William J. “Bill” “Hershy” Nershi (born September 16, 1961), is a founding member and
acoustic guitar
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ist for
The String Cheese Incident
The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang (acoustic/electric mandolin, electric guitar, and violin), Michael Travis (drums and percu ...
, from
Boulder, Colorado
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.
The String Cheese Incident took a break starting in the summer of 2007, but the band got back together in 2009. Nershi is currently active in multiple projects, including SCI,
Honkytonk Homeslice as well as a project with
Leftover Salmon
Leftover Salmon is an American jam band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 1989. The band's music is a blend of bluegrass, rock, country, and Cajun/ Zydeco (Polyethnic Slamgrass). Over their thirty years as a band, Salmon has released seven s ...
mandolinist
Drew Emmitt
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 ...
, known as the
Emmitt-Nershi Band. He currently lives in Colorado and is also a visual artist.
References
External links
String Cheese Incident Website2015 Bill Nershi interview on Guitar.com
1961 births
Living people
American bluegrass guitarists
American male guitarists
American country guitarists
American rock guitarists
20th-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
The String Cheese Incident members
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Guitarists from New Jersey