Diary Of Amy Rigby
Art, aging, identity and overalls. What happens when you realize this thing you started doing for fun in your twenties is your life's work? Amy Rigby has been writing, performing and recording her transcendent songs about the everyday for years, first with bands Last Roundup and the Shams in NYC’s East Village, then as a solo artist beginning with Diary Of A Mod Housewife up through The Old Guys and 2020 single “Vote That Fucker Out” with sometime duo partner Wreckless Eric. Her first book, Girl To City: A Memoir was published in 2019. Her new album Hang In There With Me comes out August 2024.
Episodes
71 episodes
I'm An Organ, You're An Organ
Unexpected endingsGoodbyes of all kinds as Eric and I pack up to move. I've included a bit of an old live track from a legendary show at the Mercury Lounge in NYC circa...1994 (?) put together by dear recently departed Jeremy T...
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9:42
Are You Ready For The Country
A visit to the county of Shropshire and a 70th birthday makes me think about the past, long ago and more recent.Eric's pal Dave loves Neil; a cool record store encounter...includes an old favorite.
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15:05
Your New Life Starts Here
Putting a house up for sale to move across the ocean, trying the change on for size...Soon to be an All American Alien Girl - nothing a little Roger Miller won't fix.
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9:12
Blowing Up
A momentous occasion for me, a brand new single and video ON A LABEL (Tapete). Nerd alert! The nuts and bolts of Dylan In Dubuque- song, recording and video. What inspired it, how it got made and out into the world.Hear the demo turn in...
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13:16
Last Exit In New York
A drive back home from an NYC gig...feeling that nostalgia you get when you know you're leaving.O'Jays, Nazareth, and a little Wreckless Eric in the background.Thanks for listening!
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10:51
Factory Of Dreams
Getting photos taken to publicize a new album, it's almost like being in showbiz. Looking forward to my release date in August 2024, and looking back at an album photo shoot for The Sugar Tree (a fan on Bandcamp calls the cover "one of the wors...
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12:00
I Got You
A catalogue of everyday moments as Eric and I prepare to sell this house and move on.Suggested tag for this piece on WordPress was...Jesus? Does kinda feel like our fate is in the hands of the gods.Affection for this place...
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9:27
The Keeper Of Time
Letting go...it's a process.Cleaning up to try and sell this house there's a lot to sift throughSaw Lenny Kaye play his great song The Things You Leave Behind last week but I cover a different song here, one I heard for the firs...
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11:03
I Can't Quit You
It's Never Too Late To Do A LittlePlanet Fitness, 30-Day Sketch Challenge, guitar dreams all attempts at self-improvementSunny Side of Heaven from Bare Trees fumbling attempt Thanks for listening!
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9:14
Harmony/Memory
January, radio and IG posts from the 30A Songwriter Fest get me thinking about David Olney .Includes a song Life Is Change that's on a demo/rough collection Cut Two
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9:25
Michigan Sourdough
The taste of travel...and Babs riding shotgun.Songwriting camp on the shores of Lake Michigan and heading west to Chicago listening to My Name Is Barbra all the while.Bit of a rough demo from a song camp prompt: Build A Better G...
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12:20
Room At The Top
Border crossings, house concerts, Michigan and good ole Tom Petty.Wonder which snippet of a cover I recorded for this one?
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10:30
"The One"
What makes an article of clothing special? And does it work to try and duplicate the magic?Hope the power pop community will allow me the cover song at the end of this, it couldn't be helped.
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10:30
Occasional Gravitas
Peering into the void and...it's not so bad! A trip to Manhattan with a silk scarf around my neck.I turned a rehearsal tape for a recent Burt Bacharach tribute show into a song for this episode with a slight geographical adjustment: Do ...
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9:04
Drive
A trip to Nashville and AmericanaFest feels almost like coming home.Includes a new song
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16:58
Hold Me
Storage space reverie...This one cried out for the Lenny Kaye song I recorded for Little Fugitive, "The Things You Leave Behind" Thanks for listening!
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9:10
Day Tripper
They say a change will do you goodI love talking to strangers...being in England...taking it easy.Sorry for the occasional pops on here, without my usual set-up for recording. The music is a little bit of a demo "Life I...
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9:39
About A Bird
I wrote this in my journal a few days after my dad Philip McMahon died. Writing is one way to begin processing this inevitable but epic loss at least a little bit. I read it at his funeral.I also wrote this song. A friend asked if we we...
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6:49
Eat A Peach
Sweating, drowning and...waving - waiting for summer to start, really start.Includes a rough beginning of a new song, as referenced in the story.Thanks for listening!
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7:34
Here's Where You Belong
Gigs are what life makes them. We lost our dear music friend Scott Schinder two weeks ago. He wrote about music and shared what he loved. He and I saw so many shows together. This one's for him.Live audience recording of Here's Where Yo...
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11:56
Loving The Alien
Travel with my husband Eric can be entertaining. And does a rental car make the couple?I cover a song I shouldn't have dared, it was fun!
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10:53
Window Seat
Going west and then east, thankful to be traveling.Couldn't resist this cover to end the show.
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16:06
Gimme A Slice
Doing what we always do isn't second nature anymore...Thanks for listening! The song I included here seems to be having a moment right now. Apologies to the other A & E !
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