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Infobox musical artist| name = Mary Lou Lord| image = Mary Lou Lord.jpg| caption = Mary Lou Lord performing in 2006| image_size = 220| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Mary Lou Lord| birth_date = Birth date and age|1965|3|1|df=yes|birth_place = Salem, Massachusetts | death_date =| instrument = singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = Folk music|Folk , folk rock , pop music|pop | occupation = Singer-songwriter , busker | years_active = 1990–present| label = Kill Rock Stars , Work Records , Rubric Records | associated_acts = Elliott Smith | website = http://www.myspace.com/maryloulord Official website| notable_instruments = Mary Lou Lord (born March 1, 1965) is an indie folk musician, busking|busker and recording artist.
Biography
Mary Lou Lord first gained notice playing Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar and singing in and around Boston 's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|subway stations (particularly on the Red Line (MBTA)|Red Line , as noted by the name she chose for her music and lyric publishing company, On the Red Line Music, administered by Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI .)
Lord became friends with Nirvana (band)|Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain in the fall of 1991, before the group's rise to mainstream fame. The nature of Lord and Cobain's relationship was later rumored to be of a romantic nature. After reading her entry on Wikipedia in 2010, Lord adamantly denied any romantic relationship with CobainAbout a girl, When Mary Lou Lord met Kurt Cobain. An exclusive excerpt from Everett True’s new Nirvana: The Biography http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/36444-about-a-girl/ The claim had been previously denied by Cobain, and later both perpetuated and denied by Courtney Love .About Me & Kurt http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/44121370.html
http://www.facebook.com/note.php? note_id=340720731549" JUST THE FAX: Kurt Cobain to the Phoenix: 'F--- off!'" http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid36467.aspxHalperin, Ian & Wallace, Max. Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain , p.272. Citadel Press . ISBN 0-7434-8484-3
Lord toured three separate times with Elliott Smith during the 1990s. Smith also wrote and helped Lord record a song called "I Figured You Out" in 1997.
Her recordings have been a mixture of covers (including songs by Elliott Smith and Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson ) and original material, with a number of songs written by, or in collaboration with, Nick Saloman of the British band The Bevis Frond .
Her recording of Daniel Johnston 's "Speeding Motorcycle" (which originally featured on her self-titled 8-song Kill Rock Stars release) was featured in commercials for Target Corporation|Target stores, after which her label reissued the song as the lead-off track of a CD single which also included two demo recordings from the sessions for Got No Shadow .
In 2001, Lord released Live City Sounds . This was a self-released disc of Mary Lou playing live in the Boston subway. The disc was later re-released after Mary Lou signed to Rubric Records .
She announced in 2005 that she suffered from a rare vocal cord affliction known as spasmodic dysphonia . She thereafter became more involved in A& R work and started a new management company with Kevin Patey, Jittery Jack Management.
In 2011, Lord used kickstarter.com to launch a project to record a new album, and in 2012 has begun performing regularly once again.
Discography
Albums
Real - Deep Music (1992)
TSWL (To Sir With Love) - EW Productions/Demo tape (1993)
Zero Effect Motion Picture Soundtrack : "Some Jingle Jangle Morning" - Sony Music (1998)
Wicked Good Sampler Vol. IV : "On the Avenue" - Sony Music (1998)
SXSW Volume 5 : "I'm Talking To You" (live) - SXSW (1999)
Transmission 1 : Tea at the Palaz of Hoon : "The Outdoor Miner" - Cosmodemonic Telegraph Inc. (2000)
Rubric 01 : "From Galway to Graceland" - Rubric Records (2000)
Gordon Gano : Hitting The Ground : "Oh Wonder" - Cooking Vinyl (2002)
For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records : "Cold Company" - Bloodshot Records (2005)
King Vinyl (2002)
Joe Harvard : Country Eastern – AERIA Records (2008)
Notes
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External links
http://www.myspace.com/maryloulord Mary Lou Lord's Myspace site
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p200027|pure_url=yes Mary Lou Lord's entry at Allmusic
http://www.nndb.com/people/337/000072121/ Mary Lou Lord's NNDB entry
http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/36444-about-a-girl/? page=1#TOPCONTENT When Mary Lou Lord met Kurt Cobain. An exclusive excerpt from Everett True's book Nirvana: The Biography
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