Sandy Lee Casey has spent most of her life finding a way to keep music in it. She began singing at a Somerville, Massachusetts country bar at 15, toured New England in cover bands, and later spent 16 years with Boston wedding band Double Vision. A move to Los Angeles led to a job at Warner Bros.-owned Amigo Studios, where she met artists including Alice Cooper and Gladys Knight and joined a small group of staff members singing background vocals for a track on Metallica's Master of Puppets album.

Sandy also recorded for Red vs. Blue and RWBY, including “Red Like Roses – Part II” with her daughter, Casey Lee Williams. Now based in Murrieta, she performs across the Temecula Valley as a solo artist and with Sandy Lee Casey & Friends. She talks with Brian about protecting her voice, choosing songs other cover bands overlook, moving between Boston and Southern California, and why she still tries to learn one new song every week.

In This Episode

• How Sandy taught herself guitar and started playing paid gigs at 15
• Why she chose cover bands over Boston's pay-to-play original scene
• The audition that led to 16 years with Double Vision
• What she learned while working at Warner Bros.-owned Amigo Studios
• How she became part of a background-vocal session for Metallica's Master of Puppets album
• Recording “Red Like Roses – Part II” for RWBY with Casey Lee Williams
• Building Anyone's Guess Band and moving into Sandy Lee Casey & Friends

Connect With Sandy

• Website: https://sandyleecasey.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandyleecasey/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SandyLeeCasey/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sandyleecasey1
• Listen to “Red Like Roses – Part II”: https://open.spotify.com/track/13qjycCLStZb9sJje6v0MC

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