Nickel Creek in Andy May's Acoustic Kids - Walnut Valley Festival, 1995

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A very young Nickel Creek in 1995. Joining Chris Thile (mandolin), Sara Watkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar) is Chris' dad, Scott, on bass.
This was the third year Nickel Creek had taken part in the showcase, and Sean had participated as a solo performer in 1992. Chris won the National Mandolin Championship at the festival in 1993 - the same year Nickel Creek debuted in Acoustic Kids. Sean and Sara also scored high in the contests that year. (See article: andymay.com/?p=...) Starting in 1994, Nickel Creek was on the Walnut Valley Festival roster for several years. They continued to participate in Acoustic Kids and did a lot of back-stage mentoring of younger showcase participants during that time. Some of those younger kids, who are now adults, have told us that those visits were inspirational then and cherished memories now. Thanks, Nickel Creek!
Already consummate professionals by the time this video was made, Chris, Sean, and Sara went on to take the acoustic music world by storm. (www.nickelcreek...) Andy gives some background as the stage crew sets the mics, then the music starts at 2:17.
Video: recorded by Legleiter Video (legvideo.com)
Walnut Valley Festival: wvfest.com
Andy May's non-competitive Acoustic Kids Showcases: acoustickids.com
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@budg.6094 3 года назад

Whatever adult act that was scheduled to go on after this: “Uh, I don’t think so.”

@davidsawyer988 Год назад

“I pity the fool.” 😂😂😂

@Critter145 Год назад

For real though!🤣💯

@allegrafrost Год назад

oh my gosh right😭

@kathyklein2876 Год назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@lorenzosarli2310 2 года назад

No one really mentions Sean but he’s got mad skills too.

@Desertpunk1986 Год назад

I’ve always loved his presence, and he can sing too.

@brucedelamotte1990 Год назад

He’s my favourite singer of the three!

@ty9884 Год назад

Very true. He's the glue.

@ty9884 Год назад

I love how their bass players are kind of like the drummers for Spinal Tap.

@jasonpickett4859 3 года назад

I saw Nickel Creek the 1st time a year after this, in 1996. Scott Thile was teaching music at the university I attended (Murray State University), so the Thile family was living in western Kentucky. They played an event at the university, and I was blown away. A couple of years later, Chris started attending MSU, and I saw him several times playing around between classes at the Campus Coffee Shop. He was only there for a year. He left to go on tour with Dolly Parton - like a lot of college freshmen are prone to doing.

@bstimy 3 года назад

Lol, good one.

@pascalsavy1306 2 года назад

@@bstimy sounds like you don’t believe him?

@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 2 года назад

Durrrrrrrrrrr

@ty9884 Год назад

@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 He and Sara have played with everybody but Jesus.

@StephenRahrig 3 года назад

How tf are some comments like “they were talented kids, nice 😐” I’m over here trying to scoop my brains back into my skull

@TheDallasDwayne Год назад

Listening to Celebrants and thinking how far they’ve come.

@Suire1000 3 года назад

this is probably how they sounded right out of the womb. Incredible talent.

@wendysgarden4283 3 года назад

Funny, but I'm sure as you're aware, this is thousands of hours of work to get to this level. 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. : )

@velvetunderpants44 Год назад

I had exactly the same thought. I was thinking "Is that Chris Thile..?" Then he started playing...

@TheGumbyGuy Год назад

Chris Thile started begging his parents for a mandolin when he was TWO. Dude was born to do this.

@curtisgrindahl446 3 года назад

Sara kills it! Then Chris kills it! Then Sean kills it! Talk about talent.

@RVMRNNR 3 года назад

Chris Thile was 14 at the time…with skills like that he could have gotten his license and a voters’ registration card. Incredible talent from everyone onstage.

@wendysgarden4283 3 года назад

It's so funny to see him at least a foot too short! He hadn't hit his growth spurt yet at this point.

@sethangel4334 7 лет назад

I love Sara adjusting the sound guy on the fly at 3:15...

@xyzcomp08 3 года назад

She still does this! Sara knows what she wants.

@keithclark486 Год назад

That's the way it is with any band with the monitors on stage especially acoustic bands on their instruments.

@Esmith5488 6 месяцев назад

She did it last night lol

@mikehamilton7668 6 лет назад

When I was their age picking to me was done on the nose, and i even had problems with that. Why in the world would anyone give this a thumb down?

@drewby613 Год назад

I remember losing to these kids back in around ‘92, a small festival in Arizona. They were competing under the name “Seldom Clean,” but it was this line-up, and they beat the pants off everybody that day.

@catherineyoung3889 Месяц назад

I'll be their MOMS gave them that name🤣🤣🤣

@DustinDavis-u9e 5 месяцев назад

I’ve been playing music since I was about that same age & I see now I should’ve taken up golf a long time ago !!! They’ve always been a phenomenal band , killer players & killer vocals & great harmonies but I didn’t realize at tgat young age they were that great!!

@stephanieouellettevandenzen 3 года назад

I love that all of the people who saw their new 2021 videos have been brought here! One of the best groups of all time. Amazing chemistry since day one, clearly!

@glorygloryholeallelujah 3 года назад

The 11 dislikes are from the kids that had to perform after them. Still salty about it to this very day...😆

@thejigantics2641 3 года назад

Wish I’d thought to say that 😀 I heard they came second in a competition some time before this.....I wonder who came first and what happened to them

@glorygloryholeallelujah 3 года назад

@@thejigantics2641 really!? Either they had one heck of an “off day,” or the winners were basically wizards....😆

@jefferypadgett334 3 года назад

Jesus, they had it even back then! Great harmonies, Chris absolutely blazing on the mandolin. One of my favorite groups ever!

@nayrreztiewhcs1225 3 года назад

Thats it....my mandolin will make a fine bird house 🤡

@Tubie1111 3 года назад

Yeah, he was a child prodigy. 😊

@JustFiddler 3 года назад

@@Tubie1111 indeed. he is my hero. He is not from the earth

@AmysMusic7 3 года назад

Bahahaha!! 😂 totally… but he also got to his 10,000 hours of playing mandolin before most😉

@wreckgarr50 Год назад

I used to see Chris at the local music store in college. Amazing player. Guy was just born with it.

@number1cabdriveriniowacity736 3 года назад

I’m glad these kids grew up to be good, finally. Kidding. This was marvelous.

@caseylrand 8 лет назад

Dude....this is insane.

@OhioWeddingOfficiant 4 года назад

I was thinking the EXACT same thing. I thought I was about to get rickrolled. :D

@59markr 4 года назад

The promise of things to come so evident! Thank you Walnut Valley Festival, 1995!!

@jerryhorton5708 11 месяцев назад

So much talent in such young folk. Surprised they didn’t explode from the talent overload

@SyreenInSapphire Год назад

I wouldn't believe that kids could have this level of skill if i weren't hearing it myself. I only found Nickel Creek a decade or so ago, but I'm so glad they are still together

@charlietango5163 2 года назад

What a blessing they are! I've loved them since I first heard them 20 years ago! Keep singing Nickel Creek!

@pawadventures5544 3 года назад

That was amazing, I had no idea they had been playing together that long. 👍🏻

@riceflatpicking4954 2 года назад

Pretty sure they started before the age of 10 playing together

@ty9884 Год назад

@@riceflatpicking4954 1989. Sara was 7.

@jerrylives2278 Год назад

Chris Thile and I are the same age and 1995 is the year I learned to play guitar. These guys were better than I ever be already this year...it boggles the mind! I sure enjoy this clip!

@indianajim Год назад

I graduated High School in 1995 and they’ve become one of my favorite bands. This is the youngest I’ve seen them before.

@settledownjs 11 месяцев назад

Saw them for the first time 2023 and got a setlist. They were wonderful. This video goes to show how long they've been doing it at a high level.

@alexhusko 11 месяцев назад

Wow just wow. I didn’t know how deep those Nickel Creek roots were until I saw this.

@HearturMind 3 года назад

Loved them live at Merlefest, Wilkesboro, NC way back when. Their first two records still make me cry.

@onnieduvall2565 3 года назад

They were great 21 years ago as kids. Even better today.

@tjoe2722 7 лет назад

just... speechless

@acousticshadow4032 Год назад

Can't believe how polished they are at such a young age.

@Dulcimerea 9 лет назад

Music heaven....

@dosanchoas 3 года назад

had NO idea they were such accomplished musicians as young'ins... (no "overnight sensations" here!!)

@josie4065 Год назад

I remember one day when I was four years old, when we went to one of Nickel Creek's concerts, but my older sister and I were too young, so we had to stay out in the van with my mom while my dad and four oldest siblings went inside. I grew up listening to Nickel Creek, but never realized for several years, just what I missed that day.

@BobCampbelldev Год назад

I was at Winfield that year and while I don't remember this performance, I do remember seeing Chris sitting at a vendor booth, noodling around on mandolin while chatting with people. I couldn't believe how clean these throwaway licks were that he was just tossing out there. It wasn't a performance as such, but it was striking to me how much talent *and practice* was sat right there. I saw a performance in Lawrence, KS maybe 10 years after this that still ranks as about my favourite concert ever. Amazing performers, all of them.

@austenrobinson2747 Год назад

They are all spectacular players. Chris might be the best musician alive today in any genre his skill level even then was so advanced.

@brittany3230 2 года назад

Okay Chris keeping that same energy!! 👏 Love this so much!

@johnpaul9606 Год назад

OMG! look how young they are.

@ralphh.2200 6 лет назад

...as sweet as honey pulled out from a forgotten shelf....

@willb5240 4 года назад

Wow! A very talented trio right from the start.. Never seen them this young before.. Great video.

@PoetlaureateNFDL Год назад

Wow! They crushed it! 🎉🎉

@andstr4150 8 месяцев назад

well this blew my mind.

@louisevad6091 Год назад

A fine young wine that aged into vintage wine

@williamrobertson6989 3 года назад

Soooo.... its just always been this way !!???? O_o

@northupupgrages09 2 года назад

They are one of my favorites!!!! ❤️ So young, I've never seen this video. So talented 👏

@user-cw8ug6jw2x 2 года назад

I love them! They're so talented! 🤩

@Lovingoods3 Год назад

wow they were awesome from the beginning

@tonyalewis9053 3 года назад

I saw them at WVF several years; great musicians & folks!

@jimyoung9262 3 года назад

Love Nickel Creek

@nfragala 3 года назад

This is excellent! Love to see this band all those years ago.

@jmmyheffernan 9 лет назад

VERY NICE Andy !!!!!!!!!!!1

@Dan0__ 2 года назад

Well that was phenomenal...

@andrewkeith9730 2 года назад

This is fucking incredible

@sarahbrueggemann9249 2 года назад

I remember watching them at Winfield when I was a kid.

@turdfurgeson1643 Год назад

Sara Watkins. Just wow. Woof. Yikes. Sell my soul for a hug. She a legend.

@donaldbutcher1260 Год назад

My how they've grown!

@greekflatpicker 3 года назад

Crazy good

@garyedwards3269 3 года назад

And I'm watching the stars from Serenity...

@austenrobinson2747 5 месяцев назад

The only way you play the mandolin like that at that age is your a prodigy. He could outplay most pros at that age and now without a doubt is the best in the world. Incredible.

@neildesperandum6114 3 года назад

Superb.

@heidigilsonmusic2800 2 года назад

A treasure!!!!!

@alro11 Год назад

they are so little!

@kelliv2995 3 года назад

Awesome 👏🏼

@mf5202 4 года назад

I don't think the MC knew what he was dealing with...

@jaltman1981 Год назад

I think that kid in the middle will get better at the mandolin

@BobWarnerBarn 2 года назад

Nice 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

@garyedwards3269 3 года назад

Music starts at 2:22. It's quite good.

@JayKloosterman 4 года назад

You don't have to a mountain is on their self released Nickel Creek... Not the commercial self titled one

@rogersilverstein2095 3 года назад

They released a live version of "You Don't Have to Move That Mountain" on Reasons Why, their greatest hits CD.

@dirtybrokebored2678 Год назад

NICKLE CREEK AT FUCKING WINFIELD? Dude this is wild

@ethansolomon4613 Год назад

Did the mountain and stumbling block song ever make an album? cover song?

@jondoe8889 2 года назад

Chris' dad - or security? Not surprising. He knows his way around a bass!

@DoenerDuesentrieb Год назад

loool how awesome is that

@CreamyBone 3 года назад

It's hard to get an electric bass to sit right in this style music

@joshuakatherine6251 3 года назад

Right, but I think you're missing the point.

@bhawley1000 3 года назад

Hot Rize did pretty well with electric bass

@CreamyBone 3 года назад

@@bhawley1000 So did NGR and early Lonesome River Band 😉

@jasonsmith4291 2 года назад

That good but that would been a good place for some Jocko 10 year old that been on the fretless bass especially if they would have been as good as Sarah Watkins her brother or Chris thile

@TheaLorraine Год назад

i did not know n,c. was around in 95

@henrywebstermusic1 Год назад

They’re so small that the mandolin looks like a normal-sized instrument 😂

@TheAcydbuzz Год назад

I was first introduced to Nickel Creek sometime in the early 2000's at a music festival in Jackson, MS. One in which I attended for the purpose of seeing Bob Dylan. Not impressed really, I wandered to another stage and stopped to check out this cute chick sawing on a fiddle like she's Johnny battling the Devil. Since that day, when I feel like a few bluegrass tunes, Nickel Creek is my goto. Which is slightly odd since I know Jerry Douglas personally (well, my aunt does actually) and have met Alison Krauss.

@TuckerJames16 3 года назад

Somebody mind telling me the name of the first song?

@ScooterBob69 3 года назад

Sara!! {:^D

@sarafina03 3 года назад

😲

@BryanBowser 3 года назад

How old were they at that time?

@eboethrasher 3 года назад

14, 14, and 18, roughly. Depending on the month.

@jyutzler 6 месяцев назад

And this is why bluegrass is such a niche. Kids can play it and once you learn the technique, there is nowhere to go with it. They were smart to pivot to more of a folk hybrid.

@Tubie1111 3 года назад

Chris is so tiny! 🙊