band name

[alysonluvsNC]

hey, y'all -

Does anyone know why Nickel Creek named their band Nickel Creek? Why did they change it from Lil' Cowpoke Band?
Does anyone know the story of the band name?

[think]

[tonyfelice]

This is from an interview at
http://www.cmt.com/comm/20quest/nickel.creek.jhtml

Who came up with the name Nickel Creek, and is there a story behind the name?

Sara: There's a very boring story.

Sean: Basically, it's the name of a song that a friend of ours, Byron Berline, wrote. When we were trying to be more of a bluegrass band, we thought that would be an appropriate name for us.

Chris: We were like, 9. It was a year into the band and we were ready for a 'grown-up-sounding' name.

Sara: More mature.

Chris: Yeah. 'We're ready for a grown-up name.' The names, up until then, had been all these cute, kiddies' band names. Nickel Creek sounded very old. But now we have a new reason to like the name. We were at the Smithsonian and Sara found out that nickel is the most commonly alloyed of all metals. That makes sense when you think about what we do in the band. We're so into all kinds of music that it's just kind of like Nickel Creek is sort of alloying ourselves to other music, and hopefully something new comes out of it.

[alysonluvsNC]

:D
thanks, tony!

:-))
i see you are becoming a very devoted NC fan!!!!