Pert Near Sandstone

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Take old time music off the back porch, throw out the hillbilly reputation, and put it in the hands of a group that likes to play hard and have fun. Pert Near Sandstone rejuvenates American stringband music with raw energy—they play well-crafted original material that lends itself to the modern audience, as well as being stewards of the old-time and bluegrass traditions. They are just as at home playing fully acoustic in the traditional style, as they are plugged in at a rock venue. From saloons to theaters, hollering into a single microphone and laying thick rhythm on driving fiddle melodies, their sweat-inducing, foot-stomping live performances keep people dancing all night.

Pert Near Sandstone emerged from the strong roots music community in Minneapolis, MN. After six years of maintaining a full touring schedule and appearing at many national and regional festivals the boys are well-traveled, their live shows have become the stuff of legend and they are picking up momentum all across the country. With the release of their third studio album, Out On A Spree and a win at this past year's prestigious Northwest String Summit Band Competition the boys continue to take their brand of old-time music out on the rivers and roads of the country in the revitalization of the American stringband tradition.

Pert' Near Sandstone and their song "Wild Bill Jones" from the live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion November 1, 2008 at the Fitzgerald Theater

Out On A Spree A selection of traditional songs picked up while touring around the country; some worked up around a campfire or during a living room jam, others learned in the van between gigs. Some of these songs are sweet and lowdown with a sparkling grittiness, while others have the intesity of a highballing freight train. This is Pert Near Sandstone's homage to old-time music - a fresh vista on a much traversed path. CD Price: $11.97

Needle & Thread Well-crafted original stringband material. "The album is a snowball of bluegrass charm that grows larger and louder with each song, culminating into a perfect dancing Frosty the Snowman who choreographs to only the finest American roots music. These men of pluck-power could be thrown into any 1940s old-time jam session and alleviate all health concerns like a bottle of bluegrass elixir sold on the back of a tractor trailer." - Kaleb Bronson, Rift CD Price: $11.97

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