I am a fan of the of the alternative folk-rock all-female band BLAME SALLY. A rabid, batshit crazy, drooling at the sound of their music fan.  It's kind of embarrassing, but there you go. I have already written several blog reviews of these gals and taken loads of photos.  Last January I got a lovely new HD camcorder and began shooting video, but alas, Blame Sally by then had gotten too famous, selling out music halls with a capacity of hundreds.  Luckily, their fame has allowed members of the band to branch out and record CDs of their individual compositions.  They have also gone out and played solo gigs at smaller venues.  These are great, because they have allowed me to get up close and personal with them and make an intimate video of their performance. I was able to review Monical Pasqual this way in a recent blog.

Recently I hit pay dirt with the duo of Pam Delgado and Jeri Jones, who performed recently at the Acoustic Vortex, which is a living room in a house in Larkspur, CA.  Long-time friends who started playing together in San Luis Obispo in central California, they play regularly as a duo known as The Pam and Jeri Show.  They have an amazing onstage chemistry where it seems that they almost have a telepathic communication with each other.  They play for each other as much as they play for the crowds, and their joy in making music washes over their audience, lifting the spirits of everyone in the room.

The following videos are a nutshell sample of their fabulous performance.  This first one is one of my favorite Blame Sally tunes from their latest album Night of 1000 stars (2009). And if you couldn't tell, it is also on an official video on my profile page as well as a selection on my profile music player.  Naw, I'm not a sufferable rabid fan, am I?



They also played a couple of songs from the older Blame Sally albums.  This is a hauntingly atmospheric version of a raucous country tune by Pam, from Severland (2007), their third CD.



They played several new tunes which will be on their upcoming EP, due out later this month.  I loved the explanation of and performance of this song by Jeri and Pam.



They played several cover songs from the '70's including this song by Elton John, from who some say is his best album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1974).



The house concert host, Bruce Victor, a musician himself, was invited to sit in on this song "A Thousand Tiny Pieces" by Sean Hayes, without any previous rehearsal.  The song (with Jeri's vocals),  appears on the album Severland.



This last video was of their closing song - a high energy gem by Earth, Wind, and Fire, from their album That's the Way of the World (1975).  I think this was my favorite performance of the night.