1. Mary Veronica Gauthier is a Grammy-nominated American folk singer-songwriter and author, whose songs have been covered by performers including Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Kathy Mattea, Boy George, Jimmy Buffett, Bettye Lavette, Candi Staton, and Amy Helm.
Mary Gauthier has won awards from the Americana Music Association, International Folk Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards, the GLAMA Awards, and the UK Americana Association.
Mary Gauthier was adopted by an Italian Catholic couple from Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Mary Gauthier says she had drunk herself unconscious on sloe gin by the time she was twelve.
Mary Gauthier then made the first of several albums for In The Black Records, LIVE at Blue Rock, her first live album which was recorded at a ranch outside of Austin, Texas.
Mary Gauthier was nominated for Best New Artist at the Boston Music Awards, and for three Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards, winning best country artist.
In 2015, Mary Gauthier was nominated for the Outstanding Music Artist of the Year at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
Mary Gauthier was nominated for Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors and Awards, and named International Artist of the Year by the UK Americana Music Association.
Mary Gauthier's songs have been featured in several TV shows, including Nashville on ABC, Masterpiece Theatre's Case Histories, Showtime's Banshee, HBO's Injustice and Paramount Network's Yellowstone.
Mary Gauthier's recordings have appeared on playlists by Wally Lamb, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan.
Mary Gauthier wrote a memoir about the art of songwriting, Saved by a Song, which was released in 2021.
Mary Gauthier is a regular on the Grand Ole Opry, and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mary Gauthier's book, "Saved by a Song" was published in 2021 by St Martin's Press.
Mary Gauthier has been featured in various books on country and Americana music, with chapters dedicated to her in "They Came To Nashville", by Marshall Chapman, and "Right By Her Roots: Americana Women and Their Songs", by Jewly Height.