The group received two Grammy nominations: Best Bluegrass Album and Best Country Instrumental for the song “Ode to a Butterfly”. The trio was nominated at the Country Music Awards for Best Vocal Group and the Horizon Award and were named one of the “Five Music Innovators of the Millennium” by…
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The band went on tour and opened eleven shows for Lyle Lovett in the summer of 2000 and appeared on Austin City Limits in January 2001 with Dolly Parton . A month later, Parton invited Nickel Creek to perform as her backup band at the 2001 Grammy Awards. The trio…
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Nickel Creek’s first performance was at That Pizza Place in Carlsbad, California , in 1989 with Scott Thile, Chris’ father, playing string bass . The oldest of the Watkins children, Sean was only twelve years old at the time. At the start of Nickel Creek’s history, Chris Thile played guitar…
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