Jambands.com is reporting that last weekend’s String Cheese Incident reunion show at RedRocks in Colorado would seem to be its last, and that it was surely the last performance with the band by guitarist/vocalist Bill Nershi. He has joined forces with jamgrass mandolin master Drew Emmitt, and formed the Emmitt Nershi Band.

Joining Nershi and Emmitt will be Tyler Grant on bass and Chris Pandolfi on banjo. Knowing of Chris’ solid commitment to The Infamous Stringdusters, I asked him whether his time with Emmitt Nershi was during time off from his main gig.

“I’m definitely doing the Emmit/Nershi thing on the side. If the ‘Dusters don’t have another lineup change for 20 years I will be thrilled.”

Live appearances for The Emmitt Nershi band will be posted on their MySpace page.

The AT&T blueroom is offering a live video stream from the Bonnaroo festival this weekend (6/15/17) online. You can see the performance schedule they will carry on the Bonnaroo site.

This isn’t a bluegrass event by any stretch, but a number of acts are slated to appear who may be of interest to our readers.

Uncle Earl kicks things off on Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) with a show from Gillian Welch later this evening. Saturday has Old Crow Medicine Show and String Cheese Incident.

Catch the stream at www.blueroom.att.com.

Last fall we shared the news that String Cheese Incident had announced plans to disband after the summer of 2007. Now comes word about the final tour dates, starting July 12-14 in New York and finishing August 10-12 at Red Rocks.

The band has a news item on the front of their web site with more details, and a printable schedule for the final tour is available there as well.

Just as fans of alt-acoustic supergroup Nickel Creek have had to adapt to the news that they are hanging it up next year, jamgrass followers are faced with the word that String Cheese Incident has announced plans to disband in 2007.

Billboard has a story (dated 11/6) on their web site that says that the dissolution is a result of String Cheese guitarist Bill Nershi’s interest in pursuing other projects, such as his current release with Honytonk Homeslice.

From Billboard:

String Cheese’s final tour will include a Thanksgiving stop in Atlanta and a New Year’s stand in San Francisco, as well as dates in Colorado. According to a statement, there are no plans for the band “beyond summer of 2007.”

That echoes a similar statement on the band’s web site.