Sandy started playing music when she was old enough to lift the lid on the piano and pick out tunes by ear. In 1996, she started playing upright bass. She's been playing professionally since 1998.

In the spring of 1994, she wrote her first song. In the fall of 1994, she was a finalist in the Walnut Valley Songwriters / Composers' Showcase with her second song, "Cabin on the Prairie." She was a finalist again in 1997 with "Apache Plume." She also co-wrote a collection of scary songs for children, with Patrick Bone , a Scholastic Book author. In the summer of 2008, she co-taught a songwriting course, "Hook Rhyme and Singer," with Christy Wessler at Swallow Hill. Her songs are featured on Colorado Sandstorm Music.

Sandy played bass in a number of bands and for a number of performers. She was the "bass wench" of the Colorado Renaissance Festival from 1999 through 2004. She "retired" to concentrate on her songwriting.

Her first CD of original songs is "I Wanted to Fly." She wrote half the songs and co-wrote the other half with Ernie Martinez , J.J. Fraser , and B. J. Suter . Four of the songs were included in the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society compilation CDs. One was a Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival New Songs contest alternate. Several are getting airplay on KDNK, KOLT FM, WGOE, KVMR. WVOF-FM, WRSU-FM, KRCC, KOTS, Erin Radio, Heartland Public Radio HPR2: The Western Channel, Boy Radio Stations, and Boston Pete station 4. Both the CD and the song "Already Gone" made the Top Ten charts in the May-June 2010 issue of Rope Burns, the trade publication for Western music. In October, 2010, the CD was a finalist for best Collaborative Album and "Already Gone" was a finalist for best song by the Western Music Association.

Her new CD,"Bring 'Em Home," includes some of her Cowboy poetry and cowritten songs. Her co-writers include Floyd Beard, Al "Doc" Mehl , Ernie Martinez , Tom Munch, Terry Nash , John P. Nelson, and Dave Schaper .

Other cowriters include Dan Navarro , Steve Jones , Jon Chandler , Lynn Kopelke , and John Swayne.

Sandy retired from performing, but came out for the Colorado Sandstorm Productions' Rooftop Concert in Monument CO, on Sept 5, 2021, which featured Dan Navarro
(see more) and the Colorado Sandstorm Concert (featuring Dan Navarro with opening act J.J. Fraser and The Pynedrops) in Monument CO on June 17, 2022. In July, 2022, a recording of line and a poem, which she wrote, was included in "Depression Is...," on NeurOnFire by Melinda Writes / Melinda A. Smith .

	with Ernie Martinez and Dan Navarro at the first Pyne Backyard Concert June 23 2023 photos by Lisa Santa Cruz-Striegl
with Joy Pyne & Dan Navarro at the first Pyne Backyard Concert June 23 2023 photo by Stacy McClure
	Book Signing Tattered Cover Colorado Springs Nov 2 2022
Colorado Sandstorm Concert with Dan Navarro and JJ & the Pynedrops Monument CO June 17 2022 (photos by Cowgirl Camera )
	Sandy's short story, Damn the Dream, was chosen for inclusion in the 2022 Pikes Peak Writers Anthology Dream. Publication date: March 31, 2022. Writers submitted almost 200 stories and poems; 27 were selected.
With J.J. Fraser, Stacy McClure, & Brian McClure (not shown) Sandstorm Rooftop Concert Monument CO Sept 5 2021 (photo by Deb Ewing/John Roth)
With Dan Navarro, J.J. Fraser, Spencer Pyne, Stacy McClure, Brian McClure (on drums), Mike Edmondson, Sandstorm Rooftop Concert Monument CO Sept 5 2021 (photos by Terry Georgia)
Swallow Hill Music Association Denver CO June 22, 2019	with Dan Navarro watch video by Tom Mowle
(photo by Stacy McClure)	(photo by Ann Schmechel)
Cimarron Cowboy Muisc and Poetry Gathering Cimarron NM August 26-27, 2016 (photoa by Bill Patterson)   with Washtub Jerry and Randy Huston > > >
	WMA Colorado Showcase    Florissant    August 8, 2016      (photoa by Bill Patterson)
with Steve Pierce and Bob Cooke 2 Penguins Tap and Grill, Nov. 21, 2015 (photo by Monica Lobser)
WMA Colorado Chapter Showcase Florissant, CO, August 8, 2015
Pikes Peak Cowboy Gathering ProRodeo Hall of Fame Colorado Springs CO July 9, 2015 with Ernie Martinez
(photos by Valerie Beard)
with Ernie Martinez and Mary Gifford at the WMA Colorado Chapter Showcase Greeley, CO, April 18, 2015  (photos by Susie Knight)
Western Music Association Festival, Nov 14 & 15, 2014, Albuquerque NM
with Ernie Martinez	back row, 3rd from left, with the Cowboy Poetry Jackpot Novice Division
	Angel Concept Fundraiser, Oct 5, 2014 with Lynn Eschbach, Diane Wilson, Monica Lobser (photos by Reggie Ruth Barrett)
Western Music Association Colorado Chapter Showcase Gold Bar Room Theater, Imperial Hotel Cripple Creek. Sept 28, 2014   (photos by Valerie Beard)
Hot Pink Ticket Swallow Hill Oct 28 2012 with Christy Wessler, Randy Rahl, Mary Simon, Sean McGuire, Judy Duran, Pam Brown Elna Cain, Kathy Eudeikis (photoa by Bill Patterson) featuring Kathy Eudeikis featuring Christy Wessler, Pam Brown on percussion with Randy Rahl
Two Quarts Shy at the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society Pow'r Pick, with Al "Doc" Mehl, Ernie Martinez, and Marte Meyer Two Quarts Shy at the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society Pow'r Pick, with Al "Doc" Mehl, Pam Hawkins, Ernie Martinez, and Marte Meyer
Ernie Martinez CD release party Swallow Hill July 16, 2011 (photo by Bill Patterson)
Songwriters Night July 14, 2011 with Al "Doc" Mehl, and Bill Barwick (photo by Bill Patterson)
Colorado Cowboy Gathering, Jan 22, 2011   (photo by Bill Patterson)         with Steve Jones with Steve Jones, John Fisher, and Al "Doc" Mehl (photos by Reggie Ruth Barrett)
House Concert at Pickin' on Tennyson, January 20, 2011 Bob Turner, John Fisher, Sandy Reay, Steve Jones
Songwriters Showcase' June 10, 2010 with Sylvia Murray photo by Suzie Solomon of GospelGrass
Acoustic Music Revival   < Songwriters Showcase, May 30, 2009     Saturday Concert Series, July 28, 2009 >
Rocky Mountain Jewgrass at the Tempe Center for the Arts, January 11, 2009 (photo by John and Peta Jacobs)	Rocky Mountain Jewgrass Acoustic Alley, April 11, 2009
Rocky Mountain Jewgrass at Swallow Hill November, 2008 (photo by Reggie Ruth Barrett)
Old Pearl Street Summerfest, July 12, 2008, with Rocky Mountain Jewgrass
the New Canyon Ratz: Wade Krause, Sandy Reay, Mark Merryman, Mark Mortensen, Jeff Ingram Fat Frog, July 11, 2008 (photo by Kim Davison)
America's Soul Live! June 17, 2008 with Mack Bailey More photos: America's Soul Live! (photos by Bill Patterson)
Sandy, Ernie Martinez, and Martin Gilmore performing "One Lonely Rider" Ernie Martinez's CD Release Party Swallow Hill, June 14, 2008       more photos of Ernie's CD release party     (photos by Bill Patterson)
with the Shadow Mountain String Band: Bill, Sandy, Mike, Ron, B.J. Jan. 2008, Victorian Dance Caribbean Cruise, Carnival Conquest
Jeff Graves, Bob Cooke and a crazed percussionist! (photo by Sandy Culter)	with Jeff Graves, Jay Graham, Owain Graham at Pogue Mahone's, Oct 13, 2007 (photo by Joanne DiBenedetto)
with Ernie Martinez, Bob Turner and Steve Pierce at the Swallow Hill Folk Festival September, 2007 (photos by Reggie Ruth Barrett)
with Ernie Martinez, Christy Wessler and Rick McGregor at the Swallow Hill Folk Festival September, 2007 (photos by Marge McGregor)
with Rick McGregor and Jeff Ingram May, 2007, at Acoustic Music Revival
with Jeff Ingram at Three Kings Tavern April 1, 2007 (photo by Mike Quaintance)	with Bob Turner and Steve Pierce at Three Kings Tavern, April 1, 2007 (photos by Mike Quaintance)
Pogue Mahone's March 31, 2007 (photo by Mike Quaintance)
with Ernie Martinez, Steve Pierce, Terry Dalton March 17, 2007, at Sheabeen Irish Pub (Photos by Andy Schmidt)
with Company Q at Canon Rose, Feb, 2007
The Canyon Ratz Swallow Hill Volunteer, Jan. 2006 (photo by Reggie Ruth Barrett) At Swallow Hill, December, 2005 At Plantation House At Mooredale, October, 2005 (photo by Mike Quaintance) (photo by Kim Davison)
Benefit Oct 2, 2005 (photos by Kim Davison) The Canyon Ratz and Michi Regier Djypsy Grass
Red Molly with  B.J. Suter, Michi Regier and Bill Farmer at Swallow Hill Folk Festival, August, 2005 (Article from "The Hub"; Note: band is incorrectly identified in the photo caption.)
The Canyon Ratz with Michi Regier at Swallow Hill Mark Mortensen (left) and Mark Merryman (right)	The Canyon Ratz with Michi Regier at Las Hadas (photo by Kim Davison)
After the Renaissance Festival, at Acoustic Music Revival	WhoYaSay? with Bill Farmer and B.J. Suter
Djypsy Grass with  Michi Regier& Gary Michaels	at Celtic Isles Pub with Steve Pierce and Terry Dalton (photos by Kim Davison)
with Ernie Martinez and Annie Phillips

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