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Jim Grant / Tahoe Daily Tribune / Michael Kang, left, sings to an enthusiastic crowd at Caesars Tahoe Tuesday night.
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Jim Grant / Tahoe Daily Tribune / The String Cheese Incident plays to a sold-out show at Caesars Tahoe on Tuesday night. Tonight's show is also sold out.
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Jim Grant / Tahoe Daily Tribune / Justin Ordway, who flew in from Vermont for the String Cheese Incident concert, seeks a ticket before the show.
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Jim Grant / Tahoe Daily Tribune / Sam Gorsky of Nevada City describes a String Cheese Incident concert as a family experience.
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Jason Eggebrecht is 20 years old and has seen a bluegrass-jam band called The String Cheese Incident 32 times.
He drove from San Diego to catch three shows at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver last weekend. From there he drove to Tahoe to meet up with friends and see the band's sold-out Tuesday and Wednesday night shows at Caesars Tahoe's 1,600-seat showroom.
"They're bomb on their instruments," said Eggebrecht, noting that The String Cheese Incident has no real frontman, rather it is a band in which anyone can stand out depending on the song. "They can lay it down for sure."
"They're bomb on their instruments," said Eggebrecht, noting that The String Cheese Incident has no real frontman, rather it is a band in which anyone can stand out depending on the song. "They can lay it down for sure."
Talking to ticket seekers and other fans Tuesday night before the show, people drawn to the band come to feel and dance to the music, but also to soak in a community experience.
"All the love, all the conversation between people," said Robbie Muse, 23, who traveled from Hawaii to board and check out the String Cheese shows. "At the show everybody is friends and into celebration. It's really high energy."
"All the love, all the conversation between people," said Robbie Muse, 23, who traveled from Hawaii to board and check out the String Cheese shows. "At the show everybody is friends and into celebration. It's really high energy."
Chris Plummer, marketing manager at Caesars, said he'll book the band any chance he gets because it draws a great crowd and boosts business throughout the Stateline corridor.
"We're completely sold out the next five nights," Plummer said. "Normally we wouldn't be midweek at the end of March. It's a great crowd, and it brings a lot of people to Tahoe. We love it."
"We're completely sold out the next five nights," Plummer said. "Normally we wouldn't be midweek at the end of March. It's a great crowd, and it brings a lot of people to Tahoe. We love it."
Sam Gorsky, 33, drove from Nevada City and is staying at Harveys Lake Tahoe for two nights so she can see both shows. She said she found a good room rate on the Internet.
"I wondered how all these hippies could afford hotels, then I realized it was through the Internet," said Gorsky, who has seen the band, which formed in Boulder, Colo., about 14 times.
"I wondered how all these hippies could afford hotels, then I realized it was through the Internet," said Gorsky, who has seen the band, which formed in Boulder, Colo., about 14 times.
Gorsky was wearing a large green St. Patrick's Day hat with a pin on it that read "Ah, the power of cheese." She said the hat was meant to help other String Cheese fans, ones she communicates with on the Internet, locate her.
"String Cheese has got the most colorful crowd. They've got their own circus," Gorsky said. "I like the age difference. It's not just college kids, it's old people and younger people."
"String Cheese has got the most colorful crowd. They've got their own circus," Gorsky said. "I like the age difference. It's not just college kids, it's old people and younger people."
