Drew Emmitt

Drew Emmitt
Drew Emmitt on stage at the Northwest String Summit on July 21, 2013.
Background information
Genres	Progressive bluegrass, jam band
Instruments	Mandolin, Guitar, violin, flute
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Compass Records
Associated acts	Drew Emmitt Band, Leftover Salmon, Emmitt-Nershi Band
Website	web.archive.org/web/20080905135147/http://www.drewemmitt.com/

Drew Emmitt is an American mandolinist, guitarist, fiddle player, occasional flutist and singer, best known for being one of the founding members of Leftover Salmon, as well as being the frontman of the Left Hand String Band, Drew Emmitt Band, and the Emmitt-Nershi Band.

At the start of the band's deformation, Emmitt formed the Drew Emmitt Band.

In 2007, Emmitt and Bill Nershi of The String Cheese Incident and Honkytonk Homeslice started a project dubbed the Emmitt-Nershi Band. The band toured a small amount in the fall of 2007, and had a wide-scale tour planned for the duration of that year, including stops at festivals such as the High Sierra Music Festival.