Sara Watkins

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Sara Watkins
Sara in the music video for This Side.
Background information
Birth name	Sara Ullrika Watkins.[1]
Born	June 8, 1981 (age 25)
Origin	Vista, California
Genre(s)	Bluegrass Folk Country
Occupation(s)	Musician Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Fiddle Ukulele
Years active	1994 - Present
Label(s)	Sugar Hill Records
Associated acts	Nickel Creek Mutual Admiration Society Darol Anger Sean Watkins Jonny Lang Ray LaMontagne

Sara Watkins, (born June 8, 1981) is a fiddler, vocalist, and songwriter, and is one third of the contemporary bluegrass/folk band Nickel Creek. Her brother Sean Watkins, also a member of Nickel Creek, plays guitar and sings in the group. Nickel Creek recently participated in a project dubbed Mutual Admiration Society, a collaboration with former Toad The Wet Sprocket singer Glen Phillips. They were joined on a 2004 tour by the stellar rhythm section of John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on bass and Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello & the Attractions/Imposters) on drums. Sara also performs with her brother Sean in a group called Watkins Family Hour, which she has been doing the past few years. The Watkins Family Hour usually is the Watkins duo with special guests, occasionally performing at the Largo. In 2006 she toured with the violinist Darol Anger.

Sara plans on releasing a self-produced solo album in the spring of 2007.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Solo 1.2 Collaborations and guest appearances 1.3 Nickel Creek 2 References

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo

• To be announced, 2007 (tentative)

[edit] Collaborations and guest appearances

• Pickin' On ZZ Top [1] (Various Artists, 2000)
• Pickin' On Rolling Stones: A Tribute [2] (Various Artists, 2000)
• Let It Fall (Sean Watkins, 2001)
• Not All Who Wander Are Lost (Chris Thile, 2001)
• Full Moon's Daughter (Randy Phillips)
• Trouble (Ray LaMontagne, 2004)
• Turn Around (Jonny Lang, 2006)
• Sweet Warrior (Richard Thompson, 2007)

[edit] Nickel Creek

• Little Cowpoke (1993)
• Here to There (1997)
• Nickel Creek (2000)
• This Side (2002)
• Rare Live Tracks (2003)
• Why Should the Fire Die? (2005)
• Reasons Why: The Very Best (2006)

[edit] References

1. ^ Watkins, Sara Ullrika. ASCAP.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.