The Big Gigs: Live music options for May 18-24 Minneapolis Star Tribune She is once again touring with members of the Butchies as her backing band, and fellow Georgians the Shadowboxers as openers. (9 pm Fri., Turf Club. $15.) Riemenschneider In the grand tradition of the Animals' Eric Burdon, Mark Lanegan has one of ...
Amy Ray at 3rd & Lindsley Nashville Scene It has its sentimental moments, its David Bowie and Joe Strummer references, its riot grrrl cred (erstwhile members of The Butchies form the core of the band, and their old producer, Greg Griffith, is Ray's producer) and even a down-home gospel song.
Indigo Girls' Amy Ray heads to Savannah for solo show Savannah Morning News “I started working in 2000 with a punk band called The Butchies,” she adds. “That made want to do solo stuff, too. The first moments of that are really good memories.” Then the Indigo Girls opened for Jackson Browne and Joan Baez.
Durham Bulls split doubleheader with Norfolk Tides: Risk and Reward The Independent Weekly (blog) It was then that I realized that the lead singer was Amy Ray, of Indigo Girls fame, and the drummer was Melissa York of the Butchies, Ray's current backing band. York gave an impassioned and affecting speech. What struck the hardest was when she talked ...
