Last winter a young bluegrass group called the Abrams Brothers filed off their bus at the CMT offices after a long and snowy trip from their home in Canada.

 

Groups or artists stop by and perform here once in a while, but this band of two brothers and a cousin was especially memorable. They were definitely a bluegrass group and had the type of chops that would be at home on the Grand Ole Opry stage — which they played in 2005 — but being teenagers, they were also very eager to experiment with the genre.

 

One song in particular showed that — a well thought-out arrangement of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida.” I’m glad to see that now they have a video to go along with the track, so enjoy as they walk crowded city streets singing about a once-powerful king on the verge of losing it all.

 

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i cannot see whatever you tried to post ian

hmmm interesting.

they've definitely got talent.

The banjo and violin add an interesting twist to the song.

 

I really like it :D

terrific. I loved it. :clap:

i cannot see whatever you tried to post ian

work here. Flash enabled etc?

Beautiful cover, I really love it

(anywhere I can find the mp3 of it?)

'mazing...

 

:heart:

 

ps..Is that Satriani trying to hitch a lift....?...lolz

 

:D

i like it

:D!! that was great! a download link would be awesome! *that reminds me, have to fix my sig :rolleyes:* :D!!!!!

Shhh..!

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?wmqmm42kiij

 

 

Myspace http://www.myspace.com/theabramsbrothers - there's two other songs there...lyrics not quite my thing but the violin/banjo/etc sounds lovely...

Excellent.

 

That's the spirit !

 

Go boys go !

I like it. :) It's fresh and brave - they definetely do it their own way, which makes it good. Really interesting. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the tip, Ian. :nice:

Bluegrass is cool.:cool:

Shhh..!

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?wmqmm42kiij

 

 

Myspace http://www.myspace.com/theabramsbrothers - there's two other songs there...lyrics not quite my thing but the violin/banjo/etc sounds lovely...

 

:sneaky:

*grabs the url and sneakily runs away*

 

:lol: "we gotta be sneaky charlie, sneaky!" :laugh3:

They did an awesome job ... very sweet ya. :)

THAT'S how you're supposed to do a cover! Don't change up the words or the melody or rhythm, just add a little spin to it that's all. And I hate country!!

I love it! Very well done. And I don't even like country or bluegrass. They're all really cute too, which doesn't hurt. :heart: Do they remind anyone else of the Jonas Brothers?

hmm, i don't know how i feel about this.

it's not horrible or anything, but i don't think i like it very much. they did a good job, though. :)

Do they remind anyone else of the Jonas Brothers?

 

What an insult!!:shocked2:

Well i'm not a fan of this kind of music, but this was really well done!!

I actually enjoyed it, which is a first for a VLV cover :P

That was awesome!!

Do they remind anyone else of the Jonas Brothers?

No, see, these guys have talent.

wow this was interesting but i liked it. :)

I enjoyed that!!