Amy Rigby Is On Her Way....or.....Wanna Come to a Party?
Yes, that's right. It is JULY and thus time to start thinking about our party. We are bringing our beloved Amy Rigby to town for a house concert on Friday, July 31, 2009. Wanna come? Email me. You don't have to know me....that's o.k. Just let me know and I'll give the directions, etc. Truly....I want lots of people to get a chance to see her.....
Amy is an incredible songwriter and a friend that I adore even though I haven't met her in person yet... Her latest album is with her husband Wreckless Eric but unfortunately he has to head back to France before our show. And although I'm sad he won't be there it only means more Amy for us so it's a good thing in the end.... In fact Amy said this is her first solo performance in two years.....so TAKE ADVANTAGE of this opportunity!!!
The party will be at 7:00 for food and drinks. We'll have some grilled chicken or the like and contributions of food and drink to share are welcome. Or if you don't want to do that we might get someone to pass the hat..... Music at 8:30.....
If you are not familiar with Amy you have a wonderful discovery ahead of you. How's this for a couple of quotes?
good songs in Rigby's realistic postfolk mode since she launched 'Diary of a Mod
Housewife' in 1996."
“The poet laureate of bohemian domesticity.”
Check this and here's her official bio:
Born in Pittsburgh and a long-time resident of New York City, Amy played drums in short-lived no wave group Stare Kits before picking up guitar, pen & cassette player to become songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist for cowpunk pioneers Last Roundup. They released one album “Twister” (1987) on the Rounder label. She became a mother soon after, and started oddball female folk pop trio The Shams, recording a single for Bob Mould’s SOL label. An album “Quilt,” produced by Lenny Kaye, and an EP “Sedusia” came out on Matador before Amy’s first solo album “Diary Of A Mod Housewife” (1996) got the attention of critics and music fans. Produced by Cars guitarist Elliot Easton, it combined real life lyrics and transcendent melodies with a passionate music fan's collection of pop, rock and country influences.
Subsequent solo albums "Middlescence" (1998), "The Sugar Tree" (2000), "Til The Wheels Fall Off" (2003), "Little Fugitive" (2005) and the anthology "18 Again" (2001) all received outstanding reviews. Amy has been profiled on NPR’s Fresh Air and All Things Considered, CNN and MSNBC. She's appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Bumbershoot, Lilith Fair, Mountain Stage, Woodsongs, PBS's Speaking Freely and World Cafe. From 2000 to 2004, she was a songwriter for Welk Music in Nashville. She has been a panelist and performer at CMJ, Southern Festival of Books, South by Southwest, Folk Alliance and Rockrgrl conferences. Her songs have been covered by Laura Cantrell, Jonell Mosser, Ronnie Spector and They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh, and featured in films & TV shows.
Amy has toured the US, UK and Europe. In 2005 she and singer Marti Jones created a show, Cynical Girls, and performed it all over the US with special guest, legendary Stiff artist Wreckless Eric. Amy and Eric have been playing together since then, releasing an album, “Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby”, on the Stiff label in 2008.
There's not tons of her stuff on youtube but I'll post a thing or two.... and remember...just let me know....
oh, and I must admit....I really love it when she compares herself to a frozen waffle....
We can't WAIT to see you Amy.....