Avett Brothers

A band consisting of Seth Avett, Scott Avett, Bob Crawford, Joe Kwon, and Jacob Edwards that deserve a genre of their own. With Scott’s crazy improvisational banjo licks filling the openings between the poetic lyrics and Seth’s inventive guitar rhythm they have truly earned their 2013 Grammy nomination for album of the year (The Carpenter).

Scott and Seth have played together every since they were children and have made their musical evolution clear throughout their series of seven albums and four EP’s that have an always changing style. From their first EP (The Avett Bros.) in 2000 all the way to their most recent album (The Carpenter) in 2012.

Their best album in my opinion would be Emotionalism which consists of hits such as “Die Die Die”, “Paranoia in B-Flat Major” and “I Would Be Sad” which is one of my personal favorites.

Their most recent album The Carpenter is a close second, for my favorite Avett Brothers albums. With songs like “The Once and Future Carpenter”, “Live and Die”, and “Paul Newman vs. The Demons” which demonstrates their ability to lean more towards the rock spectrum of music.

Songs such as “Paranoia in B-Flat”, and “Live and Die” are prime examples of Scott’s crazy improvisational banjo playing style which seem to have no order or pattern throughout it but couldn’t fit any better

Paranoia in B flat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRy2AURiEQo

Live and Die:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5CMDmxtpbc

 

If you are familiar with reading guitar, banjo, bass or any other form of tablature follow the link below to see for yourself the wild banjo picking used in Live and Die:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0150/5868/files/LiveAndDieBanjoTab.pdf?383