NICKEL CREEK

NICKEL CREEK (1990–present: Sara Watkins [fdl, voc]; Shawn Watkins [gtr, mdln, voc]; Chris Thiele [bnj, mdln, voc]; Scott Thiele [b], replaced by Derek Jones in 2001) Nickel Creek is a photogenic new BLUEGRASS band championed by ALISON KRAUSS . Like many bluegrass groups, Nickel Creek is a family affair. The Watkinses and Thieles were raised in southern California, long a country-music mecca. Both families were patrons at a Carlsbad pizzeria that featured the newgrass band Bluegrass Etc…