Mary Flower, born in Delphi, Indiana, is an American musician and music educator
known for her skills as a blues and ragtime fingerstyle guitarist and vocalist.
She began performing in high school and was inspired to pursue blues music after
attending a concert by Yank Rachell in the early 1970s. Flower's career took off
when she moved to Denver, where she collaborated with country-folk
singer-songwriter Katy Moffatt and founded the band Mother Folkers. She released
her debut album Cookin' with Flower in 1982. In 2004, after three decades in
Denver, Flower relocated to Portland, ...