Amy Ray

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Amy Ray


Img_capt = Ray performing in 2005.
Background = solo_singer
Born = Birth date and age|1964|4|12|mf=y
Died =
Origin = Georgia, United States
Genre = Folk rock
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, record producer
Instrument = Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, harmonica
Years_active = 1984—present
Label = Daemon Records, Hollywood Records
URL = [http://amy-ray.com/ amy-ray.com]
Associated_acts = Indigo Girls

Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) [ [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=AMY|RAY&sql=11:g9fexqygldje~T0 Allmusic biography] ] is an American singer-songwriter and member of the well-known contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls.

On March 6, 2001 she released her first solo album, "Stag", a southern and punk rock album. The Butchies provided support for five songs, and Nineteen Forty-Five and the Rock-A-Teens supported on one song apiece. Joan Jett helped out on "Hey Castrator"." On April 12, 2005, Ray released "Prom", and on December 19, 2006, she released "Live from Knoxville". Her fourth solo album, "Didn't It Feel Kinder," was released on August 5, 2008.

Her backup band for her "Stag" tour was The Butchies. In 2004, when she embarked on her "Prom" tour, she brought Les Nuby (guitar), Will Lochamy (drums), and Jody Bleyle (bass). Bleyle was replaced with Tara Jane O'Neil in October because Bleyle was on maternity leave.

Ray was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, and went on to begin college at Vanderbilt University. After a year at Vanderbilt, Ray returned to the Atlanta area to continue her education at Emory University. Ray graduated from Emory in 1986 with majors in English and Religion.

Ray currently lives in the foothills of North Georgia.

ongs from compilation albums

*Live track "Lucy Stoners" on "Calling All Kings & Queens" (2001) Mr. Lady Records sampler album
*Live track "On Your Honor" on a compilation for Home Alive.

ide projects

In addition to the Indigo Girls and her work as a solo artist, Ray also runs an independent record label, Daemon Records, which she founded in 1990 and which is based in Decatur, Georgia. Some bands signed to Daemon include Girlyman, Magnapop, Nineteen Forty-Five, Michelle Malone, Three Finger Cowboy, Danielle Howle and the Tantrums, Gerard McHugh, Grady Cousins, The Oblivious, Snow Machine, Utah Phillips, and Rose Polenzani.

Ray is also an activist involved in multiple political and social causes, including gay rights, abortion rights, Native American rights, low-power broadcasting, women's rights, indigenous struggles, gun control, the Zapatista movement, environmental protection and the anti-death penalty movement among others. She has made several trips to Chiapas, Mexico to support the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.

In 1993, she and Emily Saliers co-founded Honor the Earth with Winona LaDuke. Honor the Earth's mission is "to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities. Honor the Earth develops these resources by using music, the arts, the media, and Indigenous wisdom to ask people to recognize our joint dependency on the Earth and be a voice for those not heard."

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NAME= Ray, Amy
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Singer-songwriter, record producer
DATE OF BIRTH= April 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH= Georgia, United States
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