Dobro
For the last four decades. Sally Van Meter’s Dobro and slide guitar work has graced the live stages and recording studios performing with prominent and talented artists including David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice, Jorma Kaukonen, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Jerry Douglas, Taj Mahal, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Alison Brown, Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, Russ Barenberg, Stuart Duncan, Kathy Kallick, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Gerry O'Beirne, Maura O'Connell. Known as an evocative and lyrical player, her slide guitar work has been featured in films and TV as well.
In 1994 Sally was awarded the NARAS GRAMMY for The Great Dobro Sessions and in 1996 recorded on a special recording project with David Grisman and Jerry Garcia ‘The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers--A Tribute’ produced by Bob Dylan for Columbia Records. Before switching gears to the studio and independent music work, from 1977 to 1996, Sally was a member of the Good Ol' Persons, a much-beloved band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been an IBMA Finalist Nominee for Dobro Player of the Year from 1990-1997 and in 1994 won two IBMA awards for Best Instrumental Recording and Recorded Event of the Year, (The Great Dobro Sessions).
Sally’s latest studio offering is an award recipient of the Best Weissenborn Recording of 2015 in the United Kingdom titled Tre Mistiche, her live Weissenborn slide duet project featuring Bruce Molsky, Ledward Ka’apana, Gerry O’Beirne and Johnny Dickinson.
Currently residing in Colorado, along with freelance filmmaking, music performance and studio production, Sally’s love of teaching Dobro and musicality keeps her a mainstay at music workshops & camps throughout the US/UK and Europe. She looks forward to coming back to the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, “A spectacular music camp to work on your musical skills and to have a lot of fun!”
