I have to say that I was thoroughly disappointed with the Avett Bro's portion of the show. The bro's performance was excellent; but the sound was just awful.

I found that the sound was overly loud all day, though tolerable well off to sides of the stage. One had to shout, I mean really SHOUT just to be heard by a person standing next to you. However, when the Avett Bro's came on, the sound was easily twice as loud as earlier. One could shout at the top of one's lungs and not be able to hear one's self! Needless to say any communication with friends was impossible. I saw children upset with the loudness. The brothers voices were clipped as the amps/speakers were overdriven. Balance between the different instruments sucked. One of the great pleasures of the Avett Brothers is the emotive nature of so many of their songs. However, even the quietest of them came across like a chorus of air-horns. I had to walk more than 500 ft away to be able to listen to them. Around me was a steady stream of disappointed-looking folks who left during their show.

As I said, the performance was excellent, though, Scott, you looked like you were dragged straight from bed to the stage:). However, the sound crew blew it.

The Avett performance aside; it was a great day! I highly recommend the Appel Farm Music Festival