Live from The Waterworks: Jeff Picker with Todd & Molly Jones

Name: Live from The Waterworks: Jeff Picker with Todd & Molly Jones
Start: 2025-03-22T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 184 San Marco Avenue, Saint Augustine, FL, United States, Florida 32084

Schedule

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

184 San Marco Avenue, Saint Augustine, FL, United States, Florida 32084 | Saint Augustine, FL

The St. Johns Cultural Council and Gamble Rogers Folk Festival present The Jeff Picker Band, with opening act Todd and Molly Jones, Live from The Waterworks in St. Augustine, Florida, on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
Doors at 6:30, show starts at 7 PM.
General Admission tickets are $25.
Consider purchasing Premium Tickets that include this show, the January 18th concert with Verlon Thompson and Shawn Camp, and the February 22nd performance by Jerron Paxton with reserved front-of-house seating for each show for only $100.

ABOUT THE JEFF PICKER BAND AND TODD & MOLLY JONES

The Jeff Picker Band
Known for his versatility across multiple styles, Jeff Picker is an in-demand double bassist, bass guitarist, composer, and bandleader in Nashville, TN.
Hailed as the “designated bassist to the stars,” (The Willamette Week) Jeff is a touring member of the platinum-selling, genre-bending, progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek (Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins), with whom he has performed extensively in the United States and Europe. Prior to that, he spent 5 years as a member of 15-time GRAMMY Award winner and Grand Ole Opry member Ricky Skaggs’ band Kentucky Thunder, and one year as a member of IBMA Award-winning all-star bluegrass ensemble East Nash Grass. He appears frequently as a member of the staff band at the Grand Ole Opry, accompanying country legends such as Vince Gill, John Anderson, and many more.
Jeff has also appeared on over 50 records in styles ranging from bluegrass to country to jazz to Americana, including Sarah Jarosz’s acclaimed 2024 release “Polaroid Lovers.” He has also performed or recorded on a freelance basis with dozens of other artists including Mark O’Connor, Sam Bush, John Jorgensen, Tim O’Brien, and David Grisman.
Jeff’s musical journey began as a child in Dallas, TX, where he absorbed the vibrant golden era sounds of 90s country music. At age 11, his family relocated to Portland, OR where he became immersed in jazz and related styles of improvisational music, quickly becoming “one of the country’s most talented young jazz bassists,” (The Oregonian) and garnering numerous awards including a coveted designation by the US Department of Education as a “Presidential Scholar in the Arts.” He was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to Manhattan School of Music, where he spent a year studying jazz before matriculating at Columbia University. He graduated in 2011 and began his musical career, paying his dues in the clubs and bars of New York City. In the dynamic New York scene, Jeff began to develop as a unique stylist, combining jazz virtuosity with his rediscovered love of country music and newfound appreciation of bluegrass. In 2017, Jeff moved to Nashville as a member of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, where his stature in the bluegrass scene began to rise. In 2020, Jeff ventured into the role of composer and bandleader with his first solo album, “With the Bass in Mind,” which debuted at #13 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart. Hailed as “remarkable,” (Bluegrass Today) this collection of original compositions deftly weaves together Jeff’s formative training in jazz within his adopted home format of the bluegrass string band. His follow-up 2022 release, “Liquid Architecture,” co-produced by Viktor Krauss (Lyle Lovett), takes these sounds one step further, utilizing unique instrumentations and offering cinematic arrangements of soulful, genre-less melodies. When not on tour, Jeff works extensively in and around Nashville, TN, where he lives with his wife.
Todd and Molly Jones
Beloved is a word that doesn't quite get it done when considering how the St. Augustine community feels about Todd and Molly Jones. They are keepers of a flame that you will recognize within yourself even if you have never heard their music before. In communing with the human spirit, their music resonates in ways that will touch your heart, lift you up, and make you cry. In their own words: 20 years harmonizing... love, loss, acceptance... melodic journal... family portrait... breathing deep... building bridges... lighting matches... tending the hearth fire.., burning it all down... . Come and experience the magic yourself on March 22nd.
Don’t miss this very special opportunity in America’s oldest city, St. Augustine. The Waterworks is an intimate, historic venue (built in 1898 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places) and only 120 tickets are available for each performance. The Gamble Rogers Concert Series celebrates the legendary recording artist Gamble Rogers, whose balladry and storytelling shaped American folk music, on the third Saturday of each month.