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09 October 2010
Mary Lee’s Corvette (www.maryleescorvette.com) is the band setting for Mary Lee Kortes. After growing up in Whitefish, Montana, she moved to Manhattan to pursue a career as a book editor. She worked as a session vocalist for people like Freedy Johnston and Laura Cantrell, and scored a surprise hit in 2002 with “Blood on the Tracks”, a song for song reinterpretation of Bob Dylan’s album, recorded at a “classic album” night at the Arlene Grocery. She has been on tour promoting Mary Lee’s Corvette’s latest album “700 Miles”(Southbound Records), opening for Joe Jackson. Features Editor Barry Jones spoke to Mary Lee about the album, the tour and her contribution to a forthcoming collection of short stories. Interview: 4th June 2003