[Cover photo credit to Lindsey Torres, From left to right: Verlon Thompson, Rodney Crowell, Jaimee Harris, Mary Gauthier, Odessa Settles, front: Creekbed Carter Hogan]
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier’s influential sophomore album, Drag Queens in Limousines, turns 25 this year. In honor of this milestone anniversary, Kill Rock Stars will reissue the album on vinyl for the very first time on October 18th, 2024.
Gauthier has just released the first-ever video for the title track, directed by Irakli Gabriel and Anana Kaye of Duende Vision. Inspired by the line in the song’s chorus, “dreamers with big dreams,” the Italian neorealist-influenced video was shot in black and white and features everyday people in their natural settings.
Gabriel says:
Anana and I are huge fans of Italian Neorealist cinema and in a way, Mary’s song has similar elements – everyday characters looking for a place to fit, standing up to the world and the realities they find themselves in. Characters that we may see in grocery stores or pubs, but it takes a great artist to notice and feel their essence and bring them into life within a work of art. Neorealists often asked regular people, not trained actors, to be in their films, but also had one or two professionals in leading roles. It was natural to follow a similar path for us and capture the characters we knew – dreamers with big dreams – in their element and ‘natural habitat.
We are also big believers that in film every frame should stand on its own and look like a picture that you could hang on the wall. Much like in a song, where every line should have its own purpose and merit and ideally, could serve as a beginning of a new song.
Mary Gauthier 2024 Tour Dates:
September 27 – Manchester, NH – The Rex Theatre
September 28 – Rockingham, VT – Bellows Falls Opera House
October 3 – Harvard, MA – The Fruitlands Museum
October 12 – Nashville, TN – The Ryman Auditorium
October 17 – San Antonio, TX – Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater
October 18 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater
October 19 – Austin, TX – Stateside at The Paramount
October 20 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater
December 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
December 13 – Columbus, OH – Natalie’s Grandview
December 14 – Ann Arbor, MI – Grace Church
