🎼💥Mary Lane, born in 1935 in Clarendon, Arkansas, is a Chicago blues singer known for her powerful, gritty voice and her role in preserving West Side blues. She moved to Chicago in the 1950s, performing with legends like Howlin’ Wolf and Elmore James. She released her debut single in 1955 and her first album, *Appointment with the Blues*, in 1997. At 82, she recorded *Travelin’ Woman* (2019). Inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2017, her life inspired the documentary *I Can Only Be