Gritty, earthy, bluesy, folky, soothing, and thoughful with a sense of humor. This CD is not to be missed.

11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Americana, ROCK: Folk Rock

Details:
Sarah Hays was raised in North Carolina. She played piano, violin, flute, and guitar as a child, but it was the writing and the vocals that stuck. She lived in New York and Los Angeles for several years before settling in Nashville in 2007.

In L.A., she was a member of The Cash Diners, a vocal duo and writing team that took her to Nashville to record their first record. After finishing the record, the band discovered the devastating news that their producer had disappeared with all of the money alotted for musicians, studios, mastering, etc... The Cash Diners was irreparably wounded, but the partnerships and musical inspiration she found in Nashville were undeniable.

Her first solo record, Water, was produced by drummer/producer Ken Coomer (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Clockhammer, and Swag) and mixed by Charlie Brocco (engineer for George Harrison, B.B. King, Fleetwood Mac, and Patty Griffin among others). She also had the enormous pleasure of getting Charlie Cushman to play her great-grandfather's banjo (circa 1915) which she recently inherited from her Grandmother, and she is plucking away at it now herself.

Check out Drink Your Wine, Fine, Lately or any of the other songs listed here to see the range of her writing and the raw emotion in her vocals. This is a diamond in the rough who is only at the beginning of a very long career.

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