PARK CITY - Nickel Creek is one of those bands that when you look at the trio's instruments - mandolin, violin and acoustic guitar - you think you know what you're going to get. 

Nickel Creek is a great band because that can't be further from the truth.
   
Mandolin ace Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins certainly do provide the mellow folk and traditional bluegrass their instruments would seem to dictate. But the trio of 20-something Californians also spent parts of their excellent, sold-out Friday night concert in Park City delivering covers of Radiohead ("Nice Dream"), The Band ("Up in Cripple Creek") and Randy Newman ("Short People"), not to mention a wickedly fun, and funny, version of Britney Spears' "Toxic."
 
Nickel Creek has played in Utah several times since its self-titled debut album arrived in 2000, performing at venues ranging from bars like the Zephyr Club to outdoor amphitheaters like Red Butte Garden. Never has the group been any more self-assured and expressive on stage than at Friday's show.
 
The musicians themselves, abetted by a stand-up bass player, were typically animated. Thile strutted the stage all night in a slick suit, pounding out rhythms with his feet and blasting through insanely intricate mandolin parts with both fire and finesse. The Watkins siblings are more subdued, but both took turns chatting up the crowd and ripping out repeated tasty solos. More>>>

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posted by ADMIN @ Sunday, December 04, 2005