Avett is a modern-day Renaissance man. He’s a beloved Appalachian folk musician. Up at the crack of dawn farmer. Served in the Navy during Vietnam. A social worker for a period. And a welder for almost four decades. He’s traveled across the country and around the world, never once losing that childlike wonder that resides at the crossroads of curiosity, discovery and adventure.

He’s also the father to Scott and Seth Avett (aka: The Avett Brothers), where the apple of the massively successful sibling Americana act doesn’t fall far from the tree that is Jim Avett.

Just like his sons, Avett is a lifelong musician and storyteller in every facet of human interaction — whether he realizes it or not — which is all in a subconscious and conscious effort to share and radiate the unique beauty, sounds and culture of Western North Carolina and greater Southern Appalachia.

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