• Girl To City: A Memoir

  • By: Amy Rigby
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Girl To City: A Memoir

By: Amy Rigby
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  • Summary

  • Were you a misfit who followed your dreams to New York City back in the twentieth century when Manhattan rents were cheap and crime and creativity were rampant? Maybe you just imagined what it would be like. Based on her memoir, Girl To City follows singer-songwriter Amy Rigby's progression from Elton John fan in the Pittsburgh suburbs to late 70's Manhattan art student; from punk show habitué to fledgling musician to cult artist who caused a sensation with her album Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Each Wednesday, Amy will read a chapter and throw in some music.
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Episodes
  • 1. Prologue/Elton Girl

    1. Prologue/Elton Girl
    Mar 30 2020

    In this first episode, Amy's teenage daughter poses a question that sends the songwriter and musician looking back towards her Catholic girlhood in 60s/70s Pittsburgh; early musical obsessions and attraction to New York City.

    Amy's songs used in this episode

    • Playing Pittsburgh from The Old Guys
    • Housecleaning from A One Way Ticket To My Life

    Questions/comments? Find me here
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    40 mins
  • 2. Be A Model, Or Just Look Like One

    2. Be A Model, Or Just Look Like One
    Apr 8 2020

    Babysitting, booze and boys; tall boots and the majesty of rock. Amy ventures on her own to downtown Pittsburgh, falls in love and plans her trajectory to NYC.

    Songs used in this episode:

    • Girls Got It Bad from Little Fugitive
    • Dirty Bridge (Elliot Easton/A. Rigby) from Middlescence

    Questions/comments? email me here
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    28 mins
  • 3. Girl To City

    3. Girl To City
    Apr 15 2020

    Art school, black jeans from Trash & Vaudeville, and my first trip to the Bowery with a boy named Bob.

    Songs used in this episode:

    • Bob  live version from Faulkner, Dylan Heinz & Me + studio version The Old Guys
    • Dancing With Joey Ramone  from Little Fugitive
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    38 mins

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