If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Faith Hill and Shania Twain must be feeling pretty flattered these days. After all, the country market is flooded with Faith and Shania clones who seem determined to copy as much as they can from Twain and Hill in the hopes of achieving similar success.

But one can’t accuse the women of Mustang Sally of being just another cookie-cutter country band. After all, how many country bands include a keyboardist who has played with the London Symphony Orchestra, a blues guitarist who has opened shows for B.B. King and Eric Clapton, a guitarist who also whips out the saxophone during sets and a lead singer who used to belt out alternative rock in Seattle?

The band is the creation of Lisa Romeo, a former session drummer who can play rock and jazz as easily as country. About five years ago, Romeo began toying with the idea of forming an all-female band.

“It was hard finding good girl players, because all I had to offer was a concept,” Romeo said. Although the band started out as a Nashville cover band, Romeo said the band eventually began adding original songs to the set list.

The band’s lineup has changed dramatically over the years, with Romeo remaining as the only original member. The band began gaining a following and attracted the notice of a major record label, which even went so far as to sign Mustang Sally to its label but the record label folded, leaving the band back out in the cold.

But the loss of the record deal has not discouraged the band. Last fall, the group began recording tracks and shopping for a new record label.

“Every girl has been influenced by different things,” Romeo said. “I grew up with a lot of country I’m a big Marty Robbins fan and we’re all big fans of George Jones.”