Sean Watkins

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Sean Watkins
Sean in the music video for This Side.
Background information
Birth name	Sean Charles Watkins
Born	February 18, 1977 (age 30)
Origin	Vista, California
Genre(s)	Progressive bluegrass Folk Country
Occupation(s)	Musician Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar Piano Mandolin Ukelele Bouzouki
Years active	1994 - Present
Label(s)	Sugar Hill Records
Associated acts	Nickel Creek Mutual Admiration Society Sara Watkins Jon Foreman
Website	seanwatkins.com

Sean Charles Watkins,^{[citation needed]} (born February 18, 1977) is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, and is one third of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek. His sister Sara Watkins, also a member of Nickel Creek, plays violin and sings background vocals on the second of his two solo albums. Nickel Creek recently participated in a project dubbed Mutual Admiration Society, a collaboration with former Toad The Wet Sprocket singer Glen Phillips. As a solo musician, Sean Watkins' early material was contemporary bluegrass, but he has since incorporated other influences into his music (especially indie rock). Sean Watkins's solo music career seems to reflect Nickel Creek's; turning from traditional bluegrass songs to indie rock with bluegrass instrumentation. Sean Watkins is the oldest member of Nickel Creek. Sean qualified for the National Flatpicking Championship in 1993 at age 16. "My first instrument was the piano when I was six", Sean recalls. "I took classic instruction for seven years, but three years into that I discovered bluegrass music, through my piano teacher's son, who had a bluegrass band that played every Saturday night at a pizza place in Carlsbad. I really got into it, and when Sara Watkins and I met Chris, we started playing with him on Saturday nights too."[1]

He played mandolin at the beginning of Nickel Creek, but later switched to guitar. Now Nickel Creek has exploded in the contemporary folk/bluegrass scene. Watkins has released 3 solo albums and appeared on others. Of this experience, Watkins has said, "I've learned now to look back to music that has lasted through the years and to appreciate the timeless value that it has."

In 2006, Sean and Switchfoot member Jon Foreman started a collaborating duo called "The Real SeanJon". [2]

1 Discography
- 1.1 Solo
- 1.2 Nickel Creek
2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo

Main article: Sean Watkins discography

Album	Statistics	Singles
	Let It Fall Released: March 13, 2001	Singles Released None
Album	Statistics	Singles
	26 Miles Released: April 8, 2003	Singles Released None
Album	Statistics	Singles
	Blinders On Released: March 14, 2006	Singles Released None