Drew Emmitt is a mandolin

Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

ist, guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

ist, fiddle player, occasional flutist and singer best known for being one of the founding members of Leftover Salmon

Leftover Salmon

Leftover Salmon is a jam band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 1989. 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...

, as well as being the frontman of the Left Hand String Band, Drew Emmitt Band, and the Emmitt-Nershi Band.

1989-2005: Leftover Salmon

Emmitt was a part of Leftover Salmon for the sixteen years that they were together, until the band decided to go their separate ways in 2005.

2005-Present: Side projects

At the start of the band's deformation, Emmitt formed the Drew Emmitt Band.

In 2007, Emmitt and Bill Nershi

Bill Nershi

Bill Nershi was a founding member and acoustic guitarist in The String Cheese Incident, a US jamband from Boulder, Colorado....

 of The String Cheese Incident and Honkytonk Homeslice

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...

 started a project dubbed the Emmitt-Nershi Band. The band toured a small amount in the fall of 2007, and have a wide-scale tour planned for the duration of this year, including stops at festivals such as the High Sierra Music Festival

High Sierra Music Festival

High Sierra Music Festival is a multi-day music festival held in Quincy, California, a mountainous area about 80 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada.The festival is held each year the weekend of July 4...

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Solo

Year	Title	Label
2002	Freedom Ride	Compass Records Compass Records Compass Records is a Nashville-based independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown. Currently home to nearly 100 folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and new acoustic artists, the label releases about 20 records a year...
2005	Across the Bridge	Compass Records

Leftover Salmon

Year	Title	Label
1993	Bridges to Bert	-
1995	Ask the Fish	-
1997	Euphoria Euphoria (Leftover Salmon album) Euphoria is a 1997 album by Leftover Salmon, and their first release on Hollywood Records.-Track listing:#"Better"#"Highway Song"#"Baby Hold On"#"River's Rising"#"Mama Boulet"#"Funky Mountain Fogdown"#"Cash on the Barrelhead"...	Hollywood Records
1999	The Nashville Sessions	Hollywood Records
2002	Live	Compass Records Compass Records Compass Records is a Nashville-based independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown. Currently home to nearly 100 folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and new acoustic artists, the label releases about 20 records a year...
2004	Leftover Salmon	Compendia Records

Left Hand String Band

Year	Title	Label
1991	Get Me Outta This City	Brewglass Records

External links

• Drew Emmitt Official Website