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Amy Rigby

  • Bop Shop Records 1460 Monroe Avenue Rochester, NY, 14618 United States (map)

Bop Shop Records is pleased to present AMY RIGBY
$12 advance/$15 at the door

"The Old Guys," Amy Rigby's first solo album in a dozen years, measures the weight of heroes, home, family, friends and time. It pays tribute to Philip Roth and Bob Dylan, CD/cassette players, touring, the wisdom of age and Walter White, groupies, Robert Altman, egg creams and mentors. Twelve songs written unmistakably by Amy and recorded by Wreckless Eric in Upstate New York, "The Old Guys" is the sound of a good girl grown up, never giving up.

Amy Rigby has made a life out of writing and singing about life. With bands Last Roundup and the Shams in '80s NYC East Village to her solo debut "Diary Of A Mod Housewife" out of '90s Williamsburg; through a songwriting career in 2000s Nashville and during the past decade with duo partner Wreckless Eric, she’s released records on visionary independent labels Rounder, Matador, Signature Sounds and reborn Stiff Records as well as her and Eric’s own Southern Domestic Recordings. For the last 20 years, she has toured the US, Canada, UK and Europe, appearing on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, World Cafe, Whad’Ya Know, All Things Considered, BBC Radio 6 Music’s Marc Riley Show and Mountain Stage. She lives with Wreckless Eric in the Hudson Valley. Her record “Dancing With Joey Ramone” is a staple of Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show, and kitchen sink anthem “Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?” is played in cafes and bars around the country by real life mod housewives and husbands.

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