This is a brief recap of the Watkins Family Hour show at Largo at the Coronet on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Click the title to read more
Tag: Nickel Creek
Find Where I Belong
It had been a while since I last attended a Watkins Family Hour show and with the addition of a couple guests I wanted to see, it was a no-brainer to head up to Largo at the Coronet for the show on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. I will jump right into the set list and the recap of the concert. Sara Watkins started the show off with an fiddle tune (no name check), with Sean Watkins quickly joining in on his guitar. “Love Needs a Heart” Jackson Browne cover. The pair talked about how they had recently been in Canada
Ain’t Too Many Folks Can Play Too Many Notes
I was so lucky to see mandolin player extraordinaire Chris Thile in concert at my favorite venue, Largo at the Coronet, on Sunday, March 27, 2016. I am not going to go into lengthy details about Chris other than to mention I have seen him play a few times before with Nickel Creek, with the Punch Brothers, and as a soloist. Would I be talking him up too much if I said his gifts on the mandolin are unparalleled? How do you warm up an audience for one of the foremost music geniuses of our time? Apparently, with feats of