Founded in Nederland, Colorado in 1998, Yonder Mountain String Band is a
progressive bluegrass group that is commonly classified as a ‘jamgrass’ band,
which mixes the jam band genre with bluegrass music. The roots of the band
stretch back to an Urbana, Illinois band called The Bluegrassholes, which
featured banjo player Dave Johnston and vocalist / mandolinist Jeff Austin. The
group split up and both Johnston and Austin relocated to Colorado. Initially
Johnston moved to Boulder and Austin moved to Nederland, but the music
connection between the two was still strong and Johnston e...