Leftover Salmon Welcomes Sam Bush, Eric ‘Benny’ Bloom, Torrin Daniels & More In Boulder

Leftover Salmon’s annual home-state Thanksgiving Weekend run was held at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado last Friday and Saturday. The traditionally guest-filled shows once again saw the jamgrass veterans sharing the stage with auxiliary participants, with fellow jamgrass stalwart Sam Bush, as well as trumpeter Eric “Benny” Bloom of Lettuce, banjo player Torrin Daniels of Kitchen Dwellers and others sitting in over the two shows.

Mandolinist/fiddler Sam Bush was onstage with LoS for all four sets played over the weekend. Additional guests started rolling out in the second set of Friday’s opening night. Leftover paired together a pair of Little Feat covers, “New Delhi Freight Train” and “Salin’ Shoes,” which saw guitarist Luke Black of opening band the Mountain Grass Unit and Torrin Daniels getting in on the action.

Daniels remained for a subsequent performance of J.J. Cale’s “If You’re Ever In Oklahoma.” Guitarist Sam Walker of the Clay Street Unit then joined ahead of a cover of “Sitting On Top Of The World.” LoS went guest-less for “Show Me Something Higher” and were then accompanied by guitarist Vince Herman’s son Silas Herman on mandolin for takes on Bill Monroe’s “Big Mon” and John Hartford’s “In Tall Buildings.”

Daniels was brought back for the set closing “Y’all Come” and he and Walker took part in the encore, which was a cover of George Michael’s “Freedom ‘90.” Listen to Z-Man’s audience recording of Friday’s Leftover Salmon concert below:

Saturday’s show again saw Sam Bush playing with LoS for both sets. Silas Herman was back for night two, emerging during Saturday’s first set for “Fireline” and Hartford’s “I’m Still Here.” Champion flatpicking guitarist Tyler Grant was next to join Leftover, augmenting the final two songs of the first set, “Breakin’ Thru” and Bush’s “Same ‘Ol River.”

The second set also featured Grant adding guitar to “Bird Call,” Peter Rowan’s “Walls Of Time” and The Allman Brothers Band-popularized “You Don’t Love Me” with Lettuce trumpeter Eric “Benny” Bloom along for the extensive collaboration. Bloom was also tapped for the subsequent “Workingman’s Blues” also featuring Taylor Scott on electric guitar.

Stream Z-Man’s tape from Saturday below:

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