Pert Near Sandstone

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Pert Near Sandstone is a bluegrass band from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and part of the Minnesota Roots Music scene that includes contemporaries Charlie Parr, Trampled By Turtles, and 4onthefloor. Pert Near Sanstone has recorded five full length albums since 2004, and have toured the United States extensively. Former full-time member (and now collaborator) Ryan Young 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 have shared the stage with many legendary musical talents such as Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Wilco, and Yonder Mountain Stringband.

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 2011 album "Paradise Hop" was positively received by both local and national press, including the Minneapolis Star Tribune ^[4], the City Pages ^[5], the roots music magazine No Depression ^[6], and The Onion's AV Club ^[7].
• The week of November 13-19, 2011, the album "Paradise Hop" was ranked #7 on bluegrass downloads at the internet site eMusic.^[8]
• Their song "Solid Gone" was in the top 10 of Minnesota Public Radio's "The Chart Show" for four weeks in November-December 2011 ^[9], and was #25 on The Troubadour's Road Top 25 Songs of 2011 ^[10].

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; Vega Productions. CD and LP. Track 9: I Am The Walrus)
• Old Stage Tapes (2010, CD. Track 14: Baltimore Fire)
• Minnesota Beatle Project Volume 3 (2011; Vega Productions. CD and LP. Nate Sipe contributes to Track 6: I've Got a Feeling, with Ryan Young and others.)
• American Buffalo (2012; Noiseland Industries. LP. Record Store Day release, limited to 500 copies and distributed free with purchase at participating record stores in the Twin Cities. Pert Near plays Track 15; album version of "Save Me" from 2011's Paradise Hop.)

Guest Appearances

• Live Humdinger by the Minneapolis roots band The Brass Kings. (2010; CD. A Live album recorded at The Cedar Cultural Center. Nate Sipe supports.)

Demo Tape

• Winter Fades (2004, out of print)

References

External links

• Pert Near Sandstone home page
• Minnesota Monthly Magazine feature article (August 2006)