Mary Lee's Corvette
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Mary Lee's Corvette | |
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Genres | Alternative folk |
Years active | 1997–present |
Associated acts | Eric Ambel |
Members | Mary Lee Kortes Andy York Joe Chianfolo |
Mary Lee's Corvette is an American band led by Michigan-born singer-songwriter Mary Lee Kortes. The group has recorded five albums, notably a 2002 cover album of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, recorded live at Arlene's Grocery.[1]
Career[]
Although Kortes was already writing songs and poetry when she moved to New York, she says she didn't expect a musical career to follow. However, she soon found work as a session singer, and her fourth completed song "Everywhere I Go" was recorded by Christian artist Amy Grant for her 1985 album Unguarded.[citation needed] Kortes later began recording her own songs and released her first EP, Mary Lee's Corvette, in 1997, produced by her husband Eric Ambel.[2][3][failed verification]
Rolling Stone critic David Fricke wrote that "the bright bite in Mary Lee Kortes' voice [has] the high-mountain sunshine of Dolly Parton, with a sweet-iron undercoat of Chrissie Hynde."[citation needed] MLC's work has also been championed by British radio presenter Bob Harris and Jim Bessman of Billboard, among others.[citation needed]
MLC's breakthrough recording was of a live performance of the Bob Dylan album, Blood on the Tracks. The album attracted attention from many quarters, not least Dylan himself, for whom MLC later opened in New York.[4][failed verification]
Kortes says of the title of the latest MLC album, Love, Loss & Lunacy: "If you don't love something, you can't lose it. When you lose something you love, it makes you crazy. And if you're crazy enough, you can fall back in love."[citation needed]
The band has been greatly involved with "Feel the Music", a non-profit music and healing organization.[citation needed] She runs songwriting workshops and leads seminars for this organization.[citation needed]
Discography[]
- Mary Lee's Corvette (1997)
- True Lovers of Adventure (1999)
- Blood on the Tracks (2002)
- 700 Miles (2003)
- Love, Loss & Lunacy (2006)
References[]
- ^ Goldberg, Michael (December 17, 2014). "Video: Mary Lee Kortes Performs Entire 'Blood On The Tracks' Album Live (Dylan Digs Her)". DAYS OF THE CRAZY-WILD. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Mary Lee's Corvette". Bar/None Records. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Mary Lee's Corvette". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 25, 1997.
External links[]
- Musical groups from New York City
- United States pop musical group stubs