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Use mdy dates|date=May 2012Infobox musical artist| name = Leftover Salmon| image = Leftover Salmon Concert Dobson Arena Vail Colorado 12 12 2008.jpg| caption = Leftover Salmon performing Dobson Ice Arena Vail, CO| image_size =| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Boulder, Colorado | genre = Ethnicity|Polyethnic Cajun music|Cajun Slam Bluegrass music|grass | years_active = 1989 in music|1989 –2005 2007–present| label =| associated_acts = Great American Taxi Drew Emmitt Band Punch Brothers The Everyone Orchestra Strings For Industry The Emmitt and Nershi Band| website = http://leftoversalmon.com/ www.leftoversalmon.com| current_members = Vince Herman Drew Emmitt Greg Garrison Bill McKay Jose Martinez Andy Thorn (musician)|Andy Thorn | past_members = Mark Vann Michael Wooten Glenn Keefe Joe Jogerst David Dorian Tye North Jeff Sipe Noam Pikelny Matt Flinner Leftover Salmon is a jam band from Boulder, Colorado , formed in 1989. Their unique blend of bluegrass music|bluegrass , rock, country music|country , and Cajun music|Cajun / Zydeco , which the band calls "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass", has found favor with the jam band scene. The band took a hiatus in 2005, and spent parts of 2007 in a reunion.
History
The band formed by accident in 1989 in music|1989 , when a local band, the Salmon Heads (Vince Herman), asked some members of the Left Hand String Band (Drew Emmitt, Glenn Keefe, Mark Vann) to fill some missing spots in its lineup. The synergy worked and the result was Leftover Salmon. The lineup would change significantly over the years, but the "Big Three" – Drew Emmitt, Vince Herman and Mark Vann—remained the heart of the band until Vann's death in 2002.
After the independent release of Bridges to Bert in 1993 in music|1993 and the 1995 in music|1995 live follow-up Ask the Fish , Leftover Salmon gained a spot on the H.O.R.D.E. festival tour and a contract with Hollywood Records . Their Hollywood debut and second studio album, Euphoria (Leftover Salmon album)|Euphoria with guest keyboardist Pete Sears , continued to define their eclectic sound and introduced many songs that would become classics for the band.
In March 2002, founding member and banjoist Mark Vann lost his battle with cancer. He was succeeded by Noam Pikelny .
In 2004 the band announced they would be going on hiatus at the end of the year.
An award-nominated documentary film of Leftover Salmon, titled Years in Your Ears , was released on DVD in November 2006.
Leftover Salmon reunited in 2007 and played six performances, including the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, California , the All Good Festival in West Virginia, as well as Denver and Boulder, Colorado shows in late December. Leftover Salmon marked their unofficial return to the stage with a performance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, June 24, 2007, as "Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman and Friends." They were introduced by Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band with the line, "No matter what the program says, we all know what's going on here."
Despite their various successful side projects, Leftover Salmon played seven times during the summer of 2008 and 2009. For a special New Years run, the band celebrated 20 years as a band by returning to the site of their very first show in Crested Butte, Colorado: The Eldo. The band played four shows through Denver and Boulder Colorado during this run while celebrating their 20th anniversary. Since moving Andy Thorn in to the banjo role, the band has been touring more than usual with small runs throughout the country.
Band members
Current members
Vince Herman – Vocals, Guitar, Washboard (1989–present)
Drew Emmitt – Vocals, Mandolin, Fiddle, Electric Guitar (1989–present)
Greg Garrison – Bass, Vocals (2000–present)
Jose Martinez – Drums (2000–present)
Andy Thorn (musician)|Andy Thorn – Banjo, Electric Banjo, Vocals (2010–present)
'' O' Cracker Where Art Thou? (Pitch A Tent), 2003 (with Cracker (band)|Cracker )
Videos
Years In Your Ears ...a Story of Leftover Salmon (2006, DVD)
External links
http://www.leftoversalmon.com/ Leftover Salmon
http://www.archive.org/details/LeftoverSalmon Leftover Salmon collection at the Internet Archive 's live music archive
http://www.yearsinyourears.com/ Years In Your Ears ...a Story of Leftover Salmon DVD
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