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THE ORIGINAL JAM BAND THAT GOT EVERYTHING STARTED WAS THE GRATEFUL DEAD
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long musical improvisation. These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead
"the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world".
They were ranked 57th in the issue The Greatest Artists of all Time by Rolling Stone magazine. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and their Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University (May 8, 1977) was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.The Grateful Dead has sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.
The band formed by accident in 1989, when a local band, the Salmon Heads (Vince Herman), asked some members of the Left Hand String Band (Drew Emmitt, Glenn Keefe, Mark Vann) to fill some missing spots in its lineup. The synergy worked and the result was Leftover Salmon. The lineup would change significantly over the years, but the "Big Three" – Drew Emmitt, Vince Herman and Mark Vann—remained the heart of the band until Vann's death in 2002.
In March 2002, founding member and banjoist Mark Vann lost his battle with cancer. He was succeeded by Noam Pikelny.
In 2004 the band announced they would be going on hiatus at the end of the year.
Leftover Salmon reunited in 2007 and played six performances, including the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, California, the All Good Festival in West Virginia, as well as Denver and Boulder, Colorado shows in late December. Leftover Salmon marked their unofficial return to the stage with a performance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, June 24, 2007, as "Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman and Friends." They were introduced by Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band with the line, "We know what it might say in the program, but I think we all really know what's going on here."
Despite their various successful side projects, Leftover Salmon played seven times during the summer of 2008 and 2009. For a special New Years run, the band celebrated 20 years as a band by returning to the site of their very first show in Crested Butte, Colorado: The Eldo. The band played four shows through Denver and Boulder Colorado during this run while celebrating their 20th anniversary. Since moving Andy Thorn in to the banjo role, the band has been touring more than usual with small runs throughout the country.
Both Vince Herman and Drew Emmit were determined to keep things going during the off years. Several side projects developed over the years. And Vince Herman would often be seen guest staring with several bands at a festival. Plus, he would often be the first to start up a late night jam around the campground.
On May 22 of 2012 the band released their first album since the hiatus in 2004. The album is called "Aquatic Hitchhiker".
Leftover Salmon is Back on tour again performing at the Blackstock Music Festival and many theatre's this summer.
Some may say Old Crow Medicine Show is not a jam band. I disagree. They fall into the Newgrass Music category. However, they have played more jam band festivals than most jam bands. These guys rock no matter where they play.
Old Crow Medicine Show is an Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee. Their music has been called old-time, bluegrass, folk, and alt-country. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs. Recording since 1998, they were discovered by famed bluegrass musician Doc Watson while busking outside a pharmacy in Boone, North Carolina in 2000.
With an old-time string sound fueled by punk rock energy, they have influenced acts like Mumford & Sons and contributed to a revival of banjo-picking string bands playing Americana music. Their song "Wagon Wheel", written by frontman Ketch Secor through a co-authoring arrangement with Bob Dylan, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 2013 and has been covered by a number of acts, including Darius Rucker, who made the song a top 40 hit.
If you ever wondered where Darius Rucker got the song "Wagon Wheel" from. Old Crow Medicine Show rewrote an old Bob Dylan song. That is why it sounds so familiar. Old Crow Medicine Show has been playing it at Jam Band Festivals for years.
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WE CAN'T FORGET THE BLUEGRASS, FOLK, AND COUNTRY ARTIST THAT HAVE PAST. THEY LED THE WAY FOR THE MUSIC WE ENJOY TODAY
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