Pert Near Sandstone
Pert Near Sandstone is a bluegrass band from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. The band has recorded four full length albums since 2004, and have toured the United States extensively. Former full-time member (and now collaborator) Ryan Young now plays fiddle with Trampled By Turtles. Dave Simonett of Trampled By Turtles has cited Pert Near Sandstone as one of his favorite contemporary bluegrass acts in the United States.[1] Pert Near Sandstone often shares bills with other notable Minnesota bluegrass/blues acts such as Trampled By Turtles and Charlie Parr.
Notable Accomplishments
- In 2008 they performed on A Prairie Home Companion.
- In 2010 they won the Band Competition at Yonder Mountain String Band's Northwest String Summit at Horning’s Hideout in North Plains, Oregon.
- Pert Near Sandstone's cover of the Beatles song I Am The Walrus from the album Minnesota Beatle Project, Volume 2 (2010) was inducted into Minnesota Public Radio’s (89.3 The Current) Chart Show Hall of Fame in 2011 following 12 weeks on the Top 20 list: 10 of these weeks in the top 5, and 5 weeks at #1.[2] This benefit album and particularly this song received positive press both locally and nationally.[3].
- The week of November 13-19, 2011, the album "Paradise Hop" was ranked #7 on bluegrass downloads at the internet site eMusic.[4]
- Their song "Solid Gone" has been in the top 10 of Minnesota Public Radio's "The Chart Show" for three weeks in November-December 2011. [5]
Discography
Full-length albums (all on CD)
- Live: Just Outside of Sandstone (2005)
- Up and Down the River (2007)
- Needle & Thread (2008)
- Out On A Spree (2009)
- Paradise Hop (2011; CD and LP)
Compilations
- Minnesota Beatle Project Volume 2 (2010; CD and LP. Track 9: I Am The Walrus)
- Old Stage Tapes (2010, CD. Track 14: Baltimore Fire)
Demo Tape
- Winter Fades (2004, out of print)
References
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