Mary Gauthier, hardcore troubadour – ‘you got 30 seconds to get their attention!’

Mary Gauthier didn’t appear onstage ‘til a traumatic night in Boston aged 29 and she’s been a songwriter and storyteller ever since, much of the raw material from the rigours of her early life. She looks back here, in the euphoria of post-election Nashville, at the personal landmarks and what she’s learnt along the way, which includes … … how to connect with any audience … how the crowd treated the opening act at a Charlie Rich show she saw aged 10 … memories of Led Zeppelin, Queen, Bad Company and Springsteen’s River tour (“our greatest living storyteller”) … in praise of troubadours – Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, Judy Collins and John Prine (“the Mark Twain of our time”) … the ordeal of her first night onstage, an open mic in Boston aged 29 … the thrill of Jimmy Buffett and Boy George covering her songs and Dylan playing her on Theme Time Radio Hour … the event that changed her relationship with her father … “love, fear, anger, loss, gratification, mortality and other universal themes” … “it’s lame to tell people what a song’s about before you play it” … what turns people into performers and the song she always plays. Order Mary Gauthier tickets here: www.marygauthier.com/tour And copies of ‘the Reckoning’ album here: https://soundlymusic.ffm.to/mg-reckoningalbum Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.