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Sweet Talk
From the brain flow of Paste's Editor At Large:
Some nefarious music hounds from Decatur twisted my outsized ego into creating a dialogue littered with opinionated recommendations and myopic rants. Therefore, to put a smidgen of decency back into nepotism, I have stolen the title "Sweet Talk" in homage of my father who had a weekly sports and leisure column of the same in the early 70's that was syndicated in several small town newspapers in the land the gods made great, New England (sans Connecticut of course). Luckily this space will focus more on sporting leisure, my favorite kind.
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2) The Avett Brothers: "St. Joseph's" Gondola Ride over Jackson Hole Mountain, 8/17/08
My favorite musical addiction of 2008. I was late coming to the table, but now I am a full on junkie. Watching them close the Harbor Stage at Newport Folk was a revelation. They were the only music going against Mr. Cheeseburger in Paradise who was playing simultaneously on the Fort Stage, and they were going off! So much so, we gave them another 10 minutes. Actually that's a bit misleading. If we had not given them more time, chances are I would have been bludgeoned repeatedly by the frothing and "spirited" crowd.
After such a rebel rousing, I was more than ecstatic to have them Christen the Jackson Hole Music Festival. Easily a thousand people waited at the gate to grab some front stage turf just for these guys. Not surprisingly ,they killed. Although they did play my favorite, "Murder in the City" it was tough to hear the quiet nuances that bleed from the album version.
Earlier in the summer I had the amazing fortune to ride a Ferris Wheel with Jose Gonzalez and Death Vessel while they played some mood music just for me. Check out the Video . So I thought why not see if the Avett Brothers would join me for a gondola ride. Beside playing human Tetrus around a snare drum, banjo, acoustic guitar, and full size stand up bass, this was one of the coolest moments of my career.
Over the twenty minute round trip, in between illuminating snippets of brotherly dialog and expressions of wonder at the jaw dropping vistas, the boys honored my request with an unplugged and penetrating "Murder in The City" and a brilliant "Bella Donna" with extended jam complete with the snare falling out when the doors momentarily opened at the top of the lift before we began our descent. However, it was the joy in "St. Joseph's" against the bluest of blue sky that left me sated and inspired.
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please post the other videos, of "murder in the city" and "bella donna!"
this is amazing. thank you.
I have been an Avett brothers fan for years....they are the truest of musicians. I have seen them play in a restaurant with less than 30 people and will see them open up for DMB in April. They are up and coming, that goes without saying, however, they keep their music genuine and their fans will remain loyal for as long as they stick around
PLEASE post Murder In the City and Bella Donna! We rode this Gondola with our girls when we took them to Yellowstone! To see the Avetts there too---ahhh! Wonderful.
Please let me know if there is ANY way to get a copy of all of that footage. One of my favorite things about the brothers' album, A Carolina Jubilee, is the hidden track where they are all talking when they are children. I love to hear them talking naturally, and to see this as adults would be amazing. I've seen them in concert many times, but to see that live interaction would be awesome. Wow, I sound a bit odd; sorry about that. Please e-mail at youngamerican221@gmail.com if this is at all possible.