About the Artist

    Strange as it may sound, Sara Hamilton actually left Austin to become a songwriter. With degree in hand, she packed up her songwriting vocation in 2002 and headed for Texas' other music hotbed, Dallas/Fort Worth, and the friendly confines of home in Mansfield, Texas. There, she found a welcoming social structure that allowed her to quietly sock away a bagful of solid tunes in the vein of waltz king Bruce Robison and balladeer Jim Lauderdale, while gaining experience behind the mic at coffeehouses, cigar joints and the occasional honky-tonk. Along the way, a chance introduction to a Texas music insider led to a friendship and, eventually, to management representation.

    Flash to the first of many "homeboy hookups" - a greasy-spoon meeting with multi-talented artist/producer/playwright Jesse Dayton. The "Country Soul Brother" quickly realized that there were enough stars in Sara's songbook to make a "kickass, smart Americana record."

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