Nickel Creek

Formed: 1989 in San Diego, CA

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Genre: Country, Folk, Pop/Rock

Group Members: Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Scott Thile

Biography: Distinguished by their youth and eclectic taste, Nickel Creek became a word-of-mouth sensation on the progressive bluegrass scene and soon found their appeal spreading beyond the genre's core audience. Guitarist Sean Watkins, fiddler Sara Watkins (his younger sister), and mandolin/banjo/bouzouki player ...Read full biography

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Nickel Creek

Released: 2000

Label: Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp.

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Few artists will offer the story of a lighthouse, sung in the first person, but Nickel Creek has a flair for the unusual. "The Lighthouse's Tale," is but one of a dozen good reasons to enjoy this self-titled ...Read full review

This Side

Released: 2002

Label: Sugar Hill

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This Side, Nickel Creek's sophomore release, finds bandmembers Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins out of their teens and into their twenties after playing together for 12 years. The southern California ...Read full review

More Nickel Creek albums: Main Albums (4), Compilations (1), Singles & EPs (2)

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