Girl To City: A Memoir

August, 1996. The month everything went right.My first solo album. Modern dermatology. A kid who quotes Homer Simpson. The slow realization that the road goes on forever...Songs in this episode:Twenty Questions - Diary Of A Mod HousewifeDon't Know Nothin' - Faulkner, Dylan, Heinz & Me (that's Tony Gilkyson on guitar)Tomorrow's All We've Got - A One Way Ticket To My LifeOne Off - The Old Guys

1996. New York and Los Angeles. Letting go and finally getting somewhere...Songs in this episode:You're Getting Old - mid-90s demo, A One Way Ticket To My LifeDown Side Of Love - Diary Of A Mod HousewifeTime For Me To Come Down - Diary Of A Mod Housewife

Breaking up is hard to do. The beginnings of Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Temp jobs and uncomfortable elevator encounters.Songs included in this episode:When A Piece Of The Sky Falls - early 90s demo A One Way Ticket To My LifeAlways With Me - From the Shams QuiltThe Good Girls - Diary Of A Mod Housewife

The magic of three; life as a rock mom and the loud majesty of Urge Overkill and Big Muff distortion pedals...Songs in this episode:Down At The Texaco - early unreleased Shams demoAlmost Had Me Convinced - early 90s demo, A One Way Ticket To My LifeThat Tone Of Voice - Diary Of A Mod Housewife

Moving to Williamsburg, back when Brooklyn was...Brooklyn. A day job at Tudor City. The Shams make an album, and a video.Songs in this episode:All I Want original demo - A One Way Ticket To My LifeFarmer's Daughter - Shams rehearsal tape Dec. 1990Dressed To Kill - The Shams from Quilt, 1991

Adjusting to life post-October 1988. Harmonies and laughs with baby Hazel and the Shams; touring with the Indigo Girls, and an introduction to that sleepy backwater on the other side of the East River: Williamsburg, Brooklyn.Songs in this episode:Beauty Parlor Rag - the Shams, early demoIf I Had The Sense - the Shams live at Saint Marks Poetry ProjectThanks for listening! amyrigby.com

The last Last Roundup; birth of the Shams and life is a mother.Songs in this episode:Grow Up Daddy - the Shams early demoOnly A Dream - original demo - A One Way Ticket To My LifeOnly A Dream - the Shams, Quilt, 1991Little One - cassette demo Little One - the Shams unreleased, 1989

Making tracks in...Springfield, Missouri. A visit from a true inspiration. And "good evening, um, Ruston!"? Last Roundup on record and on tour.Songs in this episode: Just A Little Is Enough - Last Roundup, TwisterRebel Girl, Rebel Girl - Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, A Working MuseumFind me here: amyrigby.com

Saying "I do," and keeping on doing. Playing for some tough customers (my parents) and going solo at the long term temp job variety show.Songs in this episode:Beer & Kisses - from Diary Of A Mod HousewifeAt The Well - from Last Roundup/TwisterFile Clerk Blues - live on WRLT, 1996

Two girls, two guys, one upright bass, lap steel, three acoustic guitars, banjo, fiddle and a washboard in NYC and Nashville: getting good takes time. And love is a country compilation cassette.Songs in this episode:Playin' the Fool - Last Roundup, TwisterA Little Is Enough - recorded for this episodeThanks for listening! Questions and comments, drop me a line at amyrigby.com