Lovely rural park, 90 minutes from Melbourne. Eilen Jewell and local cuntry hero Kasey Chambers were headliners but for me Mary was the highlight. Such a tough, gruelling life that you can see on her face and in her attitude. Eloquent and melodic in voice her guitarist Ed Romanoff was complemented to good effect,as a one off by Chambers' dad Bill on slide and mandolin. She featured quite a bit of her new albuim the Foundling, about her adoption, tracking down of her mother and her mother's inability to deal with the encounter.How gruelling to sing that song- Goodbye- every show. I asked her how she did it and she replied well its not just my story I am telling it for may adoptees. Confessional it may be, but done with great musical talent. She reminded me of Steve Earle- high praise in my book.