Mary Tebbs
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     Singer/songwriter Mary Tebbs started her musical adventure in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1989 when a couple of friends heard her make up a song on the spot after her first run in with José Cuervo. The song “Substance Abuse” set Mary on her way to sharing her personality through song. Since that time she’s been writing, singing and playing whenever she can and has been recognized and awarded for her songwriting and live performances.
     She formed her first band in 1992 and has found her true love is not only writing but sharing her songs with a listening audience. The Las Vegas Weekly says, “Tebbs is full of weathered innocence, dealing with love, sensuality and heartache, building it all on a solid foundation of blues and slow mountain funk.”
     “There’s nothing more fulfilling than reaching through to people’s hearts and souls with my music. To see and feel them
respond and be moved by something that’s at my core connects me with them like nothing else,” Mary says.
     Since 1995 she has garnered many awards for her songwriting claiming the Best Songwriter three years running from the City Weekly(Salt Lake based weekly) and received a national nomination for Best Jazz Song from GLAMA (Gay Lesbian American
Music Awards - based in New York City) for her song “Big Mouth.”
     Mary has a catalogue of over 200 songs that continues to grow as each day offers new inspiration. Many are ready to be heard. The City Weekly has described her songs as “Swinging music that’s not afraid to wear its heart on two or three sleeves.”
     Mary’s range in songwriting is vast. Seeing her live is like traveling through a landscape dotted with varying emotions. She has also been voted Best Solo Performer by the City Weekly. She’ll have you laughing out loud with songs like “Big Titty Girl,”
you’ll feel warmed over with joy when you hear “Blizzard,” and she can bring you to tears with a heartbreaking song like “Walk Away.” Mary’s personal favorites, “Gentle Sky” and “Fly” offer provocative journeys through self-liberation and love.
     Mary’s talent lies in her ability to incorporate many different styles without mimicking any one. With influences ranging from Karen Carpenter, Stevie Wonder, Ryan Adams and Squeeze, she adapts warmth, richness, groove and the down-to-earth realness
of simplicity.
     Her music is about sensuality, human emotion, honesty and humor. Her performances are about laughter, reality, getting lost
in love, and moving through heartbreak.
     She’s working to become a published songwriter and believes she has the ability to write any style of song.“One of my greatest pleasures in my musical experience is having someone else sing one of my tunes. It’s one of the rare times that I can listen to
and enjoy the song rather than critique it.”
     She is original, entertaining, and real. Listen and enjoy.