Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins recently played a show at HopMonk Tavern Novato, California as part of the KC Turner Presents Summer Cookout Series. They are on tour this summer in support of their new album Brother Sister, and the forthcoming Watkins Family Hour, Vol. II, which is set for release in mid-August.
In this clip, they give a knockout performance of the traditional song “Hop High.” It was an audience request, and as they said in the introduction, they hadn’t played it in a while (they had recorded it on the first Watkins Family Hour album). The experiment clearly worked! Super fun to see them remember their parts in real-time and just slay the song.
Go see the Watkins Family Hour this summer if you get the chance! Tour dates on their website.
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