{"id":3630,"date":"2012-09-10T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2012-11-22T13:50:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T18:50:04","slug":"mary-gauthier-life-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/mary-gauthier-life-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Gauthier: “Life Is Good”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first time I heard \u201cDrag Queens and Limousines\u201d on KPIG radio, I knew that Mary Gauthier<\/a> (pronounced \u201cGo-SHAY\u201d) was here to tell us stories we weren\u2019t going to hear otherwise. And she\u2019s been doing that for six albums. Her latest is “The Foundling”<\/a>. This Tuesday, September, 11th, Mary returns to Santa Cruz. She’ll be at Kuumbwa Jazz Center with a band that features Annie Staninec on fiddle and Mike meadows on percussion.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, music wasn’t her first pursuit. Mary was a successful restauranteur in Boston for many years. After trying a few open mic nights in Boston, she made her first record, “Dixie Kitchen”<\/a> (named after her restaurant). It earned her the Best New Contemporary Folk Artist title at the Boston Music Awards. Mary eventually sold Dixie Kitchen to finance her second release “Drag Queens In Limousines”. That record received a four-star rating from Rolling Stone magazine. She’s been writing, recording, touring (and receiving accolades) ever since.<\/p>\n

I had the chance to chat with Mary back in episode #100 of my “Songs and Stories” <\/a>podcast. What started as a discussion of “The Foundling” just as that record was being released quickly veered into one of the best talks I’ve heard about songwriting and creativity. I still re-listen to it for inspiration. You can hear the entire interview at this link<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n