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Posted by Monica Pasqual on May 11, 2007, 8:35 pm San Francisco’s Blame Sally named themselves after a girlfriend who made one of the band members late for a rehearsal one day. Formed in 2000, Blame Sally is four women Neil Young’s Living With War web site, www.neilyoung.com, recently featured Blame Sally’s video for “If You Tell A Lie”; the anti-Bush song clip made it to #2 (based Blame Sally, says the Marin Independent Journal, has “suddenly burst out of the pack as a Bay Area phenomenon, selling out shows, winning over new fans and enjoying tremendous response to their third CD, Severland, a collection of eclectic folk pop songs that are personal, playful and political.” While Paul Freeman of the Contra Costa Times writes: "An amazing collectionof talented local musicians has banded together and released a stunning new CD. "Severland," the latest from San Francisco's Blame Sally,should bringthis female foursome universal acclaim. Individually, Renee Harcourt, Monica Pasqual,Jeri Jones and Pam Delgado have long displayed stirring singer-songwriter gifts. Together they're a powerhouse unit, presenting outstanding lead vocals and harmonies."Severland" carves out a strong identity on the indie-pop edges of Americana.Among the highlights (though there's not a weak track among the dozen here) are the riveting title tune, the piano driven "Fillmore Street," the haunting"Devil to Pay" and the country-rocker "Trouble."
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who contribute songs and arrangements, switch off lead vocals and trade instruments.
on number of downloads) ahead of videos by Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Pink,where it remained for about 4 months.
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