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Involved in the arts since before school age, Mary is definitive of "the Total Package". As a dancer, vocalist, and former member of Cleveland's own Something Dada Improvisational Comedy Company she seriously knows her way around the stage. She begun dancing at age three and has excelled ever since. A recipient of the Debbie Reynolds Scholarship for Jazz in Los Angeles at age 15, Mary was not only dancing. Her talents as a songstress were now beginning to emerge.She got hip to the blues jam nights. She went and watched with her parents. She asked to sit in, but she was encouraged to listen that week and come back next week to sing. She listened and came back. She was in the last group of the jammers and she sang, "Please Send Me Someone to Love" by Percy Mayfield, which is presently one of her signature songs. She was asked to be in the band Blues Explosion that same night. She learned as she went, and started building a solid reputation.Mary Bridget hasn't stopped chirping since. No doubt you'll be reminded of the likes of Janis Joplin, Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Chaka Kahn but you'll definitely notice she also has an element all her own. Mary has shared the stage with groups like Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Leon Russell, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Bobby Rush, Huey Lewis and the News, W.C. Clark, Renee Austin, Walter Trout, Delbert McCLinton adn the list geos on.Mary Bridget made her Off-Broadway debut in the smash musical Love, Janis at Playhouse Square's Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. She continued on in the role of Janis Joplin in Aspen, CO, San Francisco, CA and Kansas City, MO. Mary made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award nominated musical "It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues" this past summer. A few quick kudos:* Recipient of the BEST VOCALIST AWARD by the Cleveland Free Times* International Blues Challenge Finalist 2005 * Won award for BEST MOMENT IN THEATRE 2007 by the Kansas City Pitch for my role as Janis Joplin in the Off-Broadway smash musical, Love, Janis which was the inaugural production at KC's new Copaken Stage located in the H&R Block Building. * Will be starring in the KC Rep Theatre's "New Year's Repartee 2007" from December 28-December 31st at the UMKC Campus Cherry Street Theatre. A musical review of songs from Love, Janis, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, Hank Williams: Lost Highway and more!

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Member Since: 4/20/2006
Band Website: bluesonpurpose.com marybridgetdavies.com
Band Members: Mary Bridget DaviesMBDG at the Savannah

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Influences: Heartache, worry, trouble, pain, joy, lust, hunger...Nina Simone, Etta James, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, B.B. King, Mavis Staples, Gladys Knight, Allman Brothers, Beth Hart, Bob Marley, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Elvis Presley, Edgar Winter, James Brown, Mike Finnigan, Skynyrd, Zeppelin, Bela Fleck, Muddy Waters, The Meters, Professor Longhair, The Rev, Talking Heads, Ten Years After, old school Hip Hop and everything else.
Sounds Like: Blues, Soul, Funk, Rock.
Record Label: none
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Mary Bridget Davies: LIVE! As Janis Joplin...

Mary Bridget will be tackling the role of Janis Joplin once again in the Off-Broadway smash musical, Love, Janis in Houston, TX at the Alley Theatre. Http://www.alleytheatre.com PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:49:00 PST

PERFROMANCE UPDATES!!

Hello Everyone! Since closing a fantastic run of Love, Janis in Kansas City, MB has exciting news to share about some upcoming performances! First off, MB is going to join Big Brother and the H...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:47:00 PST

Love, Janis KC Repertory Theatre NEW REVIEW~

'Love, Janis' is better than an Aerosmith concert Jessie Burche Issue date: 2/12/07 Section: Culture Print Email.. Article Tools')..> Article Tools Page 1 of 1 ..> ..> ..> ..> .. ...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:18:00 PST

Kansas City Repertory Theatre

Rock Musical Love, Janis Opens Kansas City Repertory Theatre's New Copaken Stage Kansas City Repertory Theatre will present Love, Janis as its inaugural production at Copaken Stage, the Rep's new seco...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:59:00 PST

Cleveland plain dealer sunday!

Cleveland Plain Dealer December 17, 2006 Tony Brown [email protected] BACK BRIEFLY: Spotted around town after a long absence: blues diva Mary Bridget Davies, back from an extend...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:11:00 PST

San fran weekly paper

What starts as a black-and-white photo montage of a young Midwestern girl in frilly baby-doll dresses soon explodes into a rainbow of psychedelic color and debaucherously good rock 'n' roll. Following...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:07:00 PST

review

It's impressive to learn about this intimate side of Joplin, when she's not commanding the stage, belting out notes at the top of her lungs, her lower-back length hair flowing all around; part of this...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:18:00 PST

Great Fan Comment!!

8/19I'd like to thank Brian Baldwin of Whiskey Bent, Kevin McCarthy of The Cletus Black Review, and Dirk from Heartland for stopping in last night at Sheehan's to see the Swamp Boogie Band in action....
Posted by Mary Bridget on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:10:00 PST

Fri Aug 18 plain dealer

Arts & EntertainmentFriday, August 18, 2006Cleveland blues singer heads to Frisco to play `Janis'3:00 p.m. FridayCleveland blues singer Mary Bridget Davies, fresh from singing the role of Janis Jo...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:55:00 PST

Discovery girls.com

About Mary Involved in the arts since before school age, Mary is definitive of "the Total Package". As a dancer, vocalist, and former member of Cleveland's own Something Dada Improvisational...
Posted by Mary Bridget on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:32:00 PST