Photo entitled "Parade 1981" from the Rock Springs History Archives, January 1981
It's funny that a song from the Avett Brothers' Mignonette popped up on the Jukebox today - it was almost exactly a year ago today that I purchased the CD. Over the past year, though, I'll admit that Mignonette has been my most neglected Avett Brothers album. I listen to the ones that followed it more often - this is probably attributable to (a) the fact that Mignonette is an intimidating 75-minute concept album, which I'm not always in the mood for, and (b) I tend to think of the older Avetts' albums as more "bluegrassy" than the recent releases. Listening to Mignonette now, though, I don't think the latter factor really holds any water.
Take "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane", for instance. Sure, it's all about that strummed banjo, but that's no bluegrass banjo - it gets attacked with a savagery that can only be compared to the percussive banjo used by proto-punks the Monks. The song also has a fuzz-guitar solo and some nice, shouty vocals. There's a little twang to he chorus melody, but "Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane" is really just a big fuzzy pop song.
"Pretty Girl From Cedar Lane" by the Avett Brothers
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