The Trishas: One name — four musicians

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The Trishas — none named Trisha — are Jamie Wilson, Kelly Mickwee, Liz Foster and Savannah Welch. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

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WORTHINGTON — Contentment, awe and goosebumps — any commendable adjective could describe the feeling one gets when the Trishas harmonize on center stage. Jamie Wilson, Kelly Mickwee, Liz Foster and Savannah Welch are the four core performers who call themselves the Trishas.

Individually these women are competent, but the combination of Wilson’s guitar, Mickwee’s mandolin, Foster’s harmonica and Welch’s guitar — and, of course, their voices — come together to create something truly magnificent.

This “something” was evident the very first time the group performed for MusicFest in Steamboat, Colo. The group got together to sing a one-gig tribute for Welch’s father. They entered the stage as a rag-tag bunch of girls and left knowing that it was the start of “something” — something big. They left the stage that night, but never the spotlight.

That was just two short years ago. Since then, the Trishas have opened for acclaimed artists such as Dwight Yoakam, Raul Malo, Rodney Crowell, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Todd Snider.

For now, though, the quartet of four young women — none named Trisha — are busy finishing up their first full album.

“It’s more of a career thing than a go-be-a-star thing,” Wilson said.

Whether she believes it or not, the Trishas are rapidly becoming the stars they once didn’t set out to be.

“We’re just ready for this to be whatever it’s going to be,” said Welch.

The Trishas will perform at 8 p.m. Friday on the Unvarnished Festival Main Stage.

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