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Smoothie Song
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"Smoothie Song" is a Grammy-nominated single by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek from their second album This Side. In 2002, it was nominated a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental. It reached #1 on the Billboard AAA Contemporary Tracks chart, and was the first instrumental track to reach #1 on any Billboard chart. Origin The origin of name "Smoothie Song" comes from when Nickel Creek played at the Four Corners Folk Festival in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. According to Sara Watkins, "We'd already played a few sets there over the weekend on this particular year and were in need of another new song. Chris had the melody pretty much already written and taught it to us in the car on the way up to the festival site. After we performed the as yet untitled tune, the smoothie vendor (whose drinks we'd become fans of) brought us each smoothies. The crowd said we should name it the smoothie song and that's how it stuck." Personnel *Sean Watkins - Guitar *Sara Watkins - Fiddle *Chris Thile - Octave Mandolin *Byron House - Acoustic Bass *Edgar Meyer - Arco Bass See Also
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