Gado Gado at Squirty
Groove-based Gado Gado started tracking their latest recording here at Squirty Records this week. So far sounds funky-good!
Posted on July 28th, 2010 by matt
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Bottom Dwellers at Squirty
Last night we had a last minute visit from the great Bottom Dwellers here at Squirty Records. The SAMMIE award winning band wanted to start recording some of their latest material before guitarist/vocalist Adam Hancock leaves the country. It worked out perfectly because the schedule was open on the night they had free and the [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2010 by matt
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Pleasant Valley Boys on the Road
Matt & George and Their Pleasant Valley Boys took a little road trip this last week. We all piled into Jim’s newly renovated van and drove from our hometown of Dixon to Branson and back (about 4,000 miles!), mostly to compete in a single microphone championship (we lost … more on that, below). [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2010 by matt
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Old Pals at Parkfield
This past weekend the Old Pals had a big weekend down at the Parkfield Bluegrass Festival. In the span of about 24 hours (Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon) the Pals played their first gig ever on the Parkfield Fest stage, gave mandolin (Butch, Craig and Matt) and banjo (Larry) workshops, played the Sunday morning gospel [...]
Posted on May 10th, 2010 by matt
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Denis Colleret CD out now
Vacaville guitarist and singer Denis Colleret has just completed his first recording at Squirty Records Studios. Although Denis is mostly known as truly the best country music lead guitarist sideman around, this new solo project shows a more diverse array of his skills. On it you’ll find some bluegrass, gospel, fingerpicking, and even zydeco styles, [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by PVM
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Richard Brandenburg recording session
So, country music singer/songwriter extraordinaire Richard Brandenburg is doing a demo of his superlative original material. And yesterday PVM’s Matt Dudman got to spend the afternoon in the East S.F. Bay Area recording bass on this exciting new project. The tracks were all recorded live in 1 or 2 takes, and [...]
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by matt
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PVM Student Halie recording original song
Pleasant Valley Music guitar/voice student Halie came to her lesson last week with a brand new original song she composed. So we decided we’d spend the next couple of lessons making a recording of it right here in our Squirty Records Studios. Here’s a picture:
Stay tuned for the final result!
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by matt
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High Country’s “Perfect Companions” recording now available!
That’s right, folks. We mastered High Country’s brand new recording “Perfect Companions” last Friday and it’s been sent off for duplication. CD’s will be here shortly.
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover.
Butch seems to think this is the best recording the Highcountrymen have done in a long time. So we hope you’ll help support the [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2009 by PVM
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PVM Mandolin student makes good
Here’ s a video of Pleasant Valley Music mandolin student Josh tearing up Frank Wakefield’s “New Camptown Races”.
Posted on October 19th, 2009 by PVM
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The Fairfield School Song
Well, it’s out. I finished the Fairfield School Song for Ms. Ryan and she suggested we sell copies to family and friends, etc.. So Jenny did a cover and we’ve got them available for sale in the store.
The CD contains three versions: an instrumental, one with vocal guide, and a special fun extra version with [...]
Posted on October 5th, 2009 by PVM
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