"Refreshing roots sound with great Western Spirit" -INSIDE BLUEGRASS
Quicksand Soup is Hot Country Sweetgrass from the Utah Desert . Scroll down for videos, pictures, and CD previews
Four New CD's! click on cover to hear
Miss You Darling
Country Sweetgrass
Country Sweetgrass
Mostly original record featuring Miss You Darling, Refugees of Wonderland,
"Superb instrumentation makes for a completely immersive and uplifting soundscape that quickly convinces you to seek out a live show from the band. gorgeously natural, authentic, and incredibly impressive. " Rebecca Cullen Stereo Stickman.com
Country Sweetgrass
Country Sweetgrass
Country Sweetgrass
12 songs, featuring the vocals of all 5 members---2 originals and lots of cool covers--everything from "Too Much of Nothing" to "Tennessee Waltz"---spent 8 weeks on Airplay Direct International Charts...peaking at number 11
Western Gospel
The Colorado Trail
The Colorado Trail
A unique Gospel Collection from Quicksand Soup. Lots of old time favorites with some surprises...spent 10 weeks on Airplay Direct Gospel charts, peaking at number 4
The Colorado Trail
The Colorado Trail
The Colorado Trail
Cowboy and Western Songs. Including Four originals. Features the singing of all 5 band members
About Us
Quicksand Soup –Original and Hot: Straight From The Desert
Quicksand Soup –Original and Hot: Straight From The Desert
Quicksand Soup –Original and Hot: Straight From The Desert
Quicksand Soup is a high energy alternative bluegrass band based in Moab, Utah. Led by songwriter Sand Sheff, Quicksand Soup features top notch instrumental talent, five great vocalists and catchy and unique songs. They are known for an enormous repertoire of original, old-time and classic selections with an emphasis on showing audienc
Quicksand Soup is a high energy alternative bluegrass band based in Moab, Utah. Led by songwriter Sand Sheff, Quicksand Soup features top notch instrumental talent, five great vocalists and catchy and unique songs. They are known for an enormous repertoire of original, old-time and classic selections with an emphasis on showing audiences a great time. They can play the late night bluegrass party set and then get up on Sunday Morning, have a cup of coffee and deliver awesome hard-core gospel.
They've been working up crowds for three years now at festivals, clubs and Grange Halls. Maybe you could use a little Quicksand Soup down in your neck of the woods! Quicksandsoup.com and sandsheff.com
Some Praise for Quicksand Soup
Quicksand Soup –Original and Hot: Straight From The Desert
Quicksand Soup –Original and Hot: Straight From The Desert
"Refreshing Roots Sound with great western spirit" Denny O'Brien Inside Bluegrass.com
"Great Songwriting, sensational Musicality" --Rebecca Cullen Stero Stickman.com
"Without a doubt, your band was amazing and I haven't enjoyed a musical group like yours in awhile. You rocked it! And the crowd had a great time, and it was fun seeing people
"Refreshing Roots Sound with great western spirit" Denny O'Brien Inside Bluegrass.com
"Great Songwriting, sensational Musicality" --Rebecca Cullen Stero Stickman.com
"Without a doubt, your band was amazing and I haven't enjoyed a musical group like yours in awhile. You rocked it! And the crowd had a great time, and it was fun seeing people dance. You made the night with your enthusiasm and great music. I would recommend the band anytime for any place..." Jim Dodson Mancos Creative District, Mancos Colorado
One of the best shows we ever had" James Howells ICAMA Cedar City, Utah
Where they've played
Quicksand Soup –Original and Hot: Straight From The Desert
Where they've played
Some of the places they've played: The SLC Utah Arts Festival, Gallivan Center, Cedar City Music Series, Moab Folk Festival, Durango Bluegrass Meltdown, Moab Arts Festival, Price Utah Culture Connection, Price International Days, Mancos Colorado Great Summer Nights Street Fair, Pea Green Grange hall, Delta, Colorado. Wines of the San
Some of the places they've played: The SLC Utah Arts Festival, Gallivan Center, Cedar City Music Series, Moab Folk Festival, Durango Bluegrass Meltdown, Moab Arts Festival, Price Utah Culture Connection, Price International Days, Mancos Colorado Great Summer Nights Street Fair, Pea Green Grange hall, Delta, Colorado. Wines of the San Juan Festival, Blanco, NM ...and many more weddings, events, parties, reunions and clubs, besides being the house bluegrass band every Wednesday Night throughout the tourist season at the Moab Backyard Theater in Moab, Utah. Sand Sheff was also a featured performer at 2018 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and has performed everywhere from campfires to Carnegie Hall.
About Quicksand Soup
Hot Picking From The Desert
Quicksand Soup is a high energy alternative bluegrass band based in Moab, Utah. Led by songwriter Sand Sheff, Quicksand Soup features top notch instrumental talent and catchy and unique songs.
Meet Quicksand Soup
Songwriter Sand Sheff was Arizona born and Oklahoma raised. He has released 15 albums of original music;including in Nashville and in Austin.Having played from campfires to Carnegie Hall to The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, he has shared the stage with everyone from Ryan Adams to Ramblin' Jack Elliot. He's even opened for Phish! His music has been compared to "an evening of high-octane cactus juice around a campfire with Lyle Lovett, Gram parsons and Pink Floyd". (JC Shephard Roots Music Report).
Lead Guitarist David Steward is one of the best pickers in the Rocky Mountains, and has several albums of his original music to his credit. He also yodels fantastically, though, unfortunately,not frequently.
Mandolinist Eric Jones, raised in Dinosaur, Colorado, was a founding member of Big Timbre and is an American musical historian as well as a much-sought after singer and picker.
Moab born and raised Alan Snow was the lead bass player for the world-famous Caleb Chapman Super Band (jazz)and traveled the world, where he got the opportunity to perform with such jazz luminaries as Branford Marsalis.
Upstate New York raised Fiddler Tamara Frieda is one of the great strings talents of the Four Corners and also performs with the Durango and Pheonix Symphonies
Quicksand Soup Tastes Totally Different
They have been working up crowds for three years now at festivals, clubs and Grange Halls. Maybe you could use a little Quicksand Soup up in your neck of the woods!
Press Quotes about Sand's songs
Press quotes about Sand's Music:
"Like an evening of high-octane cactus juice around a campfire with Gram Parsons, Lyle Lovett and Pink Floyd."
--JC Shepherd KRFC Radio
Roots Music Report
"The very definition of Americana".
Music Row Magazine (Nashville)
"Sand writes infectious, literate songs in the vein of Kris Kristofferson and Steve Earle. His albums include tunes that are instant classics. Sand is gifted enough to be compared with the best."
-Rosie Carter -Hearsay Magazine (Colorado)
"This is an impressive Americana statement, the influences take turns and seep in from country, folk, bluegrass, rock, old-time music and even jazz...everything is just marvelously good--simple as that"--Johanna J. Bodde Insurgent Country.net
" Don't call him retro. In his earthy, idiosyncratic songs songs, Sheff dodges the conventional wisdom that says old-sounding songs can't incorporate up-to-the-date subject matter....his musical tall tales tend to get the most attention, but his more pensive songs depict the timeless pull between city and country living from both sides."
--Nashville Scene
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Much more music available at sandsheff.com
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FAQs
Q: Where'd you buy those hats?
A: Same place we get our boots!