Cameron Burnette from "The Ghost Ballerinas" watching Mumford and Sons performing "The Cave" LIVE @ Bonnaroo 2011 Music Festival, Manchester, Tennessee. Shot on Canon T2i DSLR with Tokina 11-16mm wide angle lens. Check out Nashville Tennessee's own alternative band, "Cameron Burnette & The Ghost Ballerinas" on Facebook, iTunes and MySpace. Since they formed in December 2007, the members of Mumford & Sons have shared a common purpose: to make music that matters, without taking themselves too seriously. Four young men from West London in their early twenties, they have fire in their bellies, romance in their hearts, and rapture in their masterful, melancholy voices. They are staunch friends - Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane - who bring their music to us with the passion and pride of an old-fashioned, much-cherished, family business. They create a gutsy, old-time sound that marries the magic of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with the might of Kings Of! Leon, and their incredible energy draws us in quickly to their circle of songs, to the warmth of their stories, and to their magical community of misty-eyed men. The four friends were playing various instruments in various bands in London throughout the summer of 2007. They were united to perform impromptu renditions of Marcus' earliest attempts at song-writing in front of crowds of friends in sweaty underground folk nights in the capital. They bonded over their love of country, bluegrass and folk ...
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