Nashville, Tennessee

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BIOGRAPHY

"A hillbilly Wilson Phillips. Absolutely amazing."
- Samantha Stephens, CMT Radio

"The Dixie Chicks with a side of Alison Krauss. The harmonies sound like they have been singing together for years." - CMA Music Festival review, Rock on Together.com

"Songs that blend literate yet hooky construction with a strong dose of sisterhood...a convincing and entertaining piece of work."
-Critics' Pick, The Nashville Scene

"So good it's scary."
- Bobby Rains, 30A Radio

"Nashville's answer to The Bangles."
-Mike Grimey, Grimey's New and Preloved Music

"Unbelievable harmonies. One of the best things I've ever seen or heard." - John MacDonnell, WUWF Pensacola

The next Dixie Chicks?
Harmonies as strong as the Zac Brown Band?

See them live and you'll ask yourself those same questions. Mama's Blue Dress is an all-female country quartet featuring airtight harmonies and vocal chemistry, blazing twin fiddles and a hint of soul. Their acoustic home demo EP, "The Tanglewood Sessions", is now available on digital outlets worldwide and at shows. A full-band album is in the works.

Each member is an accomplished songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist in their own right:

BETHANY DICK-OLDS (vocals, fiddle, guitar, mandolin) is a Dove Award-winning fiddle champion who has toured with Pam Tillis and Sara Evans. Her songwriting landed her a cut with Evans, and she is a winner of the Merlefest Songwriting Contest. Bethany also engineered and recorded all of the songs on The Tanglewood Sessions EP at her East Nashville home.

NICOLE WITT (vocals, fiddle, guitar, glockenspiel) has written songs for numerous country stars including George Strait and Diamond Rio. She won 2011 Song of the Year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards.

VANESSA OLIVAREZ (vocals, percussion) is a Dora Award-nominated vocalist who wrote and recorded a Top 10 pop single in Canada. She wrote several songs recorded by Sugarland (including "Sugarland" on their multi-platinum hit album "Enjoy the Ride"), and was recently featured on PBS' Sun Studio Sessions with Granville Automatic. She was also a Top 12 finalist on the second season of American Idol.

ELIZABETH ELKINS (vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass) is a Grand Prize Winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest whose songs have been placed on numerous television shows. She has been featured in Guitar Player magazine and is also a member of Granville Automatic.

GENRES

Country, Bluegrass

Contact

Management: mamasbluedress@gmail.com
Publishing: mamasbluedress@gmail.com
Label: mamasbluedress@gmail.com
Booking: mamasbluedress@gmail.com

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

drums / acoustic guitar / mandolin / tambourine / violin / vocals

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