Bill nershi biography

American jam band

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 percussion), Bill Nershi (acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, and electric slide guitar), Kyle Hollingsworth (piano, organ, Rhodes, and accordion), and Keith Moseley (bass guitar), and, since 2004, Jason Hann (auxiliary percussion).^[1]

Their music has elements of bluegrass sounds, as well as rock, electronica, calypso, country, funk, jazz, Latin, progressive rock, reggae, and psychedelia.

All members write original compositions and sing.^[2]

History

1993–2001

The original four members (Nershi, Kang, Travis and Moseley) first played together in Crested Butte, Colorado in 1993, calling themselves the Blue String Cheese Band, because they considered themselves a bluegrass b Bill & Jilian Nershi - The String Cheese Incident XYRY