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.
You can order the CD from iTunes, CD Baby, or by pressing the Buy Now button on her MySpace page.