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, […]

Matt guests with High Country at the Freight

As you may know, for the past few years, Matt has been sitting in with High Country when their bass player can’t make it. A real dream come true, getting to play with some of his heroes, Matt was asked to come up and do a number at HC’s anniversary party at the famous Freight […]

RoseBud Blue CD Release Shows

 

Come see RBB live and pick up a copy of their new recording, Depending on the Glass, at the following personal appearances:
July 12, 2008
Bluegrass on the Comstock
Miner’s Park, Virginia City Nevada
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July 26, 2008
The Fifth String - Sacramento
Sacramento CD Release Party…don’t want to miss this one folks!
Sacramento, California
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September 5, 2008
The Freight & Salvage Coffee House
THE […]

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 […]

It’s Here!!

RoseBud Blue’s “Depending on the Glass” is now available for advanced purchase in our store. We’re aweful proud of this one. “Get your copy”, as they say …

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 […]

Oregon Fiddle

We spent the last couple of days up in beautiful (and cold!) Oregon recording “Depending” fiddler Mike Eisler. Mike, as well as Ed Neff (see previous blog entry) are important figures in West Coast Bluegrass, Ed having played with California’s ‘heavy hitters’ such as High Country, True Blue, Vern Williams Band, as well as many […]

RoseBud Blue “Crunch Time”!

Pleasant Valley artist RoseBud Blue has hit the final stages of production of their forthcoming recording “Depending on the Glass”. Ed “The Legend” Neff just spent a day at the studio recording fiddle melodies. Boy we had a blast! Here’s Ed “working on his double stops”
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Pleasant Valley Music signs Rick Harris

Well, you may have seen earlier in this blog that Matt has been asked to produce Rick Harris’ forthcoming gospel recording. Besides being handsome and charming, Rick is really a down-to-earth good guy, and a world-class, born entertainer. Matt has been sitting in with his band on bass and mandolin for a couple of years […]