Seth Avett

Timothy Seth Avett (born July 30, 1980) is an American musician and one of the lead singers and founding members of the American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Avett sings and plays guitar, drums, bass, and piano for the band based out of Concord, North Carolina. In 2008, their album, The Second Gleam, reached the number ten spot on Billboard.com's Top Independent Albums chart, and stayed there for three weeks.

Background Seth Avett is the son of Susie and Jim Avett of Concord, North Carolina. He is the youngest of three children. Bonnie, his older sister, was born in 1973, and Scott, his older brother, was born in 1976. Seth was born in Charlotte on July 30, 1980. His father owned a welding business in Concord, and his mother was a school teacher.

The Avett Brothers

Seth and Scott were heavily involved with their respective bands during their college years. During this time, Scott was playing with Nemo in Greenville, and Seth was involved with the Charlotte-based band Margo. Seth Avett was lead singer and played lead guitar, Noah Warner was drummer/guitarist/singer/writer, Kenny Graham was back-up guitarist, and Ben Sawyer was bass guitarist. Margo had the song "Dumbfight" published on a compilation album with the California production company Rodelle Records. (Scott has been quoted classifying Margo's music as "melodic rock".)

The Brothers, along with guitarist/founding member John Twomey, decided to merge the bands while maintaining the name "Nemo" in 1998. The Avett Brothers were formed during the Nemo days with fellow Nemo guitarist/founding member John Twomey. During this time, the name was changed to The Avett Brothers while Nemo and The Avett Brothers continued touring as separate bands. Bob Crawford later joined that band in 2001 when Twomey quit both bands. Eventually, Nemo disbanded, and with the addition of acoustic instruments and bassist Bob Crawford of Charlotte, The Avett Brothers were formed.

In 2003, The Avett Brothers were introduced to Dolph Ramseur, the owner of Ramseur Records, an independent record label in Concord. Since the year 2000, The Avett Brothers have released 11 albums (seven with Ramseur). In late 2007, The Avett Brothers added cellist Joe Kwon, a graduate of the University of North Carolina and then-member of Big Pretty and the Red Rockets to their roster. They made a 2007 appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, signed in 2008 to the Columbia record label, and had the number one album (Emotionalism) on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The year brings their first release with Columbia on September 29 and performances as the opening act for both the Dave Matthews Band and Widespread Panic.

In 2015, Avett and actress Jennifer Carpenter became engaged while expecting their first child, a son born later that year. Carpenter and Avett married in May 2016.