Amy Rigby
Amy Rigby (born Amelia McMahon, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter. After playing with several New York bands she began a solo career, recording several albums which had only modest sales despite enthusiastic reviews. She settled into a career of touring while raising a daughter, then formed a duo with Wreckless Eric whom she also married. As of November 2011 they continue to tour from a base in upstate New York.
Biography
Rigby was born in Pittsburgh and moved to New York City in 1976. She married dB's drummer Will Rigby in the 1980s, and during the late 1980s and early 1990s recorded with New York bands such as The Shams and Last Roundup. Her solo career began in 1996.
In 1999 Rigby moved to Nashville to pursue a publishing deal, and continued to record and tour. She later relocated to Cleveland, and in late 2006 moved to France with her second husband, Wreckless Eric. In the fall of 2011 they relocated to the USA, moving to a town in upstate New York.
Music career
Rigby released her first full-length recording under her own name, Diary of a Mod Housewife, in 1996. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau praised the album, calling it "concept album of the year".Spin voted Rigby "Songwriter of the Year" for 1996. Middlescence and The Sugar Tree (like Mod Housewife, recorded for Koch Records), also were well received by critics and listeners. Koch also released Rigby's compilation album, 18 Again.
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ALBUMS
- Little Fugitive released: 2005
- Faulkner, Dylan, Heinz and Me released: 2004
- Til the Wheels Fall Off released: 2003
- 18 Again: An Anthology released: 2002
- I've Got the World on a Broken String released: 2002
- The Sugar Tree released: 2000
- Middlescence released: 1998
- Diary of a Mod Housewife released: 1996
- Live at Cat's Cradle 02-26-2003 released:
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Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again
by: Amy RigbyLife's become a great big list
Of things to do and buy and fix
At night we pass out before ten
Are we ever gonna have sex again?
I looked for your id today
Seemed that id had gone away
Ain't been used since who knows when
Are we ever gonna have sex again?
We used to be triple x rated
Look at us now, so domesticated
What happened to babe and stud?
Too much KFC and Bud
I shout it out into the wind
Are we ever gonna have sex again?
Come here baby, scratch my itch
Or I'll show you one mean ass bitch
I'm so tired of acting Zen
Are we ever gonna have sex again?
Screw making love
It's way too ambitious
Let's get down on the rug
After you finish the dishes
Not now hon, the eggs are frying
But you get extra points for trying
Maybe I can squeeze you in
Between the PTA and CNN
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