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Pert Near Sandstone : Needle & Thread
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Pert' Near Sandstone is a hard-driving stringband from Minneapolis and St. Paul. Gathered round an old-timey microphone, the boys play well-crafted original stringband material, as well as being purveyors of many songs from the old-time and bluegrass.
Genre: Country: Old-Timey
Release Date: 2008
Needle & Thread Record Label: Pert Near Music
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 3:34 Album Only
Needle & Thread 5:21 Album Only
A Lazy Man's Load Is a Heavy One 3:03 Album Only
No Rest 5:39 Album Only
Old Joe Clark 4:56 Album Only
Corsican Lady 5:14 Album Only
Mill City March 2:45 Album Only
Paddlin' Down First Avenue 4:29 Album Only
Colored Aristocracy 4:41 Album Only
Sonny's Rag 3:24 Album Only
Grim King of the Ghosts 2:25 Album Only
Just One Day 5:41 Album Only
Little Birdy 3:03 Album Only
Chief O'neill's Favorite 3:36 Album Only
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Pert' Near Sandstone is a hard-driving stringband from Minneapolis and St. Paul. Gathered round an old-timey microphone, the boys play well-crafted original stringband material, as well as being purveyors of many songs from the old-time and bluegrass traditions. They are a riot to see live--this ain't no shirt and tie bluegrass music--this is high-octane, gritty, stringband music that's sure to get you outta your seat and keep you dancing all night... With the release of their newest album, "Needle & Thread" the boys are continuing to take their music out on the rivers and roads of the country in the revitalization of the American stringband tradition.

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REVIEWS

Needle & Thread
author: Gary Williams
high quality talent with the pickin' boys--you've secretly had some great music lessons at some point in your lives. Don't worry, I won't let on to your fans at your live concerts. Keep making that old bluegrass music--it keeps me connected with my Celtic roots...
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Needle & Thread
author: Merry May(hem!)
Loved them on Prairie Home Companion, and REALLY love the CD! You rock!!
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needle & thread
author: Ora Ball
I heard them on NPR, prairie home companion and knew I had to have their cd. Love the sound and their creativity. Awesome for those who like the old time bluegrass sound.
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Tremendous
author: Thomas Blakiston
"Needle & Thread" is an important step forward for Pert' Near Sandstone and shows that the band can do more than expertly channel standard bluegrass numbers. To use an apt analogy, Pert' Near sews together a patchwork of diverse sounds, that when viewed individually or as a whole, simply works. There are mandolin-backed ballads (Corsican Lady), catchy toe-tappers(Needle & Thread), a reggae-bluegrass fusion number (Just One Day), and my personal favorite, "Colored Aristocracy", which is an explosion of instrumental rhythm driven by twin fiddles. I hear that the initial pressing is limited, so get it while it is still in stock. This album is absolutely worth it.
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