An old buddy of Justin Vernon of Bon Iver named Andy Schumann posted footage from 1998 when Vernon and his friends competed in a Battle of the Bands under the name Mount Vernon. The video of Mount Vernon features Vernon with a handful of his future collaborators, such as Phil Cook (DeYarmond Edison, Megafaun, Gayngs), Brad Cook (DeYarmond Edison, Megafaun), and Joe Westerlund (Megafaun, Grandma Sparrow).
See? Everyone has to start somewhere.
https://youtu.be/L2oRTeCkjsM
