Music, Americana

Mary use to have a restaurant, the Dixie Kitchen, in Boston.

“…My church and my country could use a little mercy now
As they sink into a poisoned pit
That's going to take forever to climb out
They carry the weight of the faithful
Who follow them downI love my church and country, and they could use some mercy now
Every living thing could use a little mercy now
Only the hand of grace can end the race
Towards another mushroom cloud
People in power, well
They'll do anything to keep their crown
I love life, and life itself could use some mercy now…”

Mary Gauthier's "Mercy Now" scored #12 on Harp's 50 Greatest Albums of 2005! "Nashville-based Gauthier combines a twangy world-of-hurt voice with vivid songwriting worthy of Lucinda Williams' 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'. Gurf Morlix's sinewy, seductively slow bluesy arrangements should make Tony Joe White smile."