{"id":1750,"date":"2008-03-03T15:35:04","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/03\/brad-avery-leaves-third-day.html"},"modified":"2008-03-03T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T15:35:04","slug":"brad-avery-leaves-third-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/03\/brad-avery-leaves-third-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Brad Avery Leaves Third Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thirddaypresspicforic.jpg\"The reverb from their 10th anniversary DVD\/compilation album hasn’t completely died down (in my car at least) when Third Day, one of the most successful Christian bands<\/a> to come out of Nashville, announced that rhythm guitarist Brad Avery was quitting the band to pursue solo projects.
\nThe band’s press release<\/a> was terse but seemingly supportive of Avery. Perhaps the best clue as to why he’s leaving came late last year, when Avery told a crowd, a propos of the arrival of a yet another daughter, this one adopted from China, “I’m a lot older than you think I am.” After a thousand shows from here to Australia, Avery might just need to get off the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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