{"id":31168,"date":"2020-02-12T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=31168"},"modified":"2020-02-12T10:11:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:11:38","slug":"on-stage-leftover-salmon-a-delicious-rock-blues-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=31168","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Leftover Salmon a delicious rock\/blues dish"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span>Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Leftover Salmon<\/p><\/div>\n

Music fans have been dining on (actually, listening to) Leftover Salmon for years and enjoying the tasty musical dishes (songs actually) the band serves up on stage and on record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leftover Salmon is an American jam band from Colorado that plays a blend of rock, zydeco, bluegrass, country and Americana.<\/span><\/p>\n

The band formed in 1989, when members of the Salmon Heads — Vince Herman, Dave Dorian, and Gerry Cavagnaro — combined with members of the Left Hand String Band — Drew Emmitt and Glenn Keefe– to play a New Year’s Eve show in 1989 at the Eldo in Crested Butte.<\/span><\/p>\n

Herman had previously played with Emmitt in the Left Hand String Band, and had called on his former bandmates Emmitt and Keefe to fill in for some missing members of the Salmon Heads for the New Year’s Eve show. They chose the name Leftover Salmon on the drive to the show.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything clicked and Leftover Salmon soon began playing shows and making records. The lineup changed significantly over the years, but Emmitt, Herman and banjoist Mark Vann remained the heart of the band until Vann\u2019s death in 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

For three decades, Leftover Salmon has been one of the biggest bands on the roots music circuit with legions of fans and routinely sold-out shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, two of the band\u2019s founding members are touring the country offering a lighter fare.<\/span><\/p>\n

Herman and Emmitt have been on the road with a special project \u2013 an acoustic show featuring Leftover Salmon tunes. The tour will stop in Philly on February 12 for a show at City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com\/philadelphia<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI guess it\u2019s kind of a victory lap for Drew and I,\u201d said Herman, during a phone interview last week from his mountaintop home in Boulder.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can improvise a lot. We know each other pretty well. It\u2019s really to celebrate the confidence we have in each other from playing together for so long.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The full band will swing into action next month. For February\u2019s dates, it\u2019s just the two founder members playing acoustic sets.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a first for Drew and I \u2013 something we\u2019ve never done before — something old and something new,\u201d said Herman, who was in the middle of dealing with a harsh Colorado winter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI live at 8,000 feet and can see Boulder down below,\u201d said Herman. \u201cIt got down to 20-below last night after being in the 60s three days ago. I ran out of propane last night, so I was stoking the fire<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cFor these shows, we\u2019ll be playing calypso, bluegrass, Cajun, rock \u2013 and stuff we make up on the spot. We can do all kinds of stuff. Most likely, it will turn into a comedy night.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have a set list, but we probably won\u2019t adhere to it. Leftover Salmon songs will make up a bulk of it. There will be a lot of Salmon stuff \u2013 going all the way back to 1989. We\u2019ll also do some solo stuff \u2013 and some new material.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For three decades, Leftover Salmon has been one of the biggest bands on the roots music circuit with legions of fans and routinely sold-out shows. Not long after Vann\u2019s death, Leftover Salmon went on hiatus for a few years.<\/span><\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t finally come back until 2012 when they made the \u201cAquatic Hitchhiker\u201d album.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, Leftover Salmon has released three albums \u2013 \u201cHigh Country\u201d in 2014, \u201c25\u201d in 2016 and \u2018Something New,\u201d which was just released this year. All three were on Los Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re slowing down with Salmon this year \u2013 just festivals, not many club dates,\u201d said Herman. \u201cWe\u2019re doing a Rocky Mountain run in March and a festival at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a whole record that\u2019s done. We\u2019ve got a new record that we\u2019re going to release track-by-track. These days, it doesn\u2019t make sense to make an album.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Leftover Salmon \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/XAkUz4J3QKE<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com\/philadelphia<\/a>) will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $26, $28 and $30.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joel Ross<\/p><\/div>\n

The Delaware Art Museum (2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware, www.delart.org<\/a>), will present Joel Ross Good Vibes as part of its celebrated Performance Series lineup on February 13 at 8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joel Ross Good Vibes is a jazz quintet led by Joel Ross, a musician who has received accolades from noted organizations such as the Thelonious Monk Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chicago native Joel Ross has performed with historic and seasoned artists \u2013 Herbie Hancock, Louis Hayes, Christian McBride, and Stefon Harris \u2013 as well as with cutting-edge contemporaries like Ambrose Akinmusire, Gerald Clayton, and Marquis Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twice selected as a Thelonious Monk Institute National All-Star and a 2013 YoungArts Jazz Finalist, he\u2019s also had the opportunity to perform at the Brubeck, Monterey, Seattle, and Chicago Jazz Festivals -and- at internationally-celebrated venues like Dizzy\u2019s Club Coca-Cola in New York, SF Jazz in San Francisco, and Club Vibrato in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Playing the drum kit as early as three years of age, Ross learned other percussion instruments and approaches beginning in fifth grade.<\/span><\/p>\n

When starting his work on the vibraphone, he studied both jazz and classical throughout high school and added piano studies in his senior year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ross has just recorded his own debut album \u201cKingMaker,\u201d which was released in 2019. He will be performing, also, with his newly minted Joel Ross\u2019 Good Vibes ensemble — Joel Ross, Vibraphone; Immanuel Wilkins, Alto Saxophone; Jeremy Corren, Piano; Kanoa Mendenhall, Bass; and Jeremy Dutton, Drums.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Ross, \u201cI never had a doubt that I was going to do music. \u201cMy whole life it was just about finding a way to do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefon Harris invited Ross to try out for his Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet at University of the Pacific. Ross won it, and for two intense years, worked to tear down and rebuild his approach to the instrument. Ross soon transferred to the New School and formed his band Good Vibes featuring his favorite players.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Jonathan Whitney, Manager of Performance Programs and Community Engagement, \u201cJoel is touring and recording with who\u2019s who of the next generation of jazz legends. This is an awesome opportunity to catch a special player, who is maturing quickly, in an intimate setting before he is only able to play larger venues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Joel Ross Good Vibes — https:\/\/youtu.be\/v5RJYs-MI9k<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets are $30 for Members, $35 for Non-Members, and $25 for Students with a valid I.D.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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