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Scotch & Chocolate

A fast instrumental that earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Nickel Creek, from Why Should the Fire Die? (2005)

Written by
Chris Thile, Sara Watkins
Released
2005
Length
3:07
Album
Why Should the Fire Die?

The fourth track on Why Should the Fire Die? is an instrumental written by Thile and Sara Watkins. Thile plays mandolin, Sean Watkins guitar, Sara Watkins fiddle and Mark Schatz bass. It was nominated for the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2006 and lost to Alison Krauss and Union Station's Unionhouse Branch. Rolling Stone called it Celtic-infused, Slant Magazine named it the best song on the album and Stylus called it a brisk, lively instrumental.

setlist.fm logs 182 Nickel Creek performances, third among their songs. It is also on side A of the Fox Theater live album.

More songs by Nickel Creek

When You Come Back Down, The Lighthouse's Tale, This Side, Spit on a Stranger

Sources

  1. Scotch & Chocolate, Wikipedia
  2. Why Should the Fire Die?, Wikipedia
  3. Nickel Creek: song statistics, setlist.fm
  4. Live from the Fox Theater, master release, Discogs