Mary Gauthier & Sam Baker in Tomball

Mary Gauthier is an American singer-songwriter born in New Orleans in 1962 who writes folk, country and Americana songs. She is known for the albums Drag Queens in Limousines, Mercy Now and Rifles & Rosary Beads, as well as songs including “I Drink” and “Mercy Now.” The material on Rifles & Rosary Beads was co-written with military veterans and their families through SongwritingWith:Soldiers. Following Mercy Now, Gauthier toured listening rooms and theatres and performed at the Newport Folk Festival. She later brought the veterans’ stories from Rifles & Rosary Beads into her concert repertoire, which she has also presented at the Cambridge Folk Festival. Her shows center on her voice, acoustic guitar and the stories behind the songs. Singer-songwriter Jaimee Harris has toured and performed with Mary Gauthier.

Sam Baker is an American folk and Americana singer-songwriter, born in 1954 and raised in Itasca, Texas. A 1986 train bombing in Peru left him with severe injuries that shaped his later approach to singing and guitar. His best-known recordings include the albums Mercy, Pretty World, Cotton and Say Grace, as well as songs such as “Waves” and “Broken Fingers.” Tours behind Mercy and the records that followed took Sam Baker through listening rooms, theatres and folk festivals in the United States and Europe, performing solo and with a small band. His festival appearances have included the Kerrville Folk Festival and the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.