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About Me

Welcome to the new Watkins family hour myspace page. Being that we're taking the fall and winter off from Nickel Creek touring, Sara and I are stepping it up at Largo and doing a lot more shows. So I figured it might be time to try to let more folks know what's been going on with us there and what's on the horizon. For the last four years Sara and I have had a residency at Largo, an uber cool but cozy music and comedy club in Hollywood. We play at least once a month, sometimes more depending on our touring. Its always Sara and myself, usually Gabe Witcher on fiddle, and a group of others including, Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz, Jon Brion, Michael Witcher, that show up when they are in town. Also we've had Jaskson Browne, Dan Willson, Glen Phillips, Mark O'Connor, Ethan Johns, Matt Chamberlain, Tim O'Brien, Gemma Hayes, Tom Brosseau. Although we have a pretty good repetoir built up by now, the show is usually put together on the fly backstage between, sound check and showtime. Its always a ton of fun. And if the music isn't to you liking, Ellen at the bar will make you a killer martini. I promise that. So, here we are..... We'll do our best to keep posting pics and video. The videos up there now are from earlier this month, i think the 6th.... with Greg, Benmont, and Michael. Thanks to Loren Witcher for taking them. Thanks to you guys for checking us out. see you soon hopefully. -sean
Review from LA Weekly:
Thursday, 9:08 p.m.: "I figured, how can I come to Largo and not sing a folkie murder ballad?" Willie Watson (of Old Crow Medicine Show) is moonlighting in his two-piece band, Tractor Beam, during the Watkins Family Hour. It's an elegant, high-class hootenanny. Candles in mason jars glow like fireflies on the tabletops as he drones on about the lovelorn suicide of a butcher's daughter. I find his nasal howl equally suited to sorrowful crooning and pig calling. I'd like to be wearing a bonnet.
Thursday 9:27 p.m.: Things get adorable. Another Watkins (and fellow Nickel Creeker), Sara, has just stepped onstage in a calico baby-doll dress, bearing a ukulele. The crowd hardly breathes as she plucks a few strings and begins to warble some song about a pony in a voice too delicate and gorgeous for the mortal world. As she picks up a fiddle, I suffer through a philosophical quandary: Would I rather be her, or marry her? She's joined by her brother Sean and a smattering of local musicians for a foot-stomping set that includes Bob Dylan and Tom Brosseau covers. When local duo the Ditty Bops guest on a few numbers, the old-timey adorability reaches ridiculous levels.

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Member Since: 9/25/2006
Band Website: watkinsfamilyhour.com
Band Members: Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz, Gabe Witcher
Influences: The Largo Film Trailer:

Watch as Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz and Ethan Johns join Sean and Sara Watkins for the song "Different Drum" and "Not Sure" at Largo for the Watkins Family Hour. Different Drum:

Not Sure:
Check out this video of Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings at the Watkins Family Hour performing Gillian's song, "Look at Miss Ohio":

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

the LAist.

The LAist was recently at the Largo for a Watkins Family Hour - check out what they had to say about it in the LAist Blog.
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:19:00 PST

wow

last night was one of the best watkins family hours ever. Benmot Tench, and Greg Leisz were there of course, as they are most thursdays now. But also, John Paul Jones, and Fiona Apple came up and play...
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:05:00 PST

More shows etc....

Hello, Hope it finds all of you well. First off the NC touring is going really well and we're having a lot of fun. The main news is a tour in june that everyone should know about. Its called the Vario...
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:38:00 PST

oh seven

hello. welcome to 07. It feels good doesn't it. 07 just sounds good. Flows off the tongue nicely. I saw a whale the day before yesterday. I found a cool new coffee place yesterday. E-Street. Quite nic...
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:55:00 PST

12-13 from sean

Hello friends. I'm sitting on my couch right now drinking coffee. well i was. I just had a triple latte and i'm thinking about getting another here in a few. I'm on my way out the door to run some err...
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:19:00 PST

November came and went!

At first, when we booked this residency at Largo for November, we were a little nervous about how we would keep each show interesting week after week. We knew we'd be learning lots of new material, bu...
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:41:00 PST

sean here

so, the last couple largo shows were awesome. friday the 13th was just epic. To me at least. Its strange to be on stage playing for 3 hours with so many musical heros. It was sara, me, gillian welch,...
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:40:00 PST

Time for a new fridge.

Welcome everyone to the Watkins Family Hour page. I'm so glad to finally have this up and going. The night before last, was the final Nickel Creek show of this year, and indeed, for probably six mont...
Posted by Watkins Family Hour on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:36:00 PST