Pure Mongrel, as the name implies is a mix up of various styles including Jazz, Eastern European Folk Music, Folk, and Bluegrass.  The band is Patrick  Edgar, (vocals, fiddle, mandolin) Marian Baker (vocals, guitar, drums)and Hilson Parker (vocals, marimba, guitar. melodica, mandolin, drums and bones)

Cornbread and Butterbeans

Impromptu recording of an Ode to a cat loving woman who I bought more second-hand items from then I could use in three lifetimes just to see her Cheshire Cat smile.

Reward

Thrift Shop Girl

Sunlight Laughin

An uunabashedly heartfelt song with a great cello line!

In Your Arms

Patrick's song about appreciating the simple things, family, surfing, music, and dogs!

Life is Beautiful

Marian's sweet song that will melt your heart.

Daily Embrace

This is Hilson's original , a dangerously auto-biographical lesson (hopefully) learned type song.

Dodged a Bullet!

Written for a little bird I know and love.

Edge of the Nest

Pure Mongrel, as the name implies is a mix up of various styles including Jazz, Eastern European Folk Music, Folk, Bluegrass and Pop. The band is Patrick Edgar, (vocals, fiddle, mandolin) Marian Baker (vocals, guitar, drums)and Hilson Parker (vocals, marimba, guitar. melodica, mandolin, drums and bones) This mix, from our latest self-titled CD, is a collection of covers that are fun to interpret and play in our own way, and "Doomsday Past" is an original written by and featuring Hilson Parker on vocals and guitar.

BARKING LOT

Puttin on the Ritz

From Northern California, Pure Mongrel is trio of multi-instrumentalists focusing on heartfelt and clever originals while being known for playing unique covers. Special thanks to Amber Grimes for rocking the bass on 4 of the album tracks!