Spring Break
Sold out crowd says 'farewell' to Nickel Creek
Cory Jackson
Issue date: 7/19/07 Section: Life
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John Tesh did for the keytar in the 1980s
- making it cool (sort of).
The aura may not be comparable to Hendrix or Zeppelin, but the atmosphere Saturday, July 14 at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky. was electric in its own right. With the old theatre's decor and low lighting, the venue could not be more appropriate for a folksy, bluegrassesque,
kind of country-like, poprockish band.
Nickel Creek is in the middle of their
Farewell (For Now) Tour and will take an
indefinite hiatus following its completion.
As a nostalgic opening treat, Glen Phillips, formerly of Toad the Wet Sprocket
opened the concert for the acoustic innovators.
He played several new songs a little timidly, hit his stride in the third
song and nally regaled the audience
with his old hit, "Walk on the Ocean".
Cheers erupted immediately as soon as
the words "we spotted the ocean" passed
his lips.
Nickel Creek filtered member by member onto the stage to join Phillips and played a few songs they'd written together as the band Mutual Admiration Society.
They finished and the stage became
empty, lights in the house glared on and
people shifted in their seats, sought refreshments at the snack bar or relief in
the restroom.
After the short intermission, the lights
flickered off again and stragglers rushed
to their seats as Nickel Creek took the
stage. An excited cheer rumbled through
the theatre as Thile plucked the first few
notes.
The crowd was younger than one might
expect and several groups of parents with
their teenage children.
It became apparent that the reason
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