Hayley Sales
What is it about surfers that makes them turn out dreamy, melodious guitar twinkles? Or is it that people who produce that breezy rock are more likely to enjoy standing on a plank and having the ocean throw you onto the beach? Hayley Sales says on her Myspace page that she performs in the vein of Norah Jones, Ben Harper and Jack Johnson, but the latter one is the most obvious influence. And Donavon Frankenreiter.
Which means Hayley Sales is going to be absolutely perfect for Saturday afternoon in the Field of Heaven, with the sun blazing down and the people shaking off their second consecutive hangovers. And if it rains, the Field of H is always the best area in bad weather, thanks to its crowd of hippies who love everything mother nature can throw at them.
Like Bad Brains, Hayley hails from Washington DC. Unlike Bad Brains, her family fled the city when she was 3, and she grew up in Portland. Presumably if she hadn't, she'd be screaming in a punk band instead of strumming songs about farmers growing tomatoes and twittering about whistling.
According to Wikipedia, which is where I learn everything these days, Miles Davis used to come and perform in her dad's studio, she's interviewed the Dalai Lama, and she's palled around with Kris Novoselic. And she's only 22.
I'd stick her videos here, but Universal Music refuse to let people embed them. Brilliant move. Major labels once more showing their unease with this interweb piratey thing.
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Posted by: guitarsuperstars | February 1, 2010 4:22 AM