Nickel Creek at Fox Theatre, October 6, 2023

Another Planet Entertainment presents Nickel Creek; Hawktail opens
Fox Theatre
1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612-2109 USA
7:30 PM, Friday, October 6, 2023

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[7:29 PM] {lights down; welcome from Sara Watkins}
[7:30 PM] {Hawktail out onstage}
[7:31 PM] {greetings from Brittany Haas}

1. [7:31 PM] The Switchback Games
2. [7:36 PM] Mvt. I
   [7:42 PM] {Jordan lays out tonight's agenda}
3. [7:43 PM] Mvt. II: Miss Pretzel
4. [7:47 PM] Mvt. III: Why Doesn't Hawktail Have Any Spy Music?
   [7:51 PM] {brief comment from BH: one more from this batch}
5. [7:51 PM] Mvt. IV
   [7:57 PM] {BH lauds Jordan; Jordan gig promo; BH talks about Väsen; introduces the last tune; merch pitch}
6. [7:58 PM] Unless
   [8:03 PM] {final applause}
   [8:04 PM] {done}

• Brittany Haas: violin;
• Paul Kowert: contrabass;
• Jordan Tice: acoustic guitar.

[8:32 PM] {lights down; band out without introduction}

1. [8:32 PM] Where the Long Line Leads (Sara)
2. [8:36 PM] First and Last Waltz
3. [8:38 PM] Helena (CT)
4. [8:43 PM] This Side (Sean)
   [8:47 PM] {CT yack about going out on a Friday night}
5. [8:49 PM] Going Out… »
6. [8:52 PM] Celebrants (CT)
7. [8:56 PM] Destination (Sara)
   [9:00 PM] {CT swaps to octave mandolin}
8. [9:00 PM] Smoothie Song
   [9:05 PM] {CT swaps back to mandolin; Sara introduces Jeff and then talks about the new record}
9. [9:07 PM] Strangers (Sean)
   [9:11 PM] {Sara talks about the new record} AGAIN?
10. [9:12 PM] Sweet Afton (CT)
    [9:18 PM] {drop Jeff}
11. [9:18 PM] Ode to a Butterfly
    [9:20 PM] {add Jeff}
12. [9:20 PM] Somebody More Like You (Sean)
    [9:23 PM] {Sara & Chris campfire skit}
13. [9:25 PM] Water Under the Bridge, Part 1 »
14. [9:26 PM] The Meadow (CT)
    [9:30 PM] {Sara talks about relationship songs}
15. [9:32 PM] Thinnest Wall (Sara)
16. [9:35 PM] Elephant in the Corn
    [9:40 PM] {full stop; pause for applause}
17. [9:40 PM] Elephant in the Corn (reprise)
    [9:41 PM] {Sean rapture story}
18. [9:44 PM] 21st of May (Sean)
19. [9:47 PM] I Should've Known Better (Sara)
    [9:51 PM] {CT Lighthouse story}
20. [9:55 PM] The Lighthouse's Tale (CT)
21. [10:01 PM] …Despite the Weather
22. [10:07 PM] Hayloft (Sara)
23. [10:10 PM] the Fox (CT)
    [10:18 PM] {applause at end set}
    [10:19 PM] {band heads offstage; encore break!}
    
    Encore
    [10:20 PM] {brief thanks from Sara; CT introduces the next tune}
24. [10:20 PM] Scotch & Chocolate
    [10:23 PM] {thanks from CT}
25. [10:24 PM] Holding Pattern (CT)
    [10:27 PM] {final applause}
    [10:28 PM] {show ends}

Nickel Creek

• Jeff Picker: contrabass;
• Chris Thile: mandolin, lead and harmony vox;
• Sara Watkins: violin, ukulele, lead and harmony vox;
• Sean Watkins: acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox.

After a quick dinner in Oakland Chinatown with Ting's dad and brother, we walked over to the Fox for tonight's entertainment. It was a blessing to be at a fully seated show tonight – my knee has really been bothering me lately. Heck, even sitting through the show became mildly uncomfortable, and I was really happy when the crowd decided to get up and dance for the Fox: yay, a chance to stretch a little! Of course the short woman a few rows behind us was really unhappy about this (and asked repeatedly for everyone to sit down, to little effect): you can't please everyone.

I thought the show was pretty solid. Maybe a trifle too many campy dance gestures from Sara and Chris, but when that got annoying, it was easy enough to close my eyes and listen without that distraction. It's interesting to think how they've grown up. Makes me glad that I jumped on tickets this time – the last time I saw them was seventeen years ago – 2006!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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