Erin Salley has it down pat in the stand-by-your-man world of country and bluegrass music. She’s a wife, manager, merchandiser, salesperson, scheduler, publicist, and more for her husband, Jerry Salley. Married six years, Erin says she was quickly indoctrinated into the music world, much different from the world she knew before meeting the talented singer/songwriter.
Erin grew up in Thomasville, Georgia, just above the Florida-Georgia line. She attended the University of Georgia, where she got a degree in landscape architecture. While living in Florida, a friend invited her to participate in the Blast on the Bay Songwriters Festival in Port St. Joe, Florida. “I saw Jerry perform and was really impressed,” Erin recalls. “The next day, my friend was supposed to go to a songwriting workshop, and she got cold feet. I told her I would sit with her. Jerry was on the panel, and we met afterward. I had never known anyone like him. Jerry can really craft a song.”