nice! thanks for posting.

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"We try to not be afraid to let the song become what it’s supposed to,” says Seth, “and to not be held within the bounds of people’s expectations because we are who we are, and we get to decide what we’re supposed to be"

You are very welcome (I really really wanted it to be a true fan)

PS I HAVE THE ALBUM!!!!!!!! i really want to talk about it, but the publicist has us on the hush hush until we are given the green light to talk about it.
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year of the creek.

Angischy,

Yeah Im gonna be there but i havent bought my ticket yet (not sure if Columbia can set me up with a guest list spot yet), but were my eyes deceiving me when i saw the cost was 40-350 dollars for tickets at the Orpheum?!!!

You going?

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year of the creek.

wow these responses on the site are great!!!!! this is the best one so far;

"Young people today have grown up in a world characterized by fear, uncertainty, and above all, cynicism. The best pop culture has been able to offer in response is ... irony. Well, enough of that. Irony keeps us distant. The Avett Brothers bring us in close again, close to what's real, to honesty, to family, to friendship. Three words that became hard to say ... the brothers are helping us speak them again."

well done realish
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year of the creek.

Message sent!

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"Hell has no fury like a woman; happy, scorned, or otherwise"

Thanks for the heads up, jawbreaker!

It's so hard for me to put into words how I feel about TAB's music, though...I'm leaving the e-mail window open on my computer and adding a little bit more as each phrase occurs to me.

It says 2-3 sentences?! Whoops. I'm still working on mine, and it's more like 10 sentences, maybe more...I suppose I'll have to make some of the sentences really long!

message sent, thanks for the link. Thank you, thank you, thank you

thanks! it's worth a shot, right!?
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"Hell has no fury like a woman; happy, scorned, or otherwise"

when will the winners be announced?

I didn't realize that the contest ended last week - I posted my reply today, knowing that it would probably not be considered, but I wanted to share it anyway. Here it is:

I’m entering this contest in order to win tickets to a show for my brother and his wife, who have never heard of the Avett Brothers, let alone seen them live. I haven’t spoken to my brother in several months – we were once very close, but have grown apart recently and cannot see eye to eye on a number of issues. It’s my hope that I will send him these tickets, and he will go to the concert, and, upon hearing their music, his heart will open to me and we can find some common ground.

The reason why the Avetts should – and probably will – become a household name is because they are the only band that I know of that would make this scenario even remotely possible.

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Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from, who did borrow from?

Yeah, I"m not sure what I was trying to get across in just a few sentences...at any rate, I'm going to buy them the tickets and hope for the best.

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Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from, who did borrow from?

Thanks...there's always some sort of drama going on in my family but this is getting ridiculous.

Anyway, I'm super excited to see who wins tomorrow!

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Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from, who did borrow from?

The contest sounds like a nice gesture and I hope someone wins the tickets. BUT
This guy has a history of talking a big game and it turns out to be just talk.
He brought up his pending interview months ago asking people for ideas on questions. Any time someone pointed out his lack of basic knowledge (like when he asked this question “is it seth or scott who does the art work on seths banjo and kick drum?” or when he asked which member was married) he would call them (me) a douche bag.
I hope the contest is for real but, well just don’t be surprised if it’s not

me too! i've been checking the website since labor day!

I have just posted the winners, so head on over to CountryMusicPride.com to check it out. Thanks to all of you the submissions were great!!!

PS It is true that what NC4NOW posted, saying that I posted asking for questions from those on the site for an impending interview with the Brothers, but alas I am not a just "talking a big game" but in fact their publicst told me it couldnt be done when she said "Sorry Jason but we can't hook this up. So sorry about it!!!! The guys plates are just beyond full today with instore and soundcheck." ANd just FYI NC4NOW, I called you a douche bag not because I didnt know who was married and other "basics" but because that was obvious as to who was married by way of the post above, and you just happen to pass by it before you dropped your ad homenins (so again, you leave out the story, so again I maintain my stance that you are, indeed, a douche bag)

NC4Now,
Take it easy. Just because the guy might not have known what we consider basic information (ie : who plays what, etc) keep in mind, not everyone does. A lot of people like bands and don't know the band members' names, etc. You don't have to be a diehard to enjoy the music. Or to be a music writer and enjoy the band enough to want to find out more.

I've spoken privately with jawbreaker regarding the Avett Brothers on several different occasions, and he's never been anything but nice to me. I didn't go back and read through the thread, but I'd imagine if I came on here for the first time looking for fans to get interview questions from, and was made fun of for not knowing what they consider to be basic facts, I'd have been more than a little defensive.

But again, I didn't re-read the thread, so there could be some more deeply personal vendetta I'm not aware of. I was a little suspicious myself that the interview never came to pass, but honestly, not all that surprised. I've never seen them interviewed as a group, it's always one of either Scott, Seth, or Bob. If he was trying to get all 3 together for an interview, I'd see how that could be difficult to make happen.

Can't we all just play nice?

I don't really remember a majority of that thread, but if that's the case, I'm sorry to have made a fuss. All I know is my personal experience with the guy. When I have spoken with him privately and he was nothing but kind, and definitely was able to verify the fact that he has been in contact with TAB's publicist for some time now so he's probably not just BS'ing about the tickets/contest.

Dear all,

Yes yes let us lay it to rest, i am apologize for being a ghoul.

In other news the contest went brilliantly and seeing them in LA was great (but driving all the way to camp mather and missing them was horrible)
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year of the creek.