biography
Art - Lead Guitar
Chris Allen Burke - Pedal Steel/Harmonica
Julie Pusch - Fiddle
Jeremy Long - Keyboards
Susan Nicoletti - Harmony Vocals
Owen - Drums
Sandra Piller may be a newcomer to Nashville, but she has the deep vocal talent and hearty, rough and tumble life experiences of a veteran. The title of A Long Time Coming, her debut on Shady Hill Records, is a perfect reflection of the powerful joys and pains that inspired the albums 11 songs and the emotional intensity of her live performances.
Offering a mix of compelling, heartfelt original songs and snappy re-workings of the rock-era classics Love Me Two Times, Tightrope and I Go To Pieces, the album was produced by rock and country legend and pedal steel guitar master Marty Rifkin, whose credits include Tom Petty, Dwight Yoakum, Jewel and Bruce Springsteen. Sandra, who scored her first publishing deal as a songwriter with legendary Sun Records icon and country music producer Cowboy Jack Clement, wrote two of the original songs with 25 year Nashville songwriting veteran Jane Bach (Reba McEntire, Collin Raye, JoDee Messina): the first single My Last Romance and She Knows Better.
The cover of the CD shows Sandra in the midst of a labyrinth that represents the long twisting journey of life, from each moment of great happiness to the inevitable heartache. Having lost her eldest daughter and second husband, Michael Piller, a well-known television producer, in recent years, she is committed to mostly lively, up-tempo songs that portray life and love and fresh starts. These are songs truly everyone can relate to, that let the listeners know that for better or worse, were all on the same path together.
Over the years, no matter how the responsibilities of motherhood tugged Sandrawho has two other grown children--away from her lifelong dream of being a professional singer, showbiz always pulled her back. Perhaps its genetic, as she grew up the daughter of Sandra Giles, a popular stage and screen actress who currently hosts weekly swing dance nights in Los Angeles. She was always a fan of pop country stars like Crystal Gayle, Patsy Kline and Kenny Rogers, but it was the music of The Judds that really inspired her to eventually pursue a singing career in Nashville.
Thanks to Piller Squared Productions, her late husband Michaels TV production company that is currently run by her son Shawn and partner Lloyd Segan, Sandras songs have been heard over the years on shows like The Dead Zone on the USA Network. Now, with the release of A Long Time Coming, one of country musics best-kept secrets is finally out.