The Official Version: Mary Tulin was born in Los Altos, California, the youngest of seven. She learned music while singing with her family, listening to records, and playing along on guitar. Years of school choir helped, too, while honing her ability to sing and dance to 70's pop songs simultaneously. She strove for fame as a teenage folkie in Berkeley, twice opening for Jerry Garcia. Years later, as a doctoral student in Boston, Irish music stole her heart, but only via her stereo. She married into Bakersfield, and met Jill, who got her to play the stuff. Mary manages the band’s website as well as her own Speirbhean Studio.
That's a K65 koa 12-string, and a 714ce.
Her other Banshee axe is an Irish bouzouki, also called a large-bodied cittern by its maker, the great and wonderful Fletcher Brock of Seattle.
Napkin sketch by gita Lloyd.
