Sally Van Meter

Bio:

Since 1977, Sally's slide guitar work has gained respect and recognition among peers and audiences for her commitment to staying true to playing music with heart and soul. She is well-known for her performances & recorded works ranging from solo work to collaborations with artists such as Jorma Kaukonen, Jerry Garcia, Chris Hillman, Cyril Pahinui, Led Kaapana, Jerry Douglas, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Alison Brown, Taj Mahal, Peter Rowan & the Rowan Brothers, Yonder Mountain String Band, Tony Rice, Kathy Kallick, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Gerry O'Beirne, Maura O'Connell, the inimitable Leftover Salmon and more.

On the Sugar Hill label,Sally's work on The Great Dobro Sessions (producers Jerry Douglas/ Tut Taylor) earned the 1994 GRAMMY AWARD certificate for Best Bluegrass Recording from NARAS as a featured performer; in addition, Sally’s solo album All In Good Time was a finalist nominee for IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year. Film, television and radio credits include the film Gather at the River, the celebrated CBS' Northern Exposure and TNN's Texas Connection. Sally has also been invited to perform for nationally acclaimed NPR show A Prairie Home Companion, and Nick Forster's popular syndicated radio program, E-Town.

In 1995, Sally joined with David Grisman and Jerry Garcia for a special project, The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers-A Tribute produced by Bob Dylan for Columbia Records. From 1977 -1996, Sally was a member of the Good Ol' Persons, a much-beloved San Francisco- based band. She has been an IBMA Finalist Nominee for Dobro Player of the Year from 1990-1997 and in 1996 won two IBMA awards, Best Instrumental Recording and Recorded Event of the Year (The Great Dobro Sessions). For nearly three decades, Sally's musical journeys have taken her from the US to the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan.

These days Sally resides professionally in Colorado. She currently gigs with Hillman & Pedersen, Led Kaapana, and The Jeff Finlin Band. Alongside touring, you can find her wearing the Producers Hat producing recordings for national touring acts that include The Yonder Mountain String Band and the Open Road Bluegrass Band; as well, Sally's love of teaching music has kept her a mainstay at festivals, music workshops & camps throughout the US/UK and Europe.

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Member Since:

June 18, 2007

Members:

solo, have slide will travel.

Influences:

Barak Obama, Darrick and Chuck Campbell on the Sacred Steel, John Doyle, Bruce Molsky, Jorma Kaukonen, June Tabor, Arty McGlynn, Pura Fe' and Ulali as well, Paul Brady, Andy Irvine, Paddy Keenan, along with all the too- numerous- to- name- them- all Uillean Pipers, Triona MnDhomnaill, Tony McManus, Steve Baughman, Ed Gerhard, Lowell George, Helen Merrill, King Pleasure, Eric Thorin, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Ledward Kaapana, Kate Campbell, Stuart Duncan, All Things Hawaiian/ Zep of course, Lennie Harvey, Chris Whitley, Matt Flinner, Jeff Finlin, NBB, Eric Thorin, Gene Libbea, Caleb Roberts, Daniel Van Meter, Patty Van Meter, Gus Skinas, Los Indios Tabajaras, Vince Akina, Debashish Batacharya, Vern Williams, Del Williams, Jefferson Hamer, Eben Grace, Rayna Gellert, John Magnie, Sassy Truitt, Harvey Mandel, Joe Cocker, Allman Brothers, Derek Trucks, KJP, Christopher Petak, Kathy Kallick, Markie Sanders, John Reischman, Paul Shelasky, Maura O’Connell, JD, Jack Cassidy, Patty Larkin, Gerry O’Beirne, Johnny Dickinson, Jeff Sipes, Sean Sutherland... And everyone else...

Sounds Like:

All the slide I am playing on the music you hear on this site!

Record Label:

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