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Mary Gauthier

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Mary Gauthier (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1962) is an American folk singer/songwriter. Given up at birth by a mother she never knew, Mary was adopted. At age 15, she ran away from home and stole her parents' car, and spent the next several years in detox, halfway houses, and living with friends; she spent her 18th birthday in jail. These experiences provided fodder for her songwriting later on (particularly her song "Drag Queens in Limousines"). Later on, she enrolled at Louisiana State University as a philosophy major, but after five years there, dropped out due to drug problems and moved to Boston. After working waitress jobs and eventually being promoted to manager of the restaurant where she worked, financial backers paid her way to attend the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts and she opened a Cajun restaurant in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, "Dixie Kitchen" (also the title of her first album). She wrote her first song at age 35. After the release of...


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Wed, Jul 22, 2009 7:30 PM Manchester Club Academy Manchester, United Kingdom
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 7:15 PM Purcell Room London, United Kingdom
Sun, Jul 26, 2009 8:00 PM Upstairs At Whelans Dublin, Ireland
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 6:00 PM The Loft Nightclub Maidstone, United Kingdom
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 3:00 PM Perth Theatre and Concert Hall Perth, United Kingdom
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 8:15 PM Hare & Hounds King's Heath, United Kingdom
Wed, Aug 05, 2009 7:30 PM THE HOP Wakefield, United Kingdom
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 12:00 PM The Lantern Theatre Romsey, United Kingdom
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