Patrick Foss (Petey) and Jake Welliver (Beefjake) started drinking and playing music together sometime in 2005. They set out to find others for a larger ensemble and began writing songs that would make people dance and impress women. After a few months and no luck finding suitable partners, they were getting bored and decided to get out of the basement and go at it as a duo. The two of them created a big sound on their own and crowds of Northwest funsters soon came out to party along with PCG's wall of raw melody and rousing backbeat. They talked Empty Records into putting out an album and their self-titled debut was released in January '07 to rave reviews. Their "Setting Sun" single on Shake Appeal Records was released in May '07 and shortly after the band was named in a poll conducted by the Willamette Week newspaper as one of the 10 best new bands in Portland. The duo made an appearance at the Deep Blues Festival in Minneapolis in 2008 where they impressed Fat Possum's Bruce Watson enough that he released their 'Yellow Bubbles' single on his Big Legal Mess imprint in early 2009. After another appearance at the Deep Blues Festival 2009, Pure Country Gold finished up the new album "Tough Tuesday" soon to be released on Cave Punk Records out of San Diego. After some appearances this summer at NW festivals MusicFestNW, TotalFest and Ziesta fest, the band will be touring the US in the Fall.