Brown Barn Fest Coming Soon!

Not long now until the 3rd Annual Jake Quesenberry Memorial Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival, September 5,6 & 7 in San Martin, CA (South of San Jose, near Gilroy)!
Lots of jamming, and lots of great bluegrass, including High Country, Ed Neff’s Blue and Lonesome, RoseBud Blue, and many more!
You can download a ticket order form here, […]

Grass Valley a Blast!

Wow, the CBA’s Father’s Day Festival turned out great this year! Natural Drift guest Deke Deitrich provided a highlight to their set, throwing down his walking cane to boogie down to some swingy tunes, and RoseBud Blue knocked ‘em out on Vern’s stage saturday night (check out this video from their show!). Mt. Diablo old-timed […]

… count ‘em THREE!

Pleasant Valley Music is truly proud to announce that no less than THREE of its artists were chosen to perform this year at the coveted and prestigious California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, California on the weekend of June 14-15, 2008. Musical groups from all over the world compete for a […]

Mt. Diablo String Band Recording

Hey, wait a minute! Somewhere in the midst of all the ‘mayhem’ here at Squirty Records, we found time to finish recording Mt. Diablo String Band’s first effort; in two days! (First entry about the first day of recording is below.) In fact, this blog is being written literally as the final mixes are being […]

Motivated Diablos

Hi folks,
Well, some nice news for today. Pleasant Valley Music old-time artist Mt. Diablo String Band is now a Squirty Records recording artist! Yesterday we had a visit from the band, consisting of ‘Meistro’ Harry Liedstrand (fiddle), Carl Pagter (banjo), Harry’s wife Cindy (guitar) and son Terrell (mandolin), Carl’s son Corbin (mandolin), and PVM’s […]