brothers show. And what a show it was. We always make it a goal to get to a show in time to see the opener in the hopes that we might find a new group/artist to listen to. We were pleased to find out that we can add another to the long, long list. Jessica Lee Mayfield set the mood with some smokey, blusey, rootsy tunes and her brother (playing lead guitar) was mostly insane. I'm looking forward to getting our hands on an album sometime soon.
The Avetts and their bandmates were just about all you could ask for in a live act. They had the audience jumping around and belting out choruses from song #1 on. The bassist wore a sweet bow tie. Most importantly, it was easy to see that the band was absolutely loving what they were doing. Whether they were playing a boot stomper, a pretty little love song, or something in between, their energy was pretty much infectous and the crowd ate it up. They didn't even play the two songs I was most familiar with and hoping to hear ("Murder in the City" and "I and Love and You") and I couldn't have cared less. The show really was that good. They closed with what is quickly becoming my favorite song on the new album, "The Perfect Space" and the house lights came on to a whole slew of people who weren't ready to go home yet. Where's the second encore when you need it?
P.S. Thanks to YouTuber 'projectwhere' for posting pretty much the whole show. It looks like the YouTube is going to be a much-mined resourse for my little blog.
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