Drew Emmitt is an American
mandolinist, guitarist, fiddle player, occasional flutist, and singer, best known for being one of the founding members of
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 ...
, as well as being the
frontman of the Left Hand String Band, Drew Emmitt Band, and the Emmitt-Nershi Band.
History
1989–present: Leftover Salmon
2005–present: Side projects
At the start of the band's deformation, Emmitt formed the Drew Emmitt Band.
In 2007, Emmitt and
Bill Nershi of
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 ...
and
Honkytonk Homeslice started a project dubbed the Emmitt-Nershi Band. The band toured a small amount in the fall of 2007, and had a wide-scale tour planned for the duration of that year, including stops at festivals such as the
High Sierra Music Festival.
Discography
Solo
Leftover Salmon
Left Hand String Band
References
External links
Drew Emmitt Official Website
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American bluegrass musicians
Musicians from Colorado
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Leftover Salmon members