Drag Queens in Limousines
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Though she's made a name for herself in Boston as both a songwriter and as a chef, Mary Gauthier has little in common with her more refined New England folk brethren. Her aspirations and influences point toward the twangy lyricism of Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Townes Van Zandt. If the Louisiana native hasn't yet attained their mastery, she's headed in the right direction. Gauthier's first widely available release is filled with striking, unrepentant outcasts--from convicted murderess Karla Faye Tucker to, as she sings in the title song, "drag queens in limousines, nuns in blue jeans, dreamers with big dreams, poets
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Manufacturer: Groove House Records
Release date: 7 September 1999
EAN: 0641444196227 UPC: 641444196227
Release date: 7 September 1999
EAN: 0641444196227 UPC: 641444196227
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