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Leftover Salmon
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  1. Audio CD: Release Date 2004-03-23
  2. Publisher: Compendia
  3. Artist: Leftover Salmon
  4. Sales Rank in Music: #20238

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In the tradition of such legendary bands as the Grateful Dead, Phish and "newgrass" ground breakers New Grass Revival. Leftover Salmon blends rootsy rock and bluegrass instrumentation / vocals with innovative "jam"-influences arrangements – making them wildly popular on today’s jam band circuit.

Produced by Little Feat’s Bill Payne, Leftover Salmon is the band’s first studio album of new material in five years, and features the same smooth, searing vocals, cutting-edge musicianship and genre-bending acoustic / electric music blend that fans clamor for in live performance.

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On their self-titled sixth album, Leftover Salmon strip away the more eclectic elements of their "polyethnic Cajun slamgrass" and come up with a simpler but soulful sound rooted in both bluegrass and the blues. Drew Emmitt's vocals on songs like "Down in the Hollow" and "Weary Traveler" have a genuine high, lonesome twang that wouldn't sound out of place in a traditional bluegrass band, while his sound on bluesier numbers like "Last Days of Autumn" has an engaging laid-back feel. But even though the group is performing more traditionally structured songs instead of loosely organized jams, there are still plenty of opportunities for the group to exhibit the instrumental virtuosity that has made them favorites on the jam-band circuit. Newcomer Noam Pikelny is a blazing banjo picker in the Béla Fleck mode, and every time he breaks into a solo the energy level kicks up a notch. Leftover Salmon's new take on traditional styles has more than enough imagination to keep fans of the band's older, more freewheeling style happy, even as the more disciplined performances attract new ones into the fold. --Michael John Simmons
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Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review
3.8 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Really good, ...but..., April 12, 2004
Richard D. Hodgson (Madera, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leftover Salmon (Audio CD)
If this album was released by anyone else, I'd say that it was great. The songs are good and the musicianship is excellent. But, with all due respect, these guys can do better. Let's face it, Leftover Salmon is a jam band. And like The Dead or other contemporaries such as The String Cheese Incident, they are at their best when live. That's not to say that they can't play well in the studio-- unlike some of their fans, I liked "Euphoria". And I like this album, too. It's just that compared to their live material, it sounds kind of, I dunno,...restrained. I keep waiting for them to really let go and kick out the jams-- but they never really do. Perhaps they're trying to appeal to a more musically conservative audience. And if it gets the proper exposure, they very well may. But I fear that this album will not strongly endear itself to their hard-core fanbase.

Part of the problem may be that it was produced by Bill Payne of Little Feat. At times it...Read more


7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Team Salmon Does Not Disappoint with latest Album!!, May 24, 2004
JM (Boston) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Leftover Salmon (Audio CD)
I have been a fan of these guys ever since I moved to Colorado in 1999. I've seen numerous shows and have always enjoyed their studio and live album efforts like "Ask the fish" and "Euphoria". The "Nashville Sessions" is similarly amazing. I am proud to announce that with their latest addition, "Leftover Salmon", the boys have proven once again that they are still so damn good!! The sound is not the same with the new additions to to the school but its pleaseant none the less. I will admit that the band sounds a lot more like SCI now than they used to. I assert this simply as a reference point for somebody who may not be familiar with Leftover Salmon. I found the new banjo player to be quite good and proof of this is his work on the song "Whispering Waters" (my personal favorite) and the instrumental "Lincoln at Nevada". Looking forward to hearing him live soon. The organ player also adds a whole other groove...Read more


3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great musicians, at home with practically any type of music, August 8, 2004
J. Ross "a-music_fan" (Roseburg, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leftover Salmon (Audio CD)
From my nwbluegrass reviewing friend, Mark Gensman:

Leftover Salmon is a band that has been around a while and has spent a huge amount of time touring and playing at such diverse venues as bluegrass festivals, folk festivals and rock and roll venues..and from the quality and variety of playing on this CD, it is easy to see how they can be successful anywhere they chose to play.

The band is a six piece group and there are only two guest artists on the CD. Bill Payne from the group Little Feat is the producer and sits in on piano and K.C. Groves adds harmony vocals to one tune. Other than that, the band plays all the parts and they are great players for sure.

The members are:

Drew Emmitt - Mandolin, fiddle, guitar, lead and harmony vocals

Greg Garrison - Acoustic and electric bass, lead and harmony vocals

Vince Herman - Acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vocals

Jose Martinez - Drums and percussion...Read more

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