Tune of the Day

Dang Steve, I'm green with envy! Mary Gauthier was just wonderful last night. My introduction to Mary was her 2002 album Mercy Now, which was produced by Lucinda's original guitarist/bandleader/producer, Gurf Morlix.

As I anticipated, Mary was band-less last night, but she had her opener---Jaimee Harris---stay on stage after her set and sing harmony & play guitar with her. The show was in a great sounding little club on Burnside Boulevard, right down the street from Music Millennium.

I made a quick stop in MM before the show, where I found the Buddy Holly 6-LP boxset on MCA Records in Mint condition for 30 bucks. I had a copy for years, but sold it to Amoeba Records right before I left Southern California. I saw it in Mazzie's collection (frequent YouTube Vinyl Community poster Norman Mazlov), and realized I needed it again.  

Sounds like you had a wonderful evening Eric. Been listening to a lot of Mary lately.

Mary informed us that she wrote a book during the lockdown. She organized her set by reading a passage from the book that chronicled the impetus for a given song, followed by her performing the song. Wonderful. Lots of humor in her repartee, too. She made one joke that revealed she is indeed lesbian, of which I had been pretty certain.

Seeing her live you come to realize what a good rhythm guitarist she is, employing dynamics to great effect. Jaimee played nice little single-note guitar parts (they were both on acoustic guitars, Mary’s an old Gibson), and sang great "thirds" harmonies. Interestingly, the audience was mostly composed of couples, young and old.

"Sorry Charlie" Clem Snide

Glad to know Mary draws a somewhat diverse audience.