Her audition: Mary Sarah, 20, of Richmond, Texas, auditioned with “Where the Boys Are” by Connie Francis. Her standout vocals prompted an early chair turn from Adam Levine. Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams soon followed. A big note got Christina Aguilera to turn as well, giving Mary Sarah the second four-chair turn of Season 10. Blake praised her representation of a bygone era in country music. And Mary joined Team Blake.
Her background: She works at Boot Barn part-time but, of course, her heart is on the stage as a performer. She says she started singing at age 9 and was introduced to the Oprys in Texas by her dad when she was 13. “The crowds aren’t the youngest,” she notes, but she fell in love with the music of Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. She wound up being invited to perform with the Oak Ridge Boys, and that led to an opportunity to do a country classics album filled with duets with the likes of Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. “It got a little attention,” Mary Sarah says, “but it wasn’t my golden ticket.”
What the show didn’t show:
On iTunes: All three of the aforementioned albums, plus her performance from The Voice.
Keeping up with Mary Sarah:
Twitter: @MarySarahMusic
Website
Facebook
YouTube
“More Jack Than Ice” (from her 2015 album)
“There Goes That Memory Again” (from her 2015 album)
FROM THE VOICE
Blind audition — “Where the Boys Are”
Battle round — “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” (with Justin Whisnant)
Knockout round — “You Ain’t Woman Enough”
Live Playoffs — “Rose Garden”
Top 12 — “So Small”
Top 11 — “Johnny and June”
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