A local face will shine at the Maintenance Shop Friday as Ames resident songwriter Be Jae Fleming joins Iowa City folk staple Dave Moore on stage Friday.

Fleming came to the state in 1993 to join the Trailer Records. Her 1996 debut release on Trailer Records, “Red Cross Woman,” was in part inspired by her time spent at the Greensboro Red Cross in Greensboro, N.C.

With help from her friend, Jim Ritchey, Fleming wrote about half the songs on the album while in Greensboro. Then, after relocating to Iowa, she finished the album.

Fleming got her start early, having played piano and guitar since the age of six. Fleming began her evolution to songwriter at 17.

“I started playing guitar and playing the chords and began to shape the music the way I wanted to,” Fleming says.

Though she is not originally from Iowa, Be Jae Fleming does cite her Iowa peers, such as labelmates Bo Ramsey, Andy Fleming and Dave Zollo, and Red House artists Greg Brown and Moore as sources of inspiration.

“One of the benefits of being in Iowa is the other great musicians,” she says.

Moore, a 20-year veteran of the music business, can pin some credentials to his name, including a stay as the Prairie Home Companion bandleader. Having been raised in Iowa, Moore was influenced by older blues musicians like Sonny Boy Williamson and Lightnin’ Hopkins along with the traditional Mexican music picked up around the border states.

Friday’s M-Shop show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $6 for students and $9 for the public.