Artist description Mary Gauthier explains her music simply, "It's about telling the truth and making it rhyme." Mary released her second album ‘Drag Queens in Limousines’ in late 1999. In the year that followed, Mary toured coast to coast and performed on the mainstages of more than a dozen festivals in the country including Falcon Ridge, Winterhawk, Newport Folk, Rocky Mountain, Strawberry Music, and Philadelphia Folk. In 2001 ‘Drag Queens in Limousines’ was released in Europe with Munich Records, receiving rave reviews in publications like MOJO, Q Magazine, and Rolling Stone, and bringing Mary on three European tours. Mary will release her next album ' Filth and Fire' in early 2002.

Music Style Alternative Country / Americana / Singer-Songwriter / Folk

Similar Artists John Prine, Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, Iris Dement

Artist History Within one year following the release of her second album, 'Drag Queens in Limousines’ in late ‘99, Mary Gauthier had toured coast to coast and performed on the mainstages of more than a dozen of the country's most prestigious festivals including the Newport Folk, Strawberry Music, Falcon Ridge, Winterhawk, Rocky Mountain, and Philadelphia Folk. Her first show in New York City was at The Bottom Line. Her first NYC radio interview was with the legendary DJ Vin Scelsa. The album debuted at #4 on the Gavin/Americana new artist adds, and remained in the top 20 on national folk dj airplay lists for seven consecutive months. That same year, Mary received a Silver Star from Crossroads Magazine for Contemporary Folk Single Act, the Independent Artist of the Year Award, and a nomination from the Boston Music Awards for outstanding Folk/Acoustic Album of the Year, in addition to other awards and nominations. In 2001, Mary continued to tour in the US with mainstage appearances at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Strawberry Music Festival, and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, but also broke new ground in Europe with the release of ‘Drag Queens in Limousines’ on Munich Records, and three European tours. The album continues to receive strong media support from publications abroad like Rolling Stone, MOJO (Album of the Month), Q Magazine, and Country Music People, and from BBC DJ’s Andy Kershaw and Bob Harris. Mary Gauthier (pronounced Go-Shay) explains her music simply, "It's about telling the truth and making it rhyme." She left Thibodaux, Louisiana at the age of 15, heading for any place where she thought she 'fit in.' She stumbled through the early years. "It's amazing to me that I am still alive," she says. Of her second CD, Mary explained, "Writing the songs for 'Drag Queens in Limousines' was my way of looking back, but it's also very much about celebrating the people whose lives are lived outside of anything resembling normal. By telling stories about the people I've met along the way, including those who have taken me in, I'm trying to expose the humanity of those whom many consider to be society's rejects. They're the people I find interesting, maybe because I have considered myself one of them." Mary’s third album "Filth and Fire" will be released in early 2002 and will be produced by Gurf Morlix in Austin, Texas. Contacts: Bookings: Keith Case & Associates - 615-327-4646 - Keith@keithcase.com Management: Asbell-Baker Artist Management – Contact: Marlene Baker (203) 457-4441 E-mail: BakerPR@asbell-baker.com Website: http://www.marygauthier.com

Group Members Mary Gauthier

Albums Dixie Kitchen, Drag Queens In Limousines, Filth & Fire

Location Nashville, TN - USA

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