Watson & Meade is made of pure sounding melodies and harmonies, thoughtful instrumentation, and a vast set of skills and musical knowledge. Possible instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, clawhammer banjo, ukulele and mandolin. Both women have 10+ years of experience playing weddings in all kinds of arrangements including solo guitar, solo violin, string quartet/trio, jam band, and folk duo/trio. In addition, they have studied music in formal settings, hold degrees in music, and currently play with the band Red Shoes & Rosin.
15 reviews
Nate F.
June 7, 2025We booked them for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour -- many of our guests went out of their way to compliment their quality and skill. Their performance was excellent.
Watson & Meade are truly a class act. When we discovered we had initially booked them for the wrong date, they were extremely accommodating in making the rescheduling work. They are professional, talented, and all around great people. We would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a bluegrass band.
Thank you so much, Watson & Meade!!
Hired as: Acoustic Band, Bluegrass Band
Raquel L.
May 24, 2024Booked these ladies and had such a great experience. Great music and professionalism. Highly recommend.
Hired as: Acoustic Band
Natalie P.
June 4, 2023The band was very professional and sounded amazing. We loved having them at our wedding!
Hired as: Bluegrass Band
Brianna H.
May 25, 2023We booked Watson and Meade for our wedding and couldn’t be happier. They learned a song for me to walk down the aisle to and it was perfect. It was so much fun watching them play and dancing along. Communication was excellent. I hope to book them again!
Hired as: Acoustic Band, Bluegrass Band
Emily R.
January 14, 2023Watson & Meade played for our daughter’s wedding with fairly short notice. They quickly responded to our inquiry and were willing to learn an additional song for the ceremony. You could not ask for a better experience. Watson & Meade are extremely kind and personable. The music they provided for the ceremony and the cocktail hour was excellent and very professional. Many of our guests commented that their music was a beautiful addition to the ceremony. We would love to hire Watson & Meade again if we have a party or other need for live music!
Hired as: Acoustic Band
Price range: $300-$2000
Our clients can expect quality and professional service. They can expect us to be prepared, but also flexible. Watson & Meade alway aim to add something positive to every event they are hired to perform and hope to always leave their clients happy!
Jessica is a guitarist, clawhammer banjo player, mandolinist, ukelele player, and vocalist. She has a Music Industry degree from MTSU and performs regularly around town with her bands, The Madelines and Red Shoes & Rosin. She has a plethora of wedding experience under her belt as she has managed wedding music for 5 years.
Meade is primarily a fiddle player, although she has 16 years in the classical music sphere as a violinist. She also plays rhythm guitar and mandolin and sings lead or harmony regularly in her band. She holds a degree in music from the University of Tennessee and has played weddings for over 8 years.
Both ladies live in Knoxville, but are willing to play weddings in surrounding counties.
Friday
Birthday Party
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Powell, TN
Saturday
Wedding Cocktail Hour
4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Maryville, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Gatlinburg, TN
Wednesday
Corporate Event
3:30pm - 5:00pm
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Alcoa, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
5:00pm - 8:00pm
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Sparta, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Lake City, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
3:00pm - 5:30pm
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Maryville, TN
Saturday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Knoxville, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
3:30pm - 6:00pm
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Knoxville, TN
Saturday
Sporting Event
12:00pm - 2:00pm
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New Market, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 7:00pm
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Townsend, TN
Saturday
Personal Occasion
5:00pm - 8:00pm
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Maryville, TN
Saturday
Wedding Reception
6:30pm - 9:00pm
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Madisonville, TN
Saturday
Parade
9:30am - 11:30am
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Pineville, KY
Saturday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Townsend, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
5:30pm - 7:30pm
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Sevierville, TN
Saturday
Corporate Event
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Knoxville, TN
Friday
Rehearsal Dinner
5:30pm - 8:30pm
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Maryville, TN
Saturday
Reunion
8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Topton, NC
Saturday
House Party
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Strawberry Plains, TN
Saturday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 11:00pm
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Rutledge, TN
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:30pm - 7:00pm
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Maryville, TN
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 9:00pm
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Sevierville, TN
1601 Waltz*
Adieu False Heart (Traditional)
Ain’t No Ash Will Burn (Walt Aldridge)
Angeline the Baker
Arkansas Traveler
Ashokan Farewell
Ave Maria
Back Home to You*
Banjo Pickin Girl (Charles Mackay, Archibald Johnston)
Banjo Tong*
Beautiful Brown Eyes (Alton Delmore)
Be Thou my Vision (St. Dallán Forgaill)
Big Eyed Rabbit
Billy in The Lowground
Blackest Crow (traditional)
Booth Shot Lincoln
Bull at the Wagon
Bury Me Beneath the Willow (traditional)
Candy Girl
Chinquapin
Chinquapin Hunting
Cluck Old Hen
Come on in my Kitchen (Robert Johnson)
Come Thou Fount
Cripple Creek
Cumberland Gap
Don’t Throw Sticks *
Dream a Little Dream (Ella Fitzgerald)
Duck River
Ducks on the Millpond
Dull Chisel
Elvis Presley Blues (Gillian Welch)
Fairly Steady
Farewell To Trion
Feathered Indians (Tyler Childers)
Fine Times at Our House
First Day of My Life (Bright Eyes)
Flop Eared Mule
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Fog Off the Mountainside * (Jessica Watson)
Forever and Ever Amen (Randy Travis)
Forever has come to an end (Buddy & Julie Miller)
Green Cove
Grigsby’s Hornpipe
Grub Springs
Hangman’s Reel
Happy Hollow
Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)
Highlight of My Life (Dolly Parton)
Ho Hey (The Lumineers)
Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)
Hop High Ladies
How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)
I've Just Seen a Face (The Beatles)
I Can’t Believe that you’re in Love with Me (Billie Holiday)
Ida Red
If Ever You Were Mine
If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt)
If We Were Vampires (Jason Isbell)
Indian Ate the Woodchuck
Inisheer Waltz
In My Life (The Beatles)
In the Aeroplane over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons)
I’m Gonna Kill You (Wynn Stewart)
I’m Not Fed Up with The Pacific Ocean
Jenny Ran Away in the Mud in the Night
Josefin’s Waltz
Julianne Johnson
June Apple
Katy Fetch the Soap
Lazy Eye (Hem)
Little Dutch Girl
Little Liza Jane
Longer than Always (Dolly Parton)
Make Me Down a Pallet (Gillian Welch)
Make you feel my love (Bob Dylan)
Midnight on the water
Miner’s Refrain (Gillian Welch)
Molly Put the Kettle On
Mushaboom (Feist)
Nachez Under The Hill
Nail that Catfish to a Tree
Obama’s March To The White house
Old Bunch Of Keys
Old Corn Liquor
Old Joe Clark
Over the Waterfall
Pachelbel Canon in D
Poor Ellen Smith
Poor Liza Jane
Possum’s Tail Is Bare
Road to Malvern
Sail Away Ladies
Sarah Armstrong’s Paddy on the Turnpike
Say Darlin' Say (Traditional)
Sea of Love (Cat Power)
Seneca Square Dance
Shortenin' Bread
Shove That Pig’s Foot A Little Closer To The Fire
Simple Love (Sarah Siskind)
Sisters of the Road
Soldier’s Joy
Sourwood Mountain (traditional)
Southwind
Sowing on the Mountain
Spotted Pony
Susannah Gal
Swing and Turn, Jubilee (Traditional)
Tennessee Waltz
The Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson)
Three Forks of Cheat
TN Waltz
Two of Us (The Beatles)
Undone in Sorrow (Ola Belle Reed)
Waterbound (Dirk Powell)
What Would I Do Without You (Drew Holcomb)
When I'm Sixty-Four (The Beatles)
Where I Stood (Dori Freeman)
Willow Garden (traditional)
You and I (Ingrid Michaelson)
You Belong to Me (Patsy Cline)
You Don’t Believe In Love * (Jessica Watson)
You Say (Dori Freeman)
* Originals
I songs with lyrics
Acoustic Band
