Vince Herman with special guest Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth
Back in 1985, Vince Herman left his native West Virginia for the Rocky Mountains in search of that truth. It wasn’t long after he arrived in Colorado when Herman wandered into the Boulder’s now-defunct Walrus Saloon and serendipitously crossed paths with multi-instrumentalist Drew Emmitt. The duo formed Leftover Salmon in 1989.
When the pandemic swept across America in 2020, Vince Herman bought an RV and hit the road. His goal was to remain under the radar in his vehicular bubble, on a solo excursion to rediscover the country — at his own pace, and in his own way.
Herman points to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s seminal 1972 record Will the Circle be Unbroken as an influence for what he’s ultimately aiming to do in the country music sphere with his new album “Enjoy The Ride”. “That album was [Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s] attempt to bring hippies to country music back in the 1970s,” Herman says. “And I’d like to further that along, because country music has so much to offer, as far as storytelling and that sort of thing. The jam band culture and the country music culture seem miles and miles apart,” he continues. “I think it’s time to bring that together.”
