History Music / NickelCreek

Nickel Creek is an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Christopher Scott "Chris" Thile(born February 20, 1981; vocals, mandolin) and siblings Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981; vocals, fiddle) and Sean Charles Watkins (born February 18, 1977; guitar, vocals), with Chris' father Scott playing bass on their first albums. They were active from 1989–2007, and reunited in 2014. They began as a fairly typical [[Main/{{Bluegrass}} bluegrass]] group, but by the time of their second major label release ''This Side'', had branched out in a '''big''' way, forging a musical style that Chris dubbed "progressive folk".

To say nothing of each members' solo albums and various side projects. They disbanded in 2007 for "an indefinite period of time", so each could focus on a solo career. They reformed sometime during 2013, announcing a new album and tour dates for 2014, and have continued performing since.

Nickel Creek is an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of '''Christopher Scott "Chris" Thile''' (born February 20, 1981; vocals, mandolin) and siblings '''Sara Ullrika Watkins''' (born June 8, 1981; vocals, fiddle) and '''Sean Charles Watkins''' (born February 18, 1977; guitar, vocals), with Chris' father Scott playing bass on their first albums. They were active from 1989–2007, and reunited in 2014. They began as a fairly typical [[Main/{{Bluegrass}} bluegrass]] group, but by the time of their second major label release ''This Side'', had branched out in a '''big''' way, forging a musical style that Chris dubbed "progressive folk".

To say nothing of each members' solo albums and various side projects. They disbanded in 2007 for "an indefinite period of time", so each could focus on a solo career. They reformed sometime during 2013, announcing a new album and tour dates for 2014.

* ChildProdigy: All three members. At the time of their first performance, Sara and Chris were '''8''' and '''9''', respectively. Sean had actually hit double digits(12). The Thiles and Watkins' home-schooled all three due to the many bluegrass festivals they played at during their teenage years.

* MoodWhiplash: In between all the heavy songs of heartache on ''Why Should the Fire Die''?, along come two incredibly perky instrumental tracks: "Scotch & Chocolate" and "Stumptown".

* DoesNotLikeShoes: In "Speak", four unscrupulous girls who enter the theater put their feet up as soon as they sit down, and all of them are barefoot except for one in pants who has polka-dotted socks on. A scene where people crawl under them reveals there are no shoes under their seats, suggesting the girls even entered the theater in their bare feet (and socks) or laid them on top of the seats. In "Reasons Why", Sara is barefoot as she performs, shown from close-ups of her feet near the start of the music video.

* RollInTheHay: "Hayloft", naturally. And of course there's an OverprotectiveDad with a gun not far behind.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Calling even their self-titled major label debut "bluegrass" is a stretch. They grew increasingly difficult to classify as the years went on.

* MsFanservice: Between ''Nickel Creek'' and ''This Side'', Sara moved from wearing long dresses to tight shirts and blue jeans that showed off her curvy figure.