Born in Clarendon, Arkansas, when she was only a small child, Mary Lane began to sing on the streets for some tips As a teenager she started her musical career with guitar player Robert Nighthawk, which allowed her to get experience, reaching a name among black people who usually crowded blues clubs, which allowed her to sing with Howlin’ Wolf, James Cotton or Junior Parker In 1961 he settled in Chicago and married guitar player Morris Pejoe who introduced her as singer in his band With them Mary reached a huge popularity playing all around the city, sharing stage with the most popular names of the sixties blues scene Today and aged eighty three, fame has come back to her door, as filmmaker Jesseca Ynez Simmons has just finished a documentary of her life entitled I Can Only Be Mary Lane and producer Jim Tullio has released this amazing album Both projects have helped to relaunch her career, which has also given the opportunity to younger audiences to be lucky and discover this singer who has the blues in the blood because, despite her age, she shows a great vitality and still keeps a great voice The album includes ten wonderful pearls Mary Lane feels comfortable with and displays an expressive singing, backed by some able professional musicians, all them well known at Chicago blues scene