I'm not familiar with the Shady Grove Band, but I like Nickel Creek. Chris Thile, whom I mentioned in a previous post, is their mandolin player. Ricky Skaggs took him on as a protegé when he started winning national picking competitions as a little boy of 8 or 10. His solo projects feature Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Jeff Coffin, Jerry Douglas, Mike Marshall, and lots of other people who are just as impressed with him as we are.
