By: Kathy Forste, Music Director

Sarah Pierce was born in Rockford, Illinois and raised in rural Texas and Colorado. The daughter of a cowboy raised in a family of cattlemen (4 members are in the Cattlemen's Hall of Fame), Sarah's dream was to be a singer, a dream that began to take shape when she was 12 years old. Her stepfather was a small town doctor by day and played bass in the local country band on the weekends. One day he asked her to come along and sing a few songs. After one song, Sarah had a gig. “The stage is like a big comfortable couch; I am so at home there.”

While performing at a local club, Sarah was seen by John McEuen (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). That evening he asked if she'd be willing to go on the road as his opening act. Thirteen weeks and thousands of miles later, Sarah had performed before tens of thousands of people, receiving standing ovations wherever she sang. In 1991, Sarah regionally released her debut record, “West Texas Wind”, on Little Bear Records.

Since that time Sarah recorded several CD’s including a beautiful children’s CD and a lovely Christmas CD. She has spent several weeks on the Adult Contemporary Charts. Moved to Austin, Texas and made it her musical home, and she has played for sold out crowds all over Italy.  Sarah has spent the better part of the last year promoting her most personal CD to date, “Cowboy’s Daughter”

One of her more recent gigs had her passing through Kansas City, Missouri, home of KC Café Radio. After a long drive from Chicago, Sarah and a couple members of her band, Doug Hudson and Merel Bregante, sat down and played acoustic versions from “Cowboy’s Daughter” for us. She was also kind enough to sit and talk with me for quite a while about her musical journey, life on the road, songwriting, Italy and working with her husband Merel Bregante.

Listen To or Download The Interview Here (46:57):

I would also like to add my thanks to Sarah, Doug, Merel and Eric Henke (who also debuted some new songs for us), for being so kind to my son and husband, enjoying the company of our dogs and taking the time to go out to dinner with us after such a long day.  Oh and special thanks to Sarah for the CD, “Buttercup Princess”. My son loves it!  You guys are awesome!

Sarah's Music On KC Cafe Radio: