Dec. 27, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EDITORIAL CONTACT: LISA WOSKE
(805) 756-7110
TICKETS: (805) 756-2787
Grammy-Winning Indigo Girls In Concert at the PAC Jan. 19
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA – After over two decades and eight studio albums together, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers -- known to their legion of fans as Indigo Girls -- have played thousands of shows.
On Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 8 p.m. in the Christopher Cohan Center, Cal Poly Arts presents the Grammy-winning duo in an evening of gorgeous melodies, insightful lyrics, and vocal harmony.
Indigo Girls have gained the respect of their peers, not to mention an extremely loyal fanbase. It's an audience that most artists would envy: one that eagerly awaits new music from the duo and greets older songs like old friends.
And the musicians respect their listeners: scheduled to play last summer in Manhattan’s Central Park, it was on the day when much of the Northeastern United States and Canada lost all electrical power. But the Indigo Girls insisted on playing anyway, requiring only a small generator and a request for everyone to get a bit closer to the stage.
It was an Indigo Girls show "as usual," with a set list of old favorites and songs yet to be recorded. Alongside some of their better known songs ("Become You," "Galileo," "Closer To Fine"), they introduced some tunes from their next album, including "Fill It Up Again" and "Dairy Queen."
That album was the now critically-acclaimed, “All That We Let In,” a collection that nods to their known strengths and offers some shifts and changes within their music.
For the first time, guitarist Amy Ray started taking some solos. "I'm learning to play lead," she says. "When I hear something in my head, I want to play it the way I hear it.”
Emily Saliers, who has played dobro, banjo, bouzouki, classical guitar, piano and hurdy gurdy, and guitar on prior albums, made her mandolin and high-string guitar debuts.
She points out, with typical humility, "I have an aptitude for stringed instruments."
Of the eleven songs on “All That We Let In,” six were written by Saliers, five by Ray.
Saliers’ empowering and upbeat "Fill It Up Again” is about a relationship ending and as she explains, “One person says, 'I'm out of here!' It's about someone taking your strength and power from you, and then you say 'I'm not going to do this anymore.'"
Ray’s "Heartache For Everyone" was originally intended for her second solo album. "I was thinking of The Clash, I listen to them a lot. The way I would have done it with one of my punk backing bands would have been similar, but maybe a bit more raw."
Indigo Girls are currently touring in their acoustic duo format. They recently released their long-talked-about album of rarities – entitled “Rarities” – with the track list largely based on suggestions from fans.
Opening for Indigo Girls will be the guitar-driven, rock and roll band Three5Human, described as “Tina Turners meets the Black Crowes.”
Three5Human has toured with Madonna, Mick Jagger, Toni Braxton, Stevie Wonder, OutKast, TLC, and The B-52’s.
Their latest release, “Flying Below the Radar” features lead singer Trina Meade, guitarist Tomi Martin, and drummer Melly Baldwin.
All tickets for the Indigo Girls performance are $38, with student discounts available, and may be purchased at the Performing Arts Ticket Office, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. To order by phone, call 805/756-2787; to order by fax: 805/756-6088. Order on-line at www.pacslo.org.
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