Bill "Hershey" Nershi (born September 16, 1961 in
New Jersey
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) is a founding member and
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
ist for
The String Cheese Incident
The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang (acoustic/electric mandolin, electric guitar, and violin), Michael Travis (drums and percus ...
, from
Boulder, Colorado
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.
The String Cheese Incident took a break starting in the summer of 2007, but the band got back together in 2009. Nershi is currently active in multiple projects, including SCI,
Honkytonk Homeslice
Honkytonk Homeslice is a band created by The String Cheese Incident frontman Bill Nershi. The band consists of Bill Nershi, his wife Jilian Nershi, and singer-songwriter, Scott Law. Honkytonk Homeslice began in the summer of 2004, when the trio ...
as well as a project with
Leftover Salmon
Leftover Salmon is an American jam band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 1989. The band's music is a blend of bluegrass, rock, country, and Cajun/Zydeco. Over their thirty years as a band Salmon have released seven studio albums and three li ...
mandolinist
Drew Emmitt, known as the
Emmitt-Nershi Band. He currently lives in Colorado and is also a visual artist.
[Kenny-Cincotta, Raffaela https://jambands.com/features/2020/07/04/bill-nershi-from-a-distance/ Jambands.com]
References
External links
String Cheese Incident Website2015 Bill Nershi interview on Guitar.com
1961 births
Living people
American bluegrass guitarists
American male guitarists
American country guitarists
American rock guitarists
20th-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
The String Cheese Incident members
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