Maggie Daly
Lyrics ~ Vocals
Maggie can't remember a time when she didn't sing. She was born and raised
in Chicago, listening to her older brothers and sisters playing Queen, Billy Joel,
Elton John and The Beatles, and waking up to her parents playing Irish folk
music on Saturday mornings. She started playing violin in third grade,
joined the school choir in fourth grade and started acting in school plays and musicals
in sixth grade. After
many theatrical and musical achievements in high school, her passion for singing, acting and dancing led to her success in
musical theater productions such as The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof and Nunsense with The Rising Stars, a local
community theater group (featuring Eugene Dizon, current Musical Director of Porchlight
Theatre). During that time, she took voice lessons from the group's
leader, Ann Dunn.
Maggie studied acting, voice and musical theater while enrolled in
the musical theater program
at National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois. Her education there
consisted of vocal training with opera singer David Holloway, vocal and ear training
with former Broadway musical director Patrick Holland, physical theater
classes at the Actor's Gymnasium at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center (home of the Piven Theatre) and
performances in many theatrical and musical productions. Some of her
favorite roles include Georgeanne in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (written by Alan Ball, who wrote the film American Beauty) and
Titania in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was
during her college years that Maggie began writing poetry in anticipation of
future musical collaborations, however, she veered further into acting and moved to
Los Angeles briefly in the late
1990s, appearing as an extra in several television shows and
independent and feature films. Shortly after moving out west, she returned home to Chicago,
where she appeared again in background roles in several feature films. In May 2000,
she
started working as a freelance lyricist/vocalist, including various collaborations with electronica composer
Steven Frank of HigHrise Music.
Some of Maggie's lyrics and haunting vocals are featured in songs such as "Moment," "El
Train" and "Say Goodbye," some of which have been purchased by Global Graffiti Music.
In
May 2000, Maggie completed an internship at The Goodman Theatre
and threw a party to celebrate, where she met composer/rhythm guitarist
Angie Jackson.
After writing over thirty songs in a month, they discovered that their songwriting was
easy and natural for them. This was the project they had both been looking
for, and they began their contemporary Acoustic/Folk Rock duo, Jackson Daly.
Singing her own lyrics to Angie's beautiful music has opened Maggie up to some of the best performing experiences of her life. Having been compared to such greats as Joni Mitchell, Sarah
McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks and Gwen Stefani, Maggie prides herself on
her unique voice and multi-octave range, as well as her 'saucy' lyrics.
Maggie's Musical Influences
include Sheryl Crow, Madonna, Patty Griffin, Sinead O'Connor, Pat Benatar, Billy Joel, Elton John, The Eagles,
Chicago, Air Supply, Queen, Pink Floyd, Concrete Blonde, Blues Traveler, Pearl Jam,
Prince, Stevie Wonder, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Indigo Girls, Alanis
Morrissette, No Doubt, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Sarah McLachlan, Dolly
Parton, Reba McIntyre, Wynnona Judd,
Garth Brooks, Tina Turner, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Marvin Gaye,
Enya and
The Beatles. Also Handel, Chopin, Bach, Tchaichovsky, Showtunes, Irish Folk, Latin, Blues,
Jazz and Funk.