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Posted in To Do | music on December 22, 2005
Chris Thile of Nickel Creek & Friends, Living Room
J Heartonastick keeps raving about Chris Thile and band, so I asked if he would do a guest post. Here it is.....
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Chris Thile is a musician's musician with a music fan's sense of fun.
The mandolinist for hit alt-bluegrass group Nickel Creek recently moved to New York and has started a side project with four other accomplished musicians (on guitar, banjo, bass, fiddle - a pair of them from southern jammers Leftover Salmon). Privately, they're putting together a serious, multi-part suite; publicly, they're having a lot of fun. The group played its first show ever at The Living Room last month to a packed-to-overflowing room, mixing originals, standards, and inspired covers (Radiohead's "Morning Bell," Wilco's "Poor Places"). I personally don't know blue from grass, but thought the show was amazing; the room's collective jaw was on the floor.
Hopefully, this will turn into a monthly residency. They're back again tonight (Dec 22, 2005) with two shows (10PM and 11:15PM). Tix are $12 and are here.
Listen to Thile's "other band": Music Cherry posted Nickel Creek's cover of Britney Spears' Toxic, and here's their Grammy-nominated instrumental Scotch & Chocolate (mp3)
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Posted on December 22, 2005 2:49 PM
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Comments (6)
I saw Nickel Creek perform once. Thile is an amazing talent.
Posted by Coolfer | December 22, 2005 5:18 PM
I'm with coolfer here, thile, and the rest of Nickel Creek, is amazingly talented. I love their work with Glen Phillips
Posted by wes | December 23, 2005 5:37 AM
Dave- leftover salmon is from boulder, co, just like me. Happy holidays! -Carla
Posted by carla | December 23, 2005 11:33 AM
That's my bad, Carla; the Cajun sound travels well, I guess. Thx.
Posted by J | December 23, 2005 12:07 PM
I saw them play a wedding once. cheers.
Posted by carla | December 23, 2005 12:40 PM
Many, many moons ago my father took me to bluegrass festival outside of ashville NC. Thile blew everyone away as a 11 year old mandolin phenom. I still have the album my dad bought me that day.
Posted by harry | December 24, 2005 7:26 AM