Featuring four-part harmonies, the quartet includes long-time collaborators Steven Bates, David Hayes, Gwyneth Moreland, and Gene Parsons playing contemporary and traditional folk music.

Each writes songs, sings, and plays guitar, among other instruments. Each has recorded and performed solo and with other musicians, ranging from Michael Jackson-collaborator Bill Bottrell (Bates) to Foxglove (Moreland), Morrison and Jesse Colin Young (Hayes), and the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers (Parsons).

As a duo, Hayes and Parsons played a sold-out concert at the Odd Fellows in September 2016. Moreland has also performed in Davis several times. Last year the Mendocino Quartet, which takes their name from their home county on California’s North Coast, released their first CD, Way Out There.