Blame Sally is a collaboration of four solo female singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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s from San Francisco who have recorded and performed together frequently over the past decade. The members of the group include Pam Delgado (percussion and vocals), Renee Harcourt (guitar

Guitar

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, bass

Bass guitar

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 and vocals), Jeri Jones (guitar, bass and vocals) and Monica Pasqual (piano

Piano

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, accordion

Accordion

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 and vocals).

The group was formed in 2000, and in 2001, KFOG

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 "began playing the band's music on the popular 'Acoustic Sunrise' show, leading to more gigs and bigger venues"; the band "got national attention through XM Radio

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 and "by the end of 2006, the band was playing more than 50 shows a year."

Allmusic praises their 2007 album, Severland as "the first on which they sound more like a proper band than four solo artists working collectively," and gives it a rating of 4.5 stars. As of 2009, the band was signed for a three-album, five-year contract worth a half-million dollars. In 2010, Blame Sally released Live at Stern Grove Festival, recorded at Stern Grove Festival in 2009 and headlined by the legendary Joan Baez.

Also in 2010, Germany saw its first taste of Blame Sally with a 15 date tour across the country. The band played in a myriad of venues from inns to The House of Blues.

Discography

• Live No. 1 (2001 self-release)
• Blame Sally (2004 self-release)
• Severland (2007 Dig)
• Night of 1000 Stars (2009 Opus Music Ventures)
• Live at Stern Grove (2010 Ninth Street Opus
  Ninth Street Opus
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• Speeding Ticket and a Valentine (2011 Ninth Street Opus)