Avett Brothers Fill The Missouri Theater With Energy

Posted on 03 March, 2010 | No Comments

By Beth Hoag
The night started with the opening band the Low Anthem. Playing in almost the same style as the Avett’s, the Low Anthem combined melodic melodies with sounds of upright bass, banjo and guitar. Anthem’s members also moved constantly around the stage playing instruments some of which were hard to indentify. Most impressive was the point near the end of one of their songs in which they asked members of the audience to call someone else in the audience and put their phones on speaker. The whole auditorium filled up with noises similar to what a cricket would make. The Low Anthem made a perfect opening act to the high energy of the Avett’s.
From the first notes on the stage the Avett Bros captured an energy that would remain throughout the entire performance. Mixing their folk-like tunes with dance-like motions from the players kept the audience wanting to dance. The stage was first set with a white background with teardrop shaped symbols. This background changed colors with the music sung. Purples, blues, reds and even oranges flashed across the stage mixing colors with the emotions felt by the music. Playing both old and new songs, you could see so many true fans knowing the words to everything.
Towards the middle of the performance, the screen lifted when the Avett’s played their title song off of their newest record, “I and Love and You.” For those not familiar with this song, the chorus sings “Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in. Are you in the shape I’m in? My hands they shake my head t spins. Ahh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.” As soon as the first Brooklyn was sung, the background lifted revealing the Brooklyn Bridge with a shot of New York in the distance. The lyrics seemed to take the audience right to the scene in the picture and straight to Brooklyn itself.
The energy felt from being transported into the music last all through the end of the performance when the Avett’s came back for a full encore with the audience standing up and dancing practically the whole time. This concert was proof that there is nothing like good music to make you happy and brighten the days of everyone who can hear it.

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