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Jefferson Swoonfest: Yorn and Kweller take Charlottesville
Indie rocker and Austinite Ben Kweller started the night off with quirky ballads and F-bomb laden folk rock.PHOTO BY TOM DALY
The energetic multi-instrumentalist serenaded all the birthday girls in the audience before playing fan favorites such as his 2006 single "Sundress."PHOTO BY TOM DALY
And then... heartthrob and singer-songwriter Pete Yorn took the stage.PHOTO BY TOM DALY
Yorn reached widespread audiences when his music was included in the film "Me, Myself, and Irene."PHOTO BY TOM DALY
The combination of his scruffy rocker persona and his singer-songwriter croonings helped his five or six albums gain popularity.PHOTO BY TOM DALY
Yorn utilized the Jefferson's projector to screen psychedelic scenes, sketched birds, and drops of fire behind his four-piece band throughout the night.PHOTO BY TOM DALY
Two summers ago, he toured as a Coldplay opener, but he owned this night.PHOTO BY TOM DALYPete Yorn, a 36-year-old New Jersey native, captured the hearts of hot-blooded Americans with his debut rock album, musicforthemorningafter, in 2001. Rolling Stone named him one of the "Ten Artists to Watch" that year. In Charlottesville, he partnered with multi-intrumentalist Ben Kweller for a sold-out show at the Jefferson Theater on Wednesday, March 16.
"I've been touring for ten years, but I've never played Charlottesville," said a surprisingly reticent Yorn after his third song. "I've been here once for a wedding though." The audience was more than willing to show him what he'd been missing...
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