{"id":1016,"date":"2009-02-06T09:31:50","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T16:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthologysd.com\/blog\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2009-02-09T09:45:13","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T16:45:13","slug":"home-grown-band-fiction-family-live-at-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/2009\/02\/06\/home-grown-band-fiction-family-live-at-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Home-grown Band Fiction Family Live at Anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stranger than fiction<\/strong>
\nA few chance encounters turn into a home-grown band<\/em>
\nBy George Varga
\nPop Music Critic
\n2:00 a.m. February 6, 2009<\/p>\n

Nearly 1,000 bands have performed at Street Scene since its inception in 1984, but Fiction Family<\/strong> may be the only one whose very existence can be traced back (or, at the very least, backstage) to the annual music festival. <\/p>\n

In 2003, two of San Diego’s most nationally successful bands \u2013 the multimillion-selling Switchfoot<\/strong>, led by Jon Foreman<\/strong>, and the multi-Grammy-winning Nickel Creek<\/strong>, featuring Sean Watkins<\/strong> \u2013 were booked to play at what turned out to be the final Street Scene held in downtown’s then-rapidly expanding Gaslamp Quarter. \"\"<\/p>\n

In between performing with their respective bands and checking out the headlining gigs by Wilco<\/strong> and R.E.M.<\/strong>, Watkins and Foreman met backstage. <\/p>\n

\u201cLiving in the same town, we’d heard about each other,\u201d guitarist-singer Watkins recalled, speaking from a recent Fiction Family tour stop in Atlanta. \u201cSo, my sister, (Nickel Creek violinist-singer) Sara, and I were like: ‘Let’s go introduce ourselves.’ And we did, and Jon and I exchanged e-mail addresses.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s correct,\u201d said singer-guitarist Foreman, who \u2013 given the benefit of hindsight \u2013 now thinks the acknowledgments in the liner notes to Fiction Family’s impressive new debut album should be amended. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn’t thank Street Scene. We should have, though,\u201d he said. \u201cThat was such a great day of music. And it brought us together.\u201d <\/p>\n

Their brief encounter soon led to a chance meeting at the Encinitas Pannikin. It is about equidistant from the North County homes of Watkins and Foreman, who are both avid surfers. <\/p>\n

Additional get-togethers at the Pannikin followed and the two began talking more seriously about collaborating on a musical project. Before long, they had co-written \u201cBetrayal,\u201d a lilting ballad from Fiction Family’s self-titled debut album. The duo, augmented by bassist-keyboardist Tyler Chester<\/strong> and drummer Aaron Redfield<\/strong>, performs here tonight at downtown’s plush, all-ages Anthology<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

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