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Mary Gauthier
Singer-songwriter, teacher, restaurateur, short story writer, lesbian rights
campaigner and political activist, Mary Gauthier's colourful background and
fearless songs have made her a significant cult star with her song 'I Drink'
becoming a country classic.
Born in New Orleans she was abandoned by her mother in a women and infants
asylum. She was raised by an Italian Catholic couple but ran away from home at
the age of 15, turned to drugs and alcohol, was in detox at 16 and spent her
18th birthday in a Kansas City prison. She dropped out of Louisiana State
University and, af...
