Bio

Over the years, thousands of people became long time fans of Sally's music as they strolled down Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans. But her musical career did not begin in New Orleans. After completing one year of music education at North Texas State University, Sally began her first professional musical experience in 1970 when she joined a show band that played the casinos (Vegas & Tahoe) and armed forces bases on the West Coast. After a few months of this, she ended up moving to Los Angeles, playing in several bands until 1973 when she moved back to Texas to return to North Texas State University. She formed her own band at this time and began playing around the Dallas area. This turned into full time work and Sally only completed one more year at NTSU. During this time, Sally also first began doing some solo work. She was playing solo at a restaurant in Dallas, which was owned by a corporation that had several restaurants around the country. One of the corporate executives heard her and talked her into playing for two weeks at one of their restaurant/bars on Bourbon Street. This two week gig turned into nine years of playing at Seaport Cafe & Bar and 22 years of living in New Orleans. Sally recorded two albums during this time; "Just The Way You Are" and "Jack Rabbit".

She also began making live cassette tapes to sell to audiences. This turned out to be so successful that she began running multiple tape decks for each set and sold out nightly. During her time at Seaport, Sally missed playing with others so she began doing week-end afternoon jam sessions with some of New Orleans' most prominent singers and musicians. Out of the jam sessions, Sally formed a band with Zelda Rose, Dawn Catron and later on, with Diana Castro. These three divas became very popular and recorded an album together titled "Ain't You The Cat's Meow" and also performed for many exciting events including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The most exciting event for the ladies was in 1986 when they entered and won a talent search contest sponsored by Willie Nelson and Wrangler Jeans. By winning the blues category with Sally's original tune "Lucky In Love", the ladies were flown to Austin, Texas, to perform the song on a national TV special hosted by Willie Nelson. That song has since been recorded twice and most recently, by blues artist E.G. Knight who included the tune on her 2003 album, "Southern Comfort".

After leaving Seaport, Sally had steady gigs at several clubs in and around New Orleans including three years at Club Libretto, four years at the New Orleans Hilton and one year at Crawgators. In between these gigs, Sally did extensive work in Europe, playing solo, with her band and with the Marva Wright Band.