The city of Austin, Texas; The city of Los Angeles, California; X; Dave Alvin; Willie Nelson; the Beatles; Dusty Springfield; the Kinks; Curtis Mayfield; Kelly Willis; Bruce Robison; Alejandro Escovedo; the 88; Patsy Cline; Loretta Lynn; Emmylou Harris; various girl groups of the 'sixties; Stuff Smith; Eddie South; Johnny Gimble; Stephane Grappelli; Frank Sinatra; Mary Wells; Blossom Dearie; Ella Fitzgerald; Sarah Vaughn; Fred Astaire; Billie Holliday; Scott Walker; Ray Price; George Jones; Neko Case; Beth Orton; Tammy Wynette; Skeeter Davis; Aimee Mann; Randy Weeks; Dr. Shinichi Suzuki; Screamin' Jay Hawkins; Tom Waits; Bob Dylan; Cab Calloway; I See Hawks in LA; the YeahYeahYeahs
I'm a native of Austin, Texas, where I lived until 2003, when I moved to Los Angeles. While in Austin I played violin, viola, mandolin and sang harmonies with a lot of different artists including Ray Price, Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison, Charlie Robison, Alejandro Escovedo, Tish Hinojosa, Elana James, and Ray Wylie Hubbard. In LA I recorded my first solo album, ANYWAY, produced by Dave Alvin and engineered by Mark Linett. I was lucky enough to co-write three of the songs on my record with Dave (!). Television performance credits include LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CONAN O'BRIEN, THE GRAND OLD OPRY, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS and SESSIONS ON W. 54TH STREET. In Los Angeles I've played extensively with Dave, as well as Stan Ridgway, Peter Case, I See Hawks in L.A., Duane Jarvis, Ben Vaughn, Grant-Lee Phillipps, Quazaar and the Bamboozled, The Meadows, David Serby, Grant Langston, Sarah Stanley and Claire Holley. My most thrilling recording experience out here has been with Brian Wilson on his album GETTING IN OVER MY HEAD. Television recording credits include KING OF THE HILL, CSI: MIAMI and MAD MEN. I am obsessed with string arrangements, esp. cheesy gorgeous spectacular ones from the 'seventies.
As a studio musician I play violin/fiddle, viola, simple cello parts, mandolin and sing harmony and lead vocals. I also arrange string sections and perform all the parts, creating "sections" of sizes ranging from 2-60 tracks/parts. Drop me a line if you'd like more information on my studio work, pricing, etc., or if you'd like to book me or my band.
Take it easy -
Amy
Hey Amy! I'm stll hearing your viola playing at McCabes's in Santa Monica. Gosh that was a great gig! You are a great musician. You played all the right notes for the songs - with the feelin'! How do you do it? Thank you Amy. yer pal in chords - Stan
Thanks for hanging out and watching us on that late Thursday night. I tried to send you a message a week or so ago, but myspace kept giving me error messages.
Thanks for adding fiddle to the Willie Nelson Tribute show last night. It added just the right amount of Texas to the songs I sang. So how does that joke go again...a country singer, a priest, a midget and??? I think I'm confused... I'll have to hear more some other time.
