| Amy Ray and Sonia Leigh at CG's |
| Monday, 22 February 2010 19:20 |
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By John Davisson Amy Ray is touring to support her solo album Didn’t It Feel Kinder, and her show included most of the songs from that album, plus other solo material and Indigo Girls songs. Because this is called "Amy Ray’s Rock Show," the set was louder and rougher than an Indigo girls set, although the dancing tribe still got their grooves on, and the hard-core Indigo fans were out in force. Her band included bassist Greg Griffith (who produced the latest album), longtime Indigo Girls keyboardist Julie Wolf, Kaia Wilson (guitar) and Melissa York (drums), both from queercore crusaders The Butchies. Amy ended the show solo on mandolin, but throughout the show she was mostly on electric guitar, and her punkier band kept the show raucous, more so than an Indigo Girls show.
Sonia Leigh opened the show. I’ve seen her several times and enjoy her country twang with an urban edge, but always before I’ve seen her in unusual situations such as sitting in solo with Mindy Smith or opening for Zac Brown Band (with ZBB members joining in on many of the songs). This show was her only date opening for Amy and marked the end of a brief tour of the east coast for Sonia. She has a country twang going on that never fails to get me bouncing. Her band was fairly traditional rock - guitar, bass, drums, and keys - so the show did not have the fiddle or banjo breaks I love, but the rhythm section kept the music swinging, and her country style was shining through. The lead guitarist was tasteful, if a bit melodramatic at times. Sonia has several albums out (she started recording at 14), and she played favorites like “A Poem From The Ocean Floor” and “Frozen Bed.” She introduced her final song “Bar” by saying she was going to get real country on us. Not a problem for me, I thought she was doing that just fine already.
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Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls visited Gainesville Sunday for a show at Common Grounds. Opening acts were Sonia Leigh and Maria Carter. Before the Common Grounds show, Amy visited Iris Books for an intimate gathering with 50 fans.
