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Mollie Weaver
http://www.mollieweaver.com
mollie@mollieweaver.com
 Mollie is a native of Colorado and began singing as a little girl, growing
up in a family of musicians. She desired to further her study at the
Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, where she studied vocal performance
under world-renowned opera singer/performer Michael Cousins. Entering UMKC
on both academic and vocal scholarships, Mollie soon graduated with
honors. During her tenure at the University, she made a name for herself
by performing in many operas, musicals and both jazz and choir concerts
with nationally acclaimed conductor/professor Dr. Eph Ely. Not only was
she vocally active within the University, but independently as well.
Mollie quickly became familiar with the local recording studios in the
Kansas City area, doing television and radio jingles, singing on a variety
of albums and several conventions throughout the United States. Most of
2001 Mollie spent performing in Kansas City a lead role she developed in
the new Sticks of Thunder high-energy production produced by VPR Creative
Group.
Mollie has performed at Coffman and Arrowhead stadiums in Kansas City, the
Paramount Theatre, Magness Arena and the Pepsi Center in Denver, the
Denver Coliseum, on Channel 9 and on Denver radio stations - most recently
a live performance on KYGO to promote her summer concerts. Singing with
orchestras, big bands, and with such entertainers as Jay Leno, Vince Gill,
Amy Grant, Tracy Byrd, Jimmy Ibbotson of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jim
Salestrom, Jenny McCarthy, and for as many as 60,000 people, Mollie used
her vocal versatility. While recording on albums, jingles for
television/radio and musicals, she would often be found working a part
time job or teaching dance and music lessons.
For the past four years she has performed around the country in the John
Denver Tribute concerts to benefit many organizations like challenge
aspen, cystic fibrosis, dyslexia, and more. Mollie, along with former
friends and members of John Denver's band including Jim Horn, Pete
Huttlinger, Chris Nole, Michito Sanchez and Bill Danoff, perform these
very special tribute concerts. Mollie knew John Denver as well as Kris
O'Connor, who was John's close personal friend, road manager and
co-producer for 27 years.
Kris and Mollie produced "Love, Mollie" in 1997 and "Mollie" in 2000. Both
albums were recorded in Nashville with musicians that have recorded and
performed with John Denver, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Garth Brooks, The
Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Wynonna, Alan Jackson, Joe Cocker, Elton John,
Louise Mandrell, Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, Lionel Ritchie, The Beach Boys,
John Lennon, James Taylor, Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Ringo Star,
José Feliciano, The Supremes, Trisha Yearwood, George Burns, Andy Griggs,
Clint Black, Eric Clapton and Tina Turner to name a few!! The songwriters
who approached and gave Mollie their songs to record have written songs
for some of the artists listed above.
Mollie has promoted her CD's through headlining in concerts around
Colorado and the western states, performing with the same band from
Nashville that she recorded with. With a beautiful voice that appeals to
all ages and her four-octave range, Mollie has the unique ability to sing
a broad range of styles from pop to classical and everything in between!
The concerts she gives are examples of her versatility as a vocalist and
performer.
Mack Bailey
http://www.mackbailey.com
mack@mackbailey.com
 You can tell a lot about singer/songwriter Mack Bailey by the musical
company he keeps. He once sang backup to Vince Gill and Amy Grant, only to
have them sing backup to him a song later. The Grammy winning Jordanaires
sang backup on his CD Why I'm Here. Mary Chapin Carpenter sang on his
first album - which was produced by Bill Danoff of "Country Roads" and
"Afternoon Delight" fame. John Denver once sang with Bailey on stage. And
Denver's long-time producer, Kris O'Connor produced Bailey's collection of
songs, Through Your Eyes. Three of Denver's former band members, Jim Horn,
Chris Nole and Pete Huttlinger played on the album. Bailey is also a
graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he used to jam
with Jim Lauderdale.
Bailey's rich melodic voice earned him the Best Male Vocal honors in the
Traditional Folk category at the 1992 Washington Area Music Awards. Four
times he's been chosen to sing the national anthem for the Baltimore
Orioles' home games. He advanced yet another step toward artistic
immortality when his song "High Gear" was featured on National Public
Radio's irreverent and wildly popular "Car Talk." He has been called "DC
area's most perfect tenor."
While other kids his age were locking onto rock music, Bailey was
listening to his father's old Limeliters and New Christy Minstrel folk
albums. "I played them all the time when I was growing up," he says. "I
just loved their harmonies. I loved how their voices worked together. It
was fun music. They just struck a chord that could take me away and make
me feel great." Later, under the sway of John Denver's music, he taught
himself to play the guitar.
Although Bailey would go on to earn his degree at the North Carolina
School of the Arts, he transferred briefly to the University of North
Carolina. It was here that he got his first taste of club performing,
working with the locally popular Blue Moon Saloon Band.
Once out of school, Bailey moved to New Hampshire to become the in-house
minstrel for the Mount Washington Hotel. "It gave me a chance to have a
different audience each week," he explains. "But I still had a core group
of supporters at the hotel."
After four years in New Hampshire, Bailey relocated to Maryland to work as
bar manager and weekend entertainer at a friend's restaurant. Here he met
the Hard Travelers, a folk group originally formed at the University of
Maryland in the 1950s and then reunited for occasional gigs more than 20
years later. Bailey continues to perform with the group and has recorded
five albums with it.
Bailey moved on, this time to the renowned King of France Tavern in
Annapolis, Maryland. In addition to working as a solo act, he also hosted
the "Mack Bailey Folk Jam" series. It featured performances by folk acts
that were touring the region. In the mid-80's, Bailey began involving
himself in vibrant folk scene in Washington, DC. This led to the recording
of his first album, On My Way, in 1988. That effort was followed by Just
Another Thursday Night (a live album) in 1990 and a children's album,
Friends, in 1995.
As a wandering troubadour in his own right, Bailey has commanded the
stages of such famed venues as the Birchmere, in Alexandria, Virginia;
Passims, in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and the Bluebird, in Nashville. He
has played many festivals, among them Rocky Gap, Philadelphia Folk
Festival, Kerrville, Bethlehem Musikfest and the World's Fair in
Knoxville. In addition, Bailey has opened for or shared the stage with
such notables as Alabama, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Randy Travis, Chet
Atkins, Brooks and Dunn and John Denver. One of Bailey's high points was
being asked to fill in for the Limeliters' absent tenor when this beloved
group from his childhood played the World Folk Music Concert in
Washington.
Bailey composed and performed the soundtrack music for the PBS specials,
Block Island - A Gift Of The Glaciers and Smith Island - Land Water People
Time. And he co-wrote the theme for the Johns Hopkins Children's Miracle
Network telethon.
Each October since the fall of 1999, Bailey has performed in " A Musical
Tribute To John Denver," a series of concerts by Denver's band members and
friends to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Challenge Aspen
and the National Dyslexia Foundation.
Besides writing, performing and recording, Bailey is musically active in
several medical and environmental causes, among them Maryland Therapeutic
Riding, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Children's
Center, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Mack also performs regularly in
nursing homes and Alzheimer's units playing group concerts and individual
outreach.
Noting both his voice and sense of mission, former Limeliter Glenn
Yarbrough dubbed Mack "the next great singer in folk music."
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