Sarah Hays grew up in Connecticut and North Carolina. She played piano,
violin, flute, and guitar as a child, but it was the guitar and vocals
that stuck. She lived in New York City for three years and Los Angeles
for six 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, Anyhow, Sunday Best or any of the other songs
listed here to see the range of her writing and the raw emotion in her
vocals.
In 2010, she embarked on a new musical project called
Bandicoot, produced by Ken Coomer and Leroy Miller (Smash Mouth, John Mayer). Tracks from their first EP can be found at
www.bandicootmusic.com or on
iTunes.
You can order Sarah's debut CD, Water, from
iTunes or
CD Baby.
