Jefferson Swoonfest: Yorn and Kweller take Charlottesville
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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 DALY
Pete 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...