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Nicky Sanders

Nicky Sanders is credited on 52 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2005–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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52

Pressings credited

19

Albums

3

Decades active

4

In collections

Biography

Nicky Sanders is a Grammy Award-winning, American fiddle player specializing in Bluegrass music. He is best known for his work with the band Steep Canyon Rangers along with banjo player and comedian Steve Martin. Raised in San Francisco, he began studying classical violin aged five. At 17, he became concertmaster of the Young People's Symphony Orchestra in Berkeley, California. Later he would graduate Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts earning a BA in Music with a major in performance (violin). Other studies while at Berklee included 20th-century classical music composition and Film Scoring.

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Credited work

52 releases · 19 albums · active 2005–2026

  • Other credits · 140
  • Performance · 43

Studios: Echo Mountain Recording · Minutia Studios · Remote Control Productions · Snowed Inn Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Steep Canyon Rangers
  • Steve Martin (2)
  • Jane Kramer
  • Mark Bumgarner (2)
  • Jimmy Herring
  • The Honeycutters
  • Matthew Ryan Reynolds
  • Various

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