Vince Herman

Herman began playing guitar as a child. He discovered David Bromberg & his Big Band while in ninth grade and says it was at that point he knew music was what he wanted to do with his life.[1] He played his first professional gigs in the eleventh grade with local band Eddie and the Night Riders. Herman ended up at West Virginia University for college and began his music education as he played in a number of bands and learned from bluegrass legends like Melvin Wine, Mose Coffman, and J.P. Fraley and Dewey Balfa.[2]

After college, Herman moved to Colorado and met future bandmate Drew Emmitt his first night in town. Over the next few years Emmitt continued to play with the Left Hand String Band, while Herman would form the Salmon Heads. The two would form Leftover Salmon a few years later when they combined Emmitt’s newgrass inspired Left Hand String Band and Herman’s Cajun-jugband Salmon Heads in 1989. Over the next 16 years Leftover Salmon toured extensively and was part of the jamband scene and played on a number of the influential H.O.R.D.E festivals. The band went on hiatus in 2005. During the hiatus, Herman formed Great American Taxi, who released their debut album, Streets of Gold, in 2007. Great American Taxi toured extensively and would release two more albums, 2009's Reckless Habits and 2011's Paradise Lost. Herman played with Great American Taxi until 2013 when Leftover Salmon returned full-time.

In 2019 he formed the super-group High Hawks with keyboardist Chad Staehly (Hard Working Americans, Great American Taxi), guitarist Adam Greuel (Horseshoes & Handgrenades), bassist Brian Adams (Great American Taxi), drummer Will Trask (Great American Taxi), and fiddler Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth). The band released their self-titled debut in 2021.[3]

Herman released his first solo album, Enjoy the Ride, in 2022.

• Vince Herman Official Website
• Leftover Salmon Official Website
• Great American Taxi Official Website