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Groove in the Gorge Music Series
Jun
13

Leftover Salmon

with Special Guests Davisson Brothers Band

The Outpost NRG
843 Fayette Station Rd Fayetteville, WV 25840
WHAT TO EXPECT:

"Two legendary bands jamming on a summer night! Beautiful vibes in the air, camping, local brews, and cocktails while dancing and getting groovy in the gorge 160’ down in the heartbeat of the New River Gorge!"

Event poster for Leftover Salmon

♪ Groove in the Gorge Music Series

Leftover Salmon

Few bands stick around for thirty-five years. Even fewer bands leave a legacy during that time that marks them as a truly special, once-in-lifetime type band. And no band has done all that and had as much fun as Leftover Salmon.

Since their earliest days as a forward thinking, progressive bluegrass band who had the guts to add drums to the mix and who was unafraid to stir in any number of highly combustible styles into their ever evolving sound, to their role as a pioneer of the modern jamband scene, to their current status as elder-statesmen of the scene who cast a huge influential shadow over every festival they play, Leftover Salmon has been a crucial link in keeping alive the traditional music of the past while at the same time pushing that sound forward with their own weirdly, unique style.

The band now features a lineup that has been together longer than any other in Salmon history and is one of the strongest the legendary band has ever assembled. Built around the core of founding members Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman, the band is now powered by banjo-wiz Andy Thorn and driven by the steady rhythm section of bassist Greg Garrison, drummer Alwyn Robinson, and dobro player & keyboardist Jay Starling.

The current lineup is continuing the long, storied history of Salmon which found them first emerging from the progressive bluegrass world and coming of age as one the original jam bands, before rising to become architects of what has become known as Jamgrass and helping to create a landscape where bands schooled in the traditional rules of bluegrass can break free of those bonds through nontraditional instrumentation and an innate ability to push songs in new psychedelic directions live.

Salmon is a band who for more than thirty-five years has never stood still; they are constantly changing, evolving, and inspiring. If someone wanted to understand what Americana music is they could do no better than to go to a Leftover Salmon show, where they effortlessly glide from a bluegrass number born on the front porch, to the down-and-dirty Cajun swamps with a stop on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, to the hallowed halls of the Ryman in Nashville, before firing one up in the mountains of Colorado.

Davisson Brothers Band

In a world that often confuses image with integrity, the Davisson Brothers Band have walked a road that most wouldn’t dare set foot on. Born and bred in the blood-soaked hills of West Virginia, brothers Chris and Donnie Davisson didn’t come to chase stardom—they came to fight for their sound.

Come for the music, Stay for the Community!

“Where Wild Meets Wonderful!”

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