Mark Vann Benefit poster

2006 Mark Vann Foundation Benefit poster

All of Mark's friends are coming out for this one including; Great American Taxi featuring Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon, Flying Other Brothers featuring Barry Sless, Pete Sears, and G.E. Smith, Pete Wernick and the Boulder Valley Vanntastics, Bill McKay Band, Sally Van Meter, Rue, John McKay, and Reed Foehl.

Mark Vann's spirit parted company with his body on March 4, 2002. Mark consistently lived by the motto of "Go Big!" He applied this motto to both playing music and his unending willingness to offer his time and knowledge to teach anybody who wanted to learn. He encouraged others to "Dream Big," "Go Big," and "Pick Big," and personally supported their efforts to do so.

The Mark Vann Foundation was created to continue the spirit of joy, gratitude, and generosity that Mark brought to our collective communities through his life and music. The Mark Vann foundations primary mission is to serve community based non-profit organizations bringing light, love, and laughter into the lives of those in need through nature, music, and the arts; and to provide a conduit for kindhearted people with similar values to nurture impactful positive change within their own communities.

Listen to director Eric Abramson today on KCUV Denver and online! - "Years In Your Ears" director Eric Peter Abramson will be interviewed by G. Brown on Denver's KCUV 102.3 today, Saturday, November 25, at 9 am MST (8 am Pacific).

The documentary DVD of Leftover Salmon, "Years In Your Ears", is available for presale via yearsinyourears.com The product will ship November 30. Featuring interviews from the likes of Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, Sam Bush, Hot Rize, Peter Rowan, Bela Fleck, Leftover Salmon and many others. And, of course, lots of music!

Order yours today!

The floodgates have opened and up swims this entertaining and honest film from the Leftover Salmon fambly. Witness how photographer/filmmaker Eric Peter Abramson and friends captured one of America's most enduring touring acts of this and the last century... Leftover Salmon!

Brought to you by Setbreak's own Renaissance Man In-Residence - Michael Andrew Henry!!! You, too, can go from unknown folk hero to acclaimed producer in just six months by simply purchasing this video! Nice job Mikey.

Leftover Salmon: Years in Your Ears - This summer, a new DVD will document the history of Leftover Salmon. Years in Your Ears will incorporate a range of footage and interviews that spans the groups dozen years. In addition, not only will a portion of the proceeds of DVD sales go to the Mark Vann Foundation but the filmmakers are also trumpeting the fact that much of the post production for this project was solar-powered. Years in Your Ears is set for a summer release. [Relix News]

Update: the DVD was also mentioned on the Honest Tunes Radio Program today. They gave it the "Movie of the Ear" Award, nyuk, nyuk.

Emmitt finds life after 'Salmon' - For more than a decade, Colorado-based group Leftover Salmon was one of the most popular bands on the jam-band circuit. The band's lively "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass" served as an introduction to bluegrass music for many, as Leftover Salmon blended the acoustic instrumentation of bluegrass with the energy of rock 'n' roll.

"We definitely blazed a trail for sure," Drew Emmitt said of Leftover Salmon's influence in a recent interview with Preview. [Charleston Post and Courier]

Years In Your Ears

...a story of Leftover Salmon

The floodgates have opened and from it flows this swimmingly entertaining and honest film from the Leftover Salmon family -- a 12 year project in the making. Witness how photographer/filmmaker Eric Peter Abramson and friends captured one of America's most enduring touring acts of this and the last century... Leftover Salmon!

If you were there, you'll need our help remembering. If you weren't... sorry you missed it! Either Way, this DVD is for you.

DVD available - Summer 2006