Drag Queens In Limousines

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At AMERICANAFEST in September 2024, veteran journalist Jewly Hight hosts a discussion titled "Drag Queens in Limousines Forever: The Importance and Influence of Gauthier's Songs." Mary Gauthier's second album, "Drag Queens In Limousines," is finally available on vinyl. This is a truly foundational record from 1999 that provided insight into the developing queer culture, but also into a broader community with songs about real nonconformists, rebels, and outcasts. As Mary said in a recent interview for her book Saved By A Song, "I knew 'Drag Queens In Limousines' needed to exist," she stated. "I needed to talk about being queer and being an outsider, but I also wanted to show how a song can even transcend the experience of the queer person in country music singing it. Suddenly, otherness becomes cool, and everyone who hears it wants to be one, because the outsider experience is not unique to gays and lesbians. I tapped into that without even knowing it, and I was surprised by who related to the song. This was Gauthier's first globally available album that put her on the map in the folk music community. Now, it will be heard as it should be for the first time!"