New pitchers! NEW PITCHERS! Eric Abramson just sent us some new photos: one from TBGF in '96 and one from the BT-Salmon NYE show in Chicagoland! Check 'em out here and enjoy! (As always, use your "back" button to get back to THIS page.) Thanks Eric! For those who missed the show (everybody minus the 4,000 who were there), Christina Ciesiel's marvellous review has been included! Thanks Christina!

For a Happy-New-Year gift LoSer Bert has sent us some new Leftover Salmon photos -- from the September 30, 1998, Theater of the Living Arts perfomance in Philadelphia, PA. ALERT! ALERT! Check 'em out by clicking here! (Use your "back" button to get back to THIS page.)

Melanie sent us some great Salmon photos from the Variety theater in Hotlanta, February 16, 1997, as well as, from the R.O.A.M Festival a couple of years back. Check 'em out by clicking here! The link to the R.O.A.M. pics are at the bottom of the Atlanta page. (Use your "back" button to get back to THIS page.)

MERLEFEST '98 Pictorial REVIEW!!

Fire on the Banjo! Mark and his Red-Hot Deering Crossfire at Merlefest '98 -- the closing set at the Hillside Stage:

Click here to check out the rest! (Use your "back" button to get back here.)

Also check out Heather Coburn-Herring's Web page which has some really excellent photos from Merlefest '98. There's a couple of Drew, Sam Bush, Chris Thile, etc. Click here to see 'em.

And here's another super phototreat -- from LoSer Steve Mang of Raleigh, NC. Click here ASAP, these are GORGEOUS!

Yeah, BOY!  Got some NEW photos of the band (and some old ones, too) -- Merlefest '96 (with the Mayor McC), Warrenton '96 (even got WHITNEY!), and some pictures of the guys & Bridgette relaxin' in VA before the Birchmere show back in '95. Also, Eric Abramson just sent us some more new ones taken at the Fox shows just before the the band left on their Spring Tour of the east and all. ENJOY!!!

Oh YEAH, don't miss links to LOTS MORE LoS photos farther on down THIS page!

A Permanent Tape Tree Site!

From LoSer Daniel Ritchey:

Hi folks,

The Leftover Salmon Permanent Tree now has a webpage, which is 
dedicated to the proliferation of high-quality live Leftover Salmon performances.
A very basic web page, but it has the structure, current round setlist and 
show information, and a place for future plans.  Suggestions are welcome!

If you are not in the Tree, and are *positively* willing to commit to being
in the tree for a while, email me for info and to sign up.  I'll try to get
signup info and maybe a form on the website sometime soon if I have time.  

The address of the site is www.simplecom.net/dritchey/permatree.html  

LEFTOVER IN THE NEWS!

GAVIN REPORT names Leftover Salmon as Artists to Watch for a Breakout in 1998!

AMERICANA: SALMON CHANTED EVENING
By ROB BLEETSTEIN

This year's Americana entree for breakout is Leftover Salmon, the Boulder, Colorado-based outfit that has taken its style of "bluegrass gone mad" to another level with the release of Euphoria on Mountain Division/Hollywood Records.

After years of touring in their school bus, Leftover Salmon's has built a following that continues to grow, and the band is currently part of the H.O.R.D.E. tour, and, in fact, is the only act to perform at every stop, along with headliner Neil Young. Their on-stage party antics and music are a perfect fit for the traveling festival.

Americana radio's response to Euphoria has been as euphoric as the rhythms laid down on the disc. Reaction, especially in the Southeast has been over the top, leading to some impressive SoundScan numbers in markets like Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, and Tampa.

Leftover Salmon's popularity is set to spawn.

YES!! You can read the entire article at GAVIN's Web site.

The Fall/Winter 1997 issue of Dupree's Diamond News had to following to say about say about Leftover Salmon!

"Leftover Salmon is to cajun/calypso/bluegrass music what the Grateful Dead were to rock. This white-hot quintet stretches the envelope of the multiple musical genres they cover *waay* open with long jams, high tempo, stick-in-yer-head melodies, and sweet bluegrass singing. They are certainly one of the hottest bands touring today. The recent addition of master groove rock drummer Jeff "Apt. Q-258" Sipe will surely inspire this group to even higher heights."

About the 1997 H.O.R.D.E. tour:

"...appearing for the entire tour were Leftover Salmon, with its pulse-elevating, spaz-grass. These guys often seemed a little on the schizoid side, moving from mellow cajun swing to rollicking and unstoppable, atomic mountain-top wailing. In their alloted twenty-five minutes, the unreal mandolin strumming and yodeling of Drew Emmitt and the maddeningly precise electric banjo from Mark Vann appeared to lift the stage from the ground and send it spinning off into the atmosphere. Added to that was the intensity of a rightly placed new drummer, Apt. Q-258 (formerly of Hellborg, Lane, and Sipe; and Aquarium Rescue Unit), and you were left with a lot more that just stale fish."

Then, in "Reflections on the High Sierra Music Festival & Oregon Country Fair" publisher/editor Johnny Dwork comments on Michael Sammet's suggestion that the Zen Tricksters performance might have been the best musical moment of the (HS) fest -- certainly the heaviest:

"J: The heaviest, yes, but the best had to be when wonderful Eugene folk singer Jim Page joined the main-stage outdoor closer Leftover Salmon on Sunday night. Leftover was already way into a perfect cajun/calypso/bluegrass wet dream set, which had the entire audience in a delirious state of bliss and THEN Jim comes out to improvise with them. He strums a few chords to get them started and then they build the melody up. Jim starts to improvise lyrics about how wonderful a blessing it is to be at the High Sierra music fest; he's singing about every great thing that happens at the festival: the music, the friends, the beautiful setting, the perfect vibe, and everyone in the crowd gets tears in our eyes, just realizing how truly lucky we are to be at such a wonderful gathering. And all of Leftover is grinning ear-to-ear. It was as sweet and sincere a musical moment as I've witnessed in the last decade.

later in the article Michael says:

M: ...As usual, however, for Saturday night at High Sierra, the peak was Leftover Salmon's late night jamfest in the tent. Ten other musicians joined in at times mixing Salmon originals with Jackson Brown, Allman Bros., and Stones covers. It wasn't as legendary as Salmon's Saturday night jam last year with Sam Bush, but another tremendous showing solidifying their growing popularity and evolution with the new album, Euphoria. In addition, their Oregon Country Fair stealth gig the following week, when they ditched the Horde to warm up the Midnight circus crowd with a quick set, won me over completely.

then after more on what happened on Sunday, Michael and Johnny go on to say:

M: And all this led up to that great Leftover Salmon set with Jim Page.

J: I've seen 1500-plus concerts in my life and that moment was as wonderful a band/audience connection as I've ever witnessed..."

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The August '97 issue of Guitar World had the following to say about the band, in part:

"If the Seapods are an engine, Leftover Salmon is a shredder. The band was formed in 1990 when Drew Emmitt's Left Hand String Band, a progressive bluegrass combo, joined Vince Herman's Cajun/zydeco group, the Salmon Heads. The resulting quintet plays what they call 'polyethnic cajun slamgrass,' with a schizophrenic knack for sounding like a different band every night of the week. 'Some nights,' says Emmitt, 'I'll barely pick up my guitar and play mostly mandolin and fiddle. Other nights I'll play a lot of guitar. We can be a Cajun band, a zydeco band, a full-on bluegrass band, a loud blues-rock band, or a calypso band.'"

Check out the rest of GW's comments on Leftover in that issue when you get a chance...

Now, it's ON TO MORE Leftover Salmon Fan Photos -- some of the best you'll see ANYWHERE!!

Due to overwhelming response and many suggestions (actually, nearly one) from fellow Salmonytes and LoSers surfing the rivers, falls, dams, and fish ladders of the Internet with sloooow modems, the fan photos have been moved to their own page.

Click here to see them in all their previous Salmon glory! Be sure to use your browser's "back" button to come back here after looking at them.

While you're there, don't miss the photos from the Red Rocks show in May '96, the High Sierra Music Festival, and the shots from the studio while "Euphoria" was being made! The latest ones are some great B&W shots from 1997. (BTW, if you'd like to see YOUR pictures of the Leftover Lads posted here for the world of LoSers to admire, SEND 'em IN!)

Don't miss these!!! Check out LoSer Chris McCarn's psychedelic photos of Leftover Salmon under the Big Top, July 5/6, at the High Sierra Music Festival in 1997. Click here to see them and a lot of other great images from the festival -- with more coming...

Also, check out Brandon Barber's photo of "the boys" on the stage at Telluride by clicking here

And then, visit Jason Schwartz's growing photo gallery of Leftover Salmon live by clicking here. Jason has some neat photos of other bands as well.

Next, check out Terry Lynch's excellent photos of the boys. (Clicking on these links will load the photos into your JPEG helper app. You can save 'em from there if you like...) There are two at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR in 1997: Crystal Ballroom #1 and Crystal Ballroom #2 and two more at the Meadows in Portland in 1997: Meadows #1 and Meadows #2. Terry has some gorgeous photos of other bands, including SCI as well, at http://www.oz.net/~akimbo.

The O-fish-al site -- Oh yes, just in case you landed here before finding the band's official site, give a click here when you're finished exploring these goodies to find out more about the band and to get instructions on signing up for the "leftover list," where their VERY friendly fans talk about them and exchange info on other things of interest to like-minded folk.

ALSO, check out the recently updated Leftover Salmon pages at Hollywood Records by clicking here. They have now made available 30-second sound bites of each of the songs from their Euphoria CD! Pretty cool!

Interviews. INTERVIEWS! Our thanks to Toni Brown, publisher of Relix (and BIG Leftover Salmon fan), and Sheryl Hunter for making a super interview with "da boyz" the lead article in the October 1997 issue of Relix, pp. 10-11. Great photo, too! (Exactly WHAAT is Tye holding in his right hand???) Also, check out the kind words about their ZanyAntics at the 1997 Telluride Bluegrass Fest in the review in the same issue (pp. 29-30). While you're there, don't miss MORE kind words about their 80-minute opening set for Blues Traveler at Red Rocks earlier in the year (p. 35). You can see the photo and read another super interview on the 328 Performance Hall (Nashville) Web site by clicking here.

FLASH -- Leftover Salmon in the MOVIES (at least their MUSIC is) It's in Warren Miller's film, Snowriders2 -- the Journey Continues (Euphoria, Better, and Highway Song). More is reported in another snowboader film called TB6. (Our thanks to LoSers Conner Brown and Mike Casper for pointing these out to us.)

Laura Killian <toadlily@olywa.net>

I finally figured out the mileage from our trip to see Salmon (and everybody else) at the High Sierra Fest in July. 1850 miles to get there, and 1700 to get back. Roughly six days each way. We didn't stick to I-5, obviously. That would've saved us 350 miles, but -- via the magic of summer highway construction -- would have taken about two days longer.

We went from Olympia to Bear Valley via Lake Tahoe. In other words,

Olympia to Diamond Lake to Lava Beds National Monument to Susanville, CA (bleak, sunny, hospitable; home of the Motel California)

to Reno (sunny little college town with an intergalactic gambling vortex pasted onto one edge) (we just wanted a rest; the bike cop told us the way to a park; they were holding a city picnic there, so while we scruffy sunburned hippies sat with the cop's wife munching free hot dogs, watching Stomp play, Killian (Laura's son) danced with the mayor)

to Carson City (home of boarded-up casinos and one hell of an Italian restaurant)

to Washoe Lake, NV (incredible bird-watching; altitude sickness is SUCH a drag, but if you're going to be lying in gravel gasping for breath, do it while watching kestrels learn to fly)

to Grover Hot Springs State Park, CA (normally it's Hell's Angels turf, but they were all at Sturgis that weekend)

to Bear Valley (the AAA map didn't mention that the road was ONE LANE WIDE and fractally curvy for the last 45 miles; we convoyed over the 8900-foot pass behind the Ekoostik Hookah crew's U-Haul, and picked up a hitchhiker who ended up part of the family).

It amazes me how much of America is still left. You can go for DAYS without seeing a McDonald's. Towns are clean. People are NICE. If you ask them interesting questions ("what kind of tree is that?" and "where's a playground?" work shockingly well), even the ones in the tourist towns sit down to talk.

Better send this before I start REALLY rambling... Caffeine is a dangerous drug. (Record claimed September 23, 1997)

First Prizes: (over 1,000 miles)

Jonas Beals <oakley@fls.infi.net> "Fredericksburg, VA, to Boulder, CO, 25 hours one-way, and on the return trip, a friend and I went straight through, non-pasta aided!" (record claimed March 28, 1997)

Eric Peter Abramson <epa@yellowpine.com> with "my motorcycle trip to Merle Fest last year: Nederland, CO, to Wilkesboro, NC, 28 hours with one roadside four hour nap" (record claimed April 4, 1997) Both of these trips are over 1,200 miles!

Zachary Ethan Roberts <zaq@leland.Stanford.EDU> (who went a heckuva long distance -- at least 1,000 miles and probably more -- while combining purposes in some weird and wonderful way)-- in spite of saying "(I'm) not really interested in the fame and recognition and massive media coverage that will surely result in the award..." His story... "in march of 1995 me and two buddies drove over 1300 miles from SanFran to Boulder in a 24 hour rally on the first night of Spring Break to catch a LoS show at the Fox. ...our real destination for that break was Joshua Tree Park down in Southern Cal, and being crazy youngsters we decided it would be well worth going to Boulder to see LoS because...well, because it was Salmon! (we were right, too)...as for exact distance, i can't verify completely because we just kept a total (3,400 in nine days) but seem to remember that it took us around 1200-1300 miles to get to the show,, taking 80 north from SF to Reno to Salt Lake to Cheyenne and then 25 down to Denver and then backtracking to Boulder....all in good clean fun!" FWIW, it's only 300 miles DIRECT from SF to Joshua Tree, so Zachary went a LONG way out of his way! Jeez! (record claimed April 6, 1997)

Rick Zeek -- submitted by his roommate, Andrea Gaiteri <agaiteri@mri-computing.com> Rick traveled 1300 miles from Santa Fe, NM, to R.O.A.M. Andrea srites: "My roommate, Rick Zeek, asked me to make this submission to the Mileage Contest for him. We are both enormously faithful fans of the band; however, Rick's fanaticism is not to be believed. We live in PA-- he spends each summer out West-- Oregon Country Fair, High Sierra Fest, etc. This year he drove from Northeast PA to the Oregon Country Fair. What do you know-- Salmon played at the Fair this year. Okay. That unscheduled appearance was incidental, so we can't count it. (It was probably a stealth appearance anyway! (;^)) However, he did travel from Sante Fe, NM to the R.O.A.M. festival-- straight thru, with great concentration, focusing only on the goal of a true Salmon Fest. He was not disappointed. Also, consider that we regularly drive from Northeast PA to see Salmon everywhere-- most recently SUNY Binghamton last week-- what a show, but also Asheville, NC, the Merlefest in Wilkesboro, NC, New Jersey, New York, State College, PA, and Philly." (Record claimed October 30, 1997)

More Prizes:

Brian Catri <BCatri@aol.com> "my brother-in-law, Herky McQueeney, and I traveled to ROAM last Aug. We left my house in NJ and traveled over 700 miles (13 hours) to Round Mountain. But he started his travels to my house from his house in Conn, a distance of 165 miles (another 3 hours), and I will tell you this -- I would travel twice the distance to the second anual ROAM festival! What a great time." (record claimed April 4, 1997)

Conor Brown <CWB@msu.oscs.montana.edu> "I myself drove 11 hours to see them play in Breckenridge, CO in -2 degree weather. Boy was that a trip." (record claimed January 31, 1997)

Anybody else know of some long driving trips like these??

Although he's not a LoSer (or, at least, he's not KNOWN to be one), Eric Conko <ec@en.com> told the phish-net folks about his interesting rating system for bands -- how far he's willing to drive, one way, to see them. On 28 Mar 1997, he said, "I allow three shows before I decide on the radius I am willing to drive to see a show. Phish, Dead, JGB, MMW, Michael Ray, Leftover Salmon, and George Clinton all have a 600-1000 mile radius. Depending on timing, I will drive that distance to see any one of these bands." That seems consistent with Jonas', Eric's, Zachary's, Brian's, and Conor's opinions (above), as well. Later in his post Eric C. added, "If it helps with my opinion, I have also rated Hookah, Widespread, and Rusted Root with 30 mile radius," possibly blowing his credibility with some LoSers, but, hey, tastes, like mileages, vary too. The rating system is still an interesting one...

Of Course, If You're a "Bettin' Man"...

Here's another favorite way to tell. How many of your BEST FRIENDS would you take to a show to see them for the first time? Hint, a VERY common answer to this question is ALL. Perhaps, even MORE interesting is LoSer Jason Weldon <JWeldon@harbinger.com>'s method -- a money-back guarantee! Here's Jason's story...

"I think word of mouth has alot to do with the rise in LoS' popularity. Let me offer my first Salmon experience for example. I think it was around Fall 94. I was at school in Athens, GA & my brother was in school in Charleston, SC. I was going to see ARU on Friday night. My brother calls me Friday morning and says that he saw Col. Bruce the night before & had a great time. But, he said the real reason he was calling was tell me, no he ordered me, to make sure I got there to the opening band. "I've never seen anything like them before. I can't describe it. All I can say is they have a banjo, a mandolin, & a washboard and they sing Fire on the Mountain, but it's about pasta. You MUST see them." He guaranteed me a great time.

I must say he was right on!! A friend & I got there early and were 2 of about 15 people that got to see THE opening band. Then members of Aquarium Rescue Unit came out with them. Then during ARU's set Drew & Mark came out & got everyone, even the Colonel, playing behind their head. It was definitely a sight.

Since then, I have made that same promise my brother made to me to many, many people. I guarantee a great time or your money back out of my pocket. I have never once had to pay up.

Usually, people are willing to pay ME for introducing them to this festival.

I think tapes also get the music in people's hands. But, such solid conviction and a guarantee get people really interested. 'It's gotta be good if he feels so strongly about it.' Try it, it works"

EUPHORIA!! U4ria!! You-Four-EE-AH!!

What are folks saying about Euphoria, Leftover Salmon's latest release, their first for Hollywood Records?

Whoa!! Shameless promotion ON! If you don't have a copy yet, check your favorite music store. Big or small, they should have it. If they don't have it, order it from the Salmon Merch folks in Nederland, CO. (See ordering directions on Leftover Salmon's official Web Site.) OR, have the store order it. Tell 'em it's being distributed by PolyGram Distribution. Those are the "magic words" that mean it'll be easy for them to get, and it should take less than a week. Help them out by reminding them that's it's hard to sell stuff they don't have IN STOCK! If they give you some Bravo Sierra about the record company not "pushing it," (i.e. paying them to carry it), just let them know this album SO HOT that it isn't necessary. Then, tell all your fellow fans to go bug the same store about it and while they're there, buy 2 or 3 copies -- remember, they make EXCELLENT gifts! We've driven store managers across the country NUTS doing this! Also, if you need copies of the two previous albums, Bridges to Bert and Ask the Fish Live, PGD is also distributing them for Hollywood, so you ought to be able to find them in the stores also. OK, shameless promotion OFF.

Euphoria Reviews... Here's what Hollywood Records has to say about them. "Leftover Salmon call their unique brand of music "Polyethnic-Cajun-Slam-Grass." After one listen to their major label debut release, "Euphoria," you'll understand why. Creating music that can't easily be classified into a simple genre, Leftover Salmon blend progressive bluegrass, down-home country, and Cajun music with imaginative rhythms and melodies. Leftover Salmon has been touring practically non-stop -- performing in front of sell-out crowds from Coast-to-Coast. The band's non-stop touring will continue thoughout '97." PolyGram adds, "Leftover Salmon's new album, "Euphoria," is as dynamic as it is exhilarating. It will appeal to fans of bands ranging from Wilco to The Dave Matthews Band and from Blues Traveler to the Black Crowes."

Here's what DJ J. T. Carter (The Monday Morning Madman) of WRFL (88.1 FM) in Lexington, KY, had to say on April 12, 1997. "Leftover Salmon, _Euphoria_ (country/bluegrass; a return to roots, kind of; elements of young country, but the influences outweigh the contemporary sounds and make this album worth every cent)" You can email J. T. at jtcart0@pop.uky.edu, ae878@yfn.ysu.edu, or jtcarter@tso.cin.ix.net if you want to discuss it with him further.

To read what Billboard had to say in its April 5 issue about its first appearance on their famous "Top Everything" charts, click here.

For reaction to Euphoria by their Internet-connected fans (the ones who REALLY count, right?), click here.

For a VERY thoughtful review of Euphoria by LoSer Timothy Lynch in early April, click here.

Newbie Stories! OK, so much for the unabashed praise from the die-hard fans (at least for now -- there's a LOT more from them later on down the page). One of the most fun things about this band is reading the stories from and about the newbies -- folks experiencing Leftover Salmon live for the very first time. To read a few of our favorite Newbie Stories, click here!

A SPECIAL Newbie Story -- from Daniel Gold, now a reporter for "An Honest Tune." It's about his first Leftover Salmon concert WAAAAY back in March of 1994 -- when the good Colonel Bruce Hampton and the legendary Aquarium Rescue Unit took Leftover Salmon on their first tour of the Northeast, from the Bayou in DC on up. As we all know by now, it was the first of many more to come -- but this one WAS special, not only for all the new folks they got to meet, but also for the chance to meet and jam with some of the Phish folks, as well. Check it out!!

The Leftover Lexicon

• Leftovercize -- the dance exercise program at a Leftover Salmon Show

• Salmonizing -- the process of converting an otherwise "normal" person to a Leftover Salmon fan (also, what Leftover Salmon does when it turns a "normal" tune, like "Fire On the Mountain" or "Small Ax," into one of "theirs!")

• Salmonyte -- a person who declares that Leftover Salmon is now their favorite band (except for maybe the Grateful Dead!)

• LoSer or LOSer -- a Salmonyte who has signed up for the leftover list

• Salmonizer -- a brand of battery that is said to power both band members AND their dancin' fans. This battery is far superior to those that power the energizer bunny.

• InSalmonity - - A mental disorder currently affecting one or more LoSers. Cause unknown, but believed to involve having too much fun at Salmon shows (in spite of multiple warnings from Vince to the contrary) and possibly elsewhere. Symptoms include sending random messages to hundreds of people about basically nothing and making way too many posts in one night to one hapless group. It is accented by the audio hallucination of truck engines. It *may* be incurable.

• LoSters -- short for "LoSer brothers and sisters"

• Salmontine's Day -- roughly Feb. 14, or whenever a member of the band has a birthday or plays in or near his home town. (Is it just my imagination or does this happen at almost EVERY show? Could this just be more Salmon humor?)

For even MORE Leftover Stuff, check these out...

Note: use your browser's "back" button to return to this page after checking out the links.

• For more photos and other information on Leftover Salmon and the leftover list, click here to visit the official Salmonsyte. And check out the Leftover Salmon FAQ for answers to your "Frequently Asked Questions" about the band, PLUS how to become a LoSer yourself.

• If you missed Leftover Salmon's R.O.A.M. (Renaissance of Arts and Music) Festival last August in western NC, visit it NOW (in words AND photos) by clicking here.

• For some comments about Leftover Salmon from the early Internet buzz in 1995, click here. These are from the newsgroups for Phish, Grateful Dead, The Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler, Bela Fleck, and Jimi Hendrix, plus Awarenet, Spreadnet, the HORDE list, the bluegrass list, the leftover list, and many others.

• For many more Internet comments as the buzz spread across the country in 1996, click here.

• 1996 Concert of the Year Award! Timothy Lynch's glowing review of Leftover Salmon's show with their friends at High Sierra in 1996.

• Another Favorite Leftover Salmon Show in 1996 At Timothy Lynch's request we've added Bob Siebecker's choice for favorite Leftover show of 1996. In Timothy's message he said, "...a gentleman on the East Coast answered my 'concert of the year' article with one of his own about Leftover Salmon at the R.O.A.M. Festival. It was so well written it made my head tingle with the excitement it captured. If mine is going to be there, his should probably be there too."

• For some lovely comments from their January/February 1997 tour of the Eastern US as the buzz intensifies and nearly every show is sold out, click here.

• For some more comments -- these from their March/April 1997 tour of the Western US click here.

• Haven't heard about MudFest-1, the Charlottesville, VA, show at the Downtown Amphitheater on April 27, 1997? Well, just click here to hear about a festival fit ONLY for Salmon!

• Here're some reports from festivals and shows during the summer of '97... Be sure to check out Tim Lynch's thoughts on the upcoming combination of Leftover Salmon and the High Sierra Music Festival '97.

• More about BRIDGING THE BERT! For some of our favorite tales of Bridging the Bert along with yet another try at explaining what it all means, click here.

• Would you like to check out some recent messages on the Internet discussion list for the Leftover Salmon? The infamous leftover list archives are now available, thanks to LoSer Patrick Chase.

• Leftover Lyrics - For the words to some of their songs, click here. Note that there are some "placeholders" that show where folks are still working on some words. Please be patient. Stuff's a'coming! Would YOU like to help us out here to speed things along???

• Cool Chords for Salmon Songs - If you'd like to pick some of your OWN Salmon Songs, click here to see some chords that'll make the job a tad easier! Our thanks to John Carter for putting these together.

• For good list of Leftover Salmon's répertoire, click here. As of March 1997 these guys have an active list of about 270 songs. No wonder you have to see so many Salmon shows to hear them all! One LoSer suggested that this is more than the Grateful Dead and Phish ADDED TOGETHER! Could this be?? Certainly, it's a least as many as either of these bands. BTW, this list has now been "vetted" by the band, so over 95% of the names are the ones the band uses as well! Just remember, DON'T ask for Rocky Top! What you'll get (if anything) is Hotel Rocky Top -- Hotel California sung to the tune of Rocky Top! Yuccchhhhh! Oh yes, thanks to Eric Peter Abramson for letting us know that "Euphoria" is actually a cover -- it was originally performed by the Holy Modal Rounders -- back when Tye North's dad played in the band! (It was written by Tye's uncle.) Finally, Vince Herman and Vince Farsetta are REALLY two different (though somewhat similar) people... Speaking of Vince Farsetta... The composer of a number of Leftover's great tunes (and a super musician too!) has a new Website. Check it OUT!!

• Gigs, gigs, and MORE gigs! For a fairly big list of many of the shows they've played around the country since 1991, click here.

• LoSer Survey - Would you like to see what some LoSers had to say when surveyed in early March 1997? They were asked questions like: "Did you like Leftover Salmon immediately?", "What do you like best about the music?", and "What do you think the future of LoS holds?" Then click here. (It's an 81K file, so listen to "Euphoria" while you're waiting for it to load!)

• If you'd like to know whether you have an "original" version of the "Ask the Fish Live" album cover art or the "new, improved" version, click here.

• Want to know MORE about Bluegrass? -- just one of the MANY influences on Leftover Salmon's music. Then click here to read about some of the artists that have influenced them and some of their songs and albums. Also, some humor, if you're still "up for it" after all this!

• If you llllike lllleftover salmon, you'll probably llllike these folks too! -- a horribly incomplete llllist of other artists/bands (some with links) that will probably appeal to the salmon afishinado (all for different polyethnic reasons)... CHECK 'EM OUT!
  • Tony Trischka
  • Tony Furtado
  • Sam Bush
  • Bela Fleck
  • Colonel Bruce Hampton
  • John Cowan Check out the interview with John and the nice things he has to say about Leftover Salmon!
  • moe.
  • Hypnotic Clambake
  • Magraw Gap
  • Beausoleil
  • String Cheese Incident

• For some quizzical quotes from Mr. Improv himself (Vince "Hermaine"), click here

• And now for something completely different... If you are EVER so lucky as to be invited to "Salmon Hell" (so named by Jack-the-(original)-road-manager, monitor-board-man, and Bridgette-chauffeur) what are the prominently posted rules you would have to obey?

Sounds from the past...

Blackberry Blossum (a 30-Second .wav Sound Bite - 168K)
Orange Blossum Special (a 39-Second .wav Sound Bite - 213K)
Sailor's Hornpipe (a 32-Second .wav Sound Bite - 179K)

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