Drew Emmitt
Drew Emmitt is a mandolinist, fiddler, and singer who co-founded Leftover Salmon and ranks among the defining newgrass mandolin players of the jam-band era. Known for a fast, fluid, rock-inflected attack, he bridged traditional bluegrass technique and improvisational jamgrass.
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- Born in Nashville, Tennessee, around 1961; moved to Boulder, Colorado, as a boy.
- Formed the bluegrass group Left Hand String Band in 1984.
- Co-founded Leftover Salmon with Vince Herman when the two bands merged at the turn of the 1990s.
- Released solo albums on Compass Records, including Freedom Ride (2002) and Long Road (2008).
- Formed the Emmitt-Nershi Band in 2007 with Bill Nershi of the String Cheese Incident.
- Inducted into the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society Hall of Honor in 2015.
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Leftover SalmonPlayed on recordings with Leftover Salmon
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Drew EmmittPlayed on recording with Drew Emmitt
