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Dylan McDonald and The Avians deliver an intoxicating brand of eclectic rock reminiscent of John Lennon, Neil Young, Tom Petty, while creating their own path and making a distinct mark on the musical landscape. \u201cThat comparison is flattering,\u201d McDonald admits. \u201cThey are such influences to use musically that it makes sense that people hear it in our music, but I am humbled anyway.\u201d McDonald is the sole songwriter on the record and the son of five-time GRAMMY Award-winner Michael McDonald. \u201cSometimes it is frustrating because people expect to hear my dad\u2019s iconic voice in me\u2026and it\u2019s just not there. Musically we are very different,\u201d McDonald says.

The band features McDonald on lead vocals and guitar, Daniel DeMonico on lead guitar, Matt Heasley on keys, Taylor Lonardo on bass guitar and Joshua Cobb on drums, and singer Lo Carter on vocals.

Although DeMonico and McDonald have played together for many years, the current incarnation has come together within the last year. Before the band \u201cevolved\u201d to The Avians, it was called Dylan McDonald and the Stay Highs-- a nod to a certain segment of society. He jokes, \u201cWell, my dad was a Doobie Brother!\u201d

\u201cThis band is different than any that I have been in,\u201d Cobb confides. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot more old school because we record live. It\u2019s all recorded live in the studio and not many bands do that anymore\u2026.It\u2019s about being together. I enjoy doing these songs that way. To me, it is like showing respect to the past.\u201d
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