Leftover Salmon
The Crown Room
Crystal Bay Club
Crystal Bay, NV
29-DEC-2016

Recorded By: RasBobre
https://www.facebook.com/rasbobrerecordings
Mic Location: Rafter Mounted 12 Feet Off Stage/12 Feet High
Zoom Handy H6 > AKGC2000B > Audacity
FOH: Mario Casillio (Leftover Salmon)
Monitors: Peter Kowalczyk

**24bit, not intended for CD Burning**

* A Devildogs Production Show *

For upcoming shows at the Crystal Bay Club please visit Devildog Productions website, http://devildogshows.com/

About Leftover Salmon;

Looking back over the past 25 years of rootsy, string-based music, the impact of Leftover Salmon is impossible to deny. Formed in Boulder at the end of 1989, the Colorado slamgrass pioneers took their form of aggressive bluegrass to rock and roll bars at a time when it wasnâ€™t so common, helping Salmon become a pillar of the jam band scene and unwitting architects of the jamgrass genre. Today, Leftover Salmon is: Vince Herman (vocals, acoustic guitar, washboard); Drew Emmitt (vocals, acoustic and electric mandolin, electric guitar, fiddle); Andy Thorn (vocals, acoustic and electric banjo); Greg Garrison (vocals, acoustic and electric bass); Alwyn Robinson (drums); Erik Deutsch (keyboard).

Though the lineup would change through the years, the foundation of Leftover Salmon remained strongly rooted in the relationship between co-founders Emmitt, Herman, and banjoist, Mark Vann, proceeding through a decade of constant growth and nonstop touring.

On March 4, 2002, Vann lost his battle with cancer. He was only 39 years old. Herman issued in memoriam: â€œMark lived life to its fullest and he would insist that we do so as well,â€ so LoS carried on through a succession of replacement players including Matt Flinner, Scott Vestal, Tony Furtado, and Noam Pikelny, but then took a hiatus from touring at the end of 2004.

Had they never played another note, the Leftover Salmon legacy would have been secure; but in the summer of 2007, the band were ready to hit the road again. Soon after, banjo phenom Andy Thorn was brought into the group, a new album, Aquatic Hitchhiker, (2012) was recorded and released to critical acclaim, NPRâ€™s Mountain Stage, for instance, heralding the group as â€œone of the most beloved acts on Americaâ€™s summer-festival circuit.â€

Said Drew Emmitt of the bandâ€™s resumption, â€œThe time is right for this band to come back on a lot of levels. Itâ€™s taken us a little while, but I think weâ€™re finally there.â€

High Country is a 12-song, rock/country/bluegrass/blues masterpiece, featuring 10 spanking new LoS offerings, including Thornâ€™s rollicking title track complete with requisite blistering banjo solo, Hermanâ€™s Cajun-flavored kick off, â€œGet Up And Go,â€ but also sporting 2 covers- a Payne/Robert Hunter tune called, â€œBluegrass Pinesâ€ and a Lowell George/Keith Godchaux classic, â€œSix Feet Of Snow,â€ immortalized on Little Featâ€™s, Down On The Farm. Then thereâ€™s Emmittâ€™s progressive ramble nâ€™ roll, â€œTwo Highways,â€ destined to become an LoS classic. All in all, High Country slips seamlessly in and out of character, disposition and style offering the full palette of Leftover Salmonâ€™s aesthetic, from lightening-powered pick nâ€™ grin to thoughtful blues balladry and all in between. The recordâ€™s a classic, if weâ€™ve ever heard one.

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