Bon Iver

Biography

Bon Iver is the most successful to date project conceived by the performer and songwriter Justine Vernon. Its name is most likely a corruption of the spelling of the French collocation ‘good winter’. Winter was the season when the Bon Iver idea became a reality. The music for his only so far album was recorded in the picturesque mountain area in Wisconsin. While studying at the World Religious faculty and playing for the all-state football team, energetic Vernon joined the indie-rock band DeYarmond Edison. With the view to get their name known far beyond the borders of the native city, the musicians relocated to North Carolina. Although group was working hard and productively there, the new place was not friendly to Vernon. He conflicted with the rest of the band and broke up with his girlfriend. Deep in confusion and despair, Justine he came back home.

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