So what does Marcy Rae do when she isn’t singing the blues?  As much as possible she is laughing: both are unmistakable cures for the trials of life.  So if she isn’t laughing at what someone else has said or done, she is laughing at her own humorous creations.  Since her main creative outlet has always been music, the comedy is usually in that form as well.  And almost nothing is safe from the brutal scrutiny of her edgy wit. 

Some of Marcy’s material is parody, as in the ode to airline travel, Next of Kin, Please.  And politics is definitely a target of some of Marcy’s original material as well, as in a group of songs reflecting the Clinton impeachment events and the characters involved, or a bouncy little ditty about Janet Jackson’s breast.. 

Marcy also combines her blues talent with her comedy to perform some risqué tunes from the past.  Songs like It Ain’t the Meat, It’s the Motion, or Aggravatin’ Papa continue the tradition of blues with an adult meaning.  Willie and Me, a compare/contrast discussion of her tax problems…and Willie Nelson’s; The Hairdresser Song, a definitely adult song by good friend, Harry Wingfield – these are only a couple of original blues/comedy tunes requested over and over again when Marcy performs. 

Okay, okay, I admit it:  her sense of humor has a tendency to be…uh…a little sick.  Under certain circumstances she can be persuaded to sing some songs about subjects you wouldn’t think would be exactly that funny.  Like dead cats, dismembered bodies, patricide, murder, and cannibalism.  These songs have been gleaned from people like Tom Lehrer, Eric Bogle, Corky and the Juice Pigs, and The Chad Mitchell Trio. 

She has songs that include stories, songs that ARE stories, and songs that are just gory.  But whatever mood she creates for these hilarious adaptations, laughter is the result.

As Marcy says in the disclaimer of her comedy cd, Marcy Rae:  Live at the Hollywood! “, Ms. Rae is an Equal Opportunity Offender.”  But it’s all in good fun!

Contact Sweet Mama: marcy@sweetmamacotton.com