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"Singing
the blues just isn't something a skinny Asian woman would do!"
Mary McPage Photo:
Jeff de Wolf 
Mary McPage is one of the finest female
Blues Singers in the Pacific Northwest. She will blow you away!
When Mary opens her mouth to sing, people do a double take. "I
had to see where that voice was coming from and I still can't believe
it's coming out of you!" Influenced by country, rock and torch,
McPage knows how to sell a song. Be it a standard or one of her
original compositions this sassy singer creates performances that
range from inane to intense.
The band is smokin, but its
McPage who lights the fire. With her raw, emotionally charged vocals,
she works the crowd into a frenzy. She lets em know
they are alive and that life is good! Mary takes it from kitten
to volcano and back again. She delivers the tasty tunes that audiences
have come to expect from her.
In 1994, Mary sang with the original-alternative
band OZMOSiS. The ROCKET Magazine called the band "choice"
and stated, "Anyone who loves to hear a good, strong female
singer must hear McPage".
In 1995, Mary found the blues, or maybe
the blues found her. A blues singer was born. McPage says, "I
never want to sing any other type of music." In 1999, Mary
released an acoustic blues CD In Dog Years, with the group
BLUE HOO. The CD landed her an invitation to appear on the WoodSongs
Old-Time Radio Hour, nationally and internationally (P.R.I.) syndicated
program. Taped live and broadcast out of Lexington, KY, her humor
and original songs were a hit with the live audience.
Mary is now standing tall and lookin
fine, fronting her own band. This aint no tired jam band.
Mary & her boys fire it up and entertain all night long.
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