Leftover Salmon

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Leftover Salmon
Background information
Origin Boulder, Colorado
Genre(s) Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass
Years active 1989–2005
Website www.leftoversalmon.com
Members
Vince Herman
Drew Emmitt
Noam Pikelny
Greg Garrison
Bill McKay
Jose Martinez
Former members
Mark Vann (1989–2002)

Leftover Salmon is a genre-bending band from Boulder, Colorado. Their unique blend of bluegrass, rock, country, and Cajun/Zydeco, which the band calls "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass", has found favor with the jam band scene.

The band formed by accident in 1989, when a local band, the Salmon Heads, asked some members of the Left Hand String Band to fill some missing spots in its lineup. The synergy worked and the result was Leftover Salmon.

After the independent release of Bridges to Bert in 1993 and the 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, continued to define their eclectic sound and introduced many songs that would become classics for the band.

In March of 2002 founding member and banjoist Mark Vann lost his battle with cancer. He was later replaced by Noam Pikelny.

A documentary film of Leftover Salmon, titled "Years In Your Ears," is being released on DVD in November 2006.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Bridges to Bert, 1993
  • Ask The Fish, 1995
  • Euphoria (Hollywood Records), 1997
  • The Nashville Sessions (Hollywood Records), 1999
  • Live (Compass Records), 2002
  • O' Cracker Where Art Thou? (Pitch A Tent), 2003 (with Cracker)
  • Leftover Salmon (Compendia), 2004

[edit] Videos

  • Years In Your Ears ...a Story of Leftover Salmon (2006, DVD)

[edit] External links

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