Album Notes

Wayward Maggie is a quirky, fun, hard-to-categorize duo, whose members are Jess Hawk Oakenstar and Kate DeLaPointe. Their musical presentation/persona comes to rest somewhere between mournfully dark and rockingly/rollickingly comedic, meaning their audiences always enjoy an entertainment roller coaster ride.

They come from very different backgrounds.

Jess, born and raised in Zimbabwe, is a widely traveled solo guitarist/singer/songwriter and "one-woman band" who arrived in the US in 1990 after living in South Africa, Great Britain and New Zealand.

Being an adventurer, she worked her passage to the US aboard a German container ship, and from then until late 1996 she toured constantly, both nationally (36 states across the US) and internationally (in Australia and New Zealand).

She has received much critical acclaim for her two albums, Leave a Little Light Behind and Your Heart Will Show You, both of which were produced by Jeff Dayton, band leader for Glen Campbell, and she still performs regularly as a solo act.

Kate comes from a family of career musicians. Mom is Judy Henske, beloved blues and folk cult figure of the sixties who still records today. Stepdad is Craig Doerge, a founding member of jazz fusion band (and James Taylor's sometime backup band) The Section, and keyboard player for (and co-writer with) Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills and Nash and many others.

Her biological father is Jerry Yester, producer, writer, arranger and most famously a member of the Lovin' Spoonful since '67.

There are others too, going way back, but let's get to Kate! She has played piano since the age of eight, guitar since age thirteen, and written songs since age seventeen. She appeared on Graham Nash's album Innocent Eyes in the eighties and appeared with him on the TV show Solid Gold the same year the album came out.

During the nineties she performed regularly in Seattle coffeehouses and pubs, and appeared on Souls of the Sound, an acoustic album featuring Northwestern female singer-songwriters.

Despite their different backgrounds, Jess and Kate share a love of much of the same types of material, along with a similar sense of humor. However, most importantly, their voices harmonize exquisitely. The closeness of this blend is what their audiences comment on most.

"Rare Delights" is their first cd as a duo, and they hope to produce many more!