"String of Pearls" is a greatest hits collection comprised of 14 tracks culled from 14 years of great music!! 'Man in the Moon', which first appeared on "Oyster Tracks", has been revamped and now features Chris Whiteley, his son Dan and the voice of his daughter Jenny on backing vocals! Prairie Oyster shot a video for the new single recently on 35 mm film at both the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern & Toronto Island. CMT Canada added the new video straight out of the box!! The revised single, 'Man In The Moon' also took the coveted #1 most added spot at Americana radio in the U.S. this past week beating out Neil Young and Joe Ely. Prairie Oyster's passion for music is best demonstrated in their commitment to touring & performing live over the past fourteen years!

Prairie Oyster is one of this continent's most creative country and roots-music driven ensembles having blazed it's own trail while marching to the beat of pioneers past. Like a few other great Canadian acts, The Band comes to mind, Prairie Oyster was a fine-tuned live act, long before becoming a recording act. Equally at home in honky-tonks, campus dance halls, or at festivals, this band started winning over listeners with a long list of engaging original songs.

The band's fanbase extends across it's homeland down to Texas where it has pockets of devotees. Additionally, Prairie Oyster has gained enormous respect from artists who head down similar musical paths. Producer Steve Fishell, ex of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band, called Prairie Oyster, "a band that has the same musical integrity as Los Lobos." Coincidentally Steve Berlin of Los Lobos ended up producing one of Oyster's discs. The late Doug Sahm of Texas Tornados fame considered Prairie Oyster one of the finest honky-tonk outfits of the last quarter century. It has also been commonplace over the years to see members of the band sitting in or recording with kindred spirits such as Jo-El Sonnier, Marty Stuart, Sahm, or Carlene Carter when the opportunities presented themselves.

Yes Prairie Oyster has won many awards, 6 JUNOs in fact, along with 11 Canadian Country Music Awards, 14 RPM Big Country Awards and one prestigious nomination for an ACM Best New Country Group Award. This is a band that continues to gain, thanks to a constant desire to produce unique and vibrant music.

Prairie Oyster is not a band that can be pegged "new country" this or "alt country" that, it is simply a killer band with deep roots tapped into many rich sources. The music speaks for itself.