Friday, June 01, 2007
avett brothers @ the southgate house, newport ky
Last night Sara, Sam Handwich, Nathan, Michelle, Charley The Intern and I drove up to the Southgate House in Newport to see The Avett Brothers.
It was an awesome show. Sara even said it surpassed the Damien Rice show that had previously held the title of "Favorite Concert Ever" for her. Michelle and Charley were only peripherally aware of the Avetts but I think they left the show as new devotees.
Here's some pictures.
First up, the Southgate House:
The very fancy marquee:
Charley and Sara waiting for the show to begin:
The Colonel told us to try and get the seats right above the stage on the right side. We snagged them with no problem. At first I was a little concerned that we might be staring at the back of their heads all night - and Charley was concerned about the sound. Turns out, though, we had a really nice view because they didn't stand still very much. And the sound was awesome because we were getting their monitor mix and the actual stage sound. We also got to see a lot of the stage business you miss in the crowd:
The real reason Sara loved the show was because at one point Nathan yelled out a request and the Avett's noticed us above them for the first time. Scott Avett said, "Hey y'all!" and waved at Sara:
As awesome as our seats were, I also thought it'd be nice to see them from the front, so I went to the back of the room to snap a picture:
There was some instrument abuse at the end of the encore:
Including a particularly risky move by the bassist, Bob Crawford, I thought:
There are more pictures on my flickr page. We got shots of Bob and Seth looking our way too, but I'm gonna try and lighten them up a little when I get home today because they're kinda dark. I also got a couple of videos that I'll post once I get a chance to compress them.
It was a rockin' night. Dirty and the Colonel had both planned on going, but had to bow out for various reasons. Suckers!
Glad you got to sit in the "Colonel Box" of the Southgate House...It is quite a fine section.
Looks like the show was awesome and I hate that I had to miss it...but I'm a dedicated employee.
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It was an awesome show. Sara even said it surpassed the Damien Rice show that had previously held the title of "Favorite Concert Ever" for her. Michelle and Charley were only peripherally aware of the Avetts but I think they left the show as new devotees.
Here's some pictures.
First up, the Southgate House:
The very fancy marquee:
Charley and Sara waiting for the show to begin:
The Colonel told us to try and get the seats right above the stage on the right side. We snagged them with no problem. At first I was a little concerned that we might be staring at the back of their heads all night - and Charley was concerned about the sound. Turns out, though, we had a really nice view because they didn't stand still very much. And the sound was awesome because we were getting their monitor mix and the actual stage sound. We also got to see a lot of the stage business you miss in the crowd:
The real reason Sara loved the show was because at one point Nathan yelled out a request and the Avett's noticed us above them for the first time. Scott Avett said, "Hey y'all!" and waved at Sara:
As awesome as our seats were, I also thought it'd be nice to see them from the front, so I went to the back of the room to snap a picture:
There was some instrument abuse at the end of the encore:
Including a particularly risky move by the bassist, Bob Crawford, I thought:
There are more pictures on my flickr page. We got shots of Bob and Seth looking our way too, but I'm gonna try and lighten them up a little when I get home today because they're kinda dark. I also got a couple of videos that I'll post once I get a chance to compress them.
It was a rockin' night. Dirty and the Colonel had both planned on going, but had to bow out for various reasons. Suckers!
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Glad you got to sit in the "Colonel Box" of the Southgate House...It is quite a fine section.
Looks like the show was awesome and I hate that I had to miss it...but I'm a dedicated employee.
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