Sara Watkins Sara Watkins Music

Debut self-titled solo album, recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville and produced by former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, Sara Watkins features a wide range of colleagues and old friends, including alt-country duo Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' keyboardist Benmont Tench, Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas; colleagues from the bluegrass world like Tim O’Brien, Punch Brothers’ Chris Eldridge, Ronnie McCoury, and Rayna Gellert; and her Nickel Creek bandmates Chris Thile and Sean Watkins. Already widely respected for her musical ability on the fiddle, Watkins’ skills as a vocalist and songwriter are highlighted on this solo project. She wrote/co-wrote eight of the 14 songs on the record, which also includes renditions of tracks by Jimmie Rodgers, Jon Brion, Norman Blake, and Tom Waits.

Track List:
All This Time
Long Hot Summer Days
My Friend
Freiderick
Same Mistakes
Any Old Time
Pony
Lord Won’t You Help Me
Jefferson
Give Me Jesus
Bygones
Too Much
Will We Go
Where Will You Be

Sean Watkins spends 7 minutes in his garage.