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Episode 10: Amy Rigby
Amy also shared some wonderful stories about how she helped build a live music scene in New York. We moved that segment here for overall length and because the associated music wasn't available to us digitally, so we couldn't sprinkle in appropriate music clips. She mentions several associated bands and artists from that time and place and she describes these fond moments quite vividly. Photo by Ted Barron
Bonus Talk (17 mins) Amy's early music experiences in the New York club scene and with the groups The Last Roundup and The Shams.
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18 Again - An Anthology (2000) |
Amy Rigby | Amy Rigby | Brad Jones |
Wait Til I Get You Home Straight to the point -- NO to public displays of affection and YES to more cowbell. On the production side, the lead guitar supports the melody in two important ways: 1) By stating a reduced version of "Wait Til I Get You Home" in the intros (try singing those words over the guitar riff!), and 2) since there's a long break after each of the verse's first two lines, by adding a simple melodic guitar response to those lines. In a solo performance, that guitar response could be replaced with an "mmm-hmm" vocal. |
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18 Again - An Anthology (2000) |
Amy Rigby |
Amy Rigby Bill DeMain |
Brad Jones |
Keep It To Yourself Revenge by bossa nova, with co-writer Bill DeMain and producer Brad Jones. |
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Til The Wheels Fall Off (2003) |
Amy Rigby |
Bill Lloyd, Amy Rigby, Harold Rome |
David Scott, Amy Rigby |
Shopping Around My mama told me, "You'd better shop around." OK, but what if it's all shopping and no stopping? Notice how the backing vocals cleverly reinforce the lyrics, at a pace that's independent of the lead vocal.
Bonus Talk
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18 Again - An Anthology (2000) |
Amy Rigby | Amy Rigby | Brad Jones |
Magicians A song of brutally honest self-awareness. Listen as Amy delivers a vocal that's bravely vulnerable yet always in control -- especially when she sings "We're magicians" for the last time, holding out the final note of the previous choruses and then delicately singing one note higher, on just a wisp of breath. Magical. |
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Tom Petty Kari OK
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Amy Rigby | Amy Rigby | Wreckless Eric |
Tom Petty Kari OK - Single In our interview, Amy explains how this song -- and its music video == were inspired by watching Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, performing a deadpan Karaoke version of a Tom Petty song. Tom Petty Kari OK - Music Video |
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Amy
Rigby weaves observational wit and interpersonal scenarios into
songs that are perceptive, genuine and easily relatable. Amy shares
professional ties with our three previous guests, Bill DeMain, Brad Jones and
David Scott (see below). 
