Sally Fingerett (born December 25, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American

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singer-songwriter. She is a founding member of

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and recorded many albums with the band. Fingerett joined the Chicago folk scene while a student at the

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, inspired by such artists as

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and John Prine. She later moved to

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and became the lead singer for the bluegrass band

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. She also toured with artists such as John Hartford and Bill Monroe before beginning her solo career. She met and married producer Dan Green, and they collaborated on producing commercial music. Green produced four of Fingerett's solo CDs, as well as the Four Bitchin' Babes album ''Fax It, Charge It, Don't Ask Me What's For Dinner''. In 1994, Fingerett had to suspend recording and performing after contracting a virus that paralyzed her

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. She recovered use of her voice a year later. Soon after,

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passed a recording of Fingerett's song ''Home Is Where The Heart Is'' (about accepting people regardless of

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) to Peter, Paul and Mary, who

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the song on their album ''Lifelines''. Later, she divorced Green, and created a one-woman comedy/music show, ''It's A Crazy World….But Where Else Would We Live...the Musical Musings of a Mental Yentl''. Fingerett published her first book in 2015, ''The Mental Yentl: Stories from a Lifelong Student of Crazy''. The book has a companion CD. Fingerett lives in

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with her husband, Michael Stan. Their three children are EJ, Max, and Aaron.

Discography

* ''Enclosed'' * ''Unraveled'' * ''Ghost Town Girl'' * ''My Good Company'' * ''A Woman's Gotta Do Her Thing''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fingerett, Sally 1955 births Living people American women singer-songwriters American folk singers Singers from Chicago Jewish American musicians Four Bitchin' Babes members Women satirists Jewish folk singers 21st-century American Jews Singer-songwriters from Illinois 21st-century American women