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AMY'S
BIOGRAPHY
Amy Meyers is a recognized
singer/songwriter in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. She
has been playing in the Bay Area since 1991 and in that time
released 6 CD’s of original music and 1 Children’s CD.
Her 2008 release LUCKY charted at #14 on Folk Radio with
the song "Summer Town" hitting #4. She is
currently working with Kari Estrin Managment & Consulting
(Nashville).
Recognition and features include; KFOG featured artist, KTVU
Mornings On 2, KPFA Local Artist Feature, West Coast Live, KGO’s
“Best Music You’ve Never Heard,” Lillith Fair Competition
Finalist, and West Coast Songwriters Association Best Song. Her
songs have been played nationally on Folk, College and AAA
radio. Most recently Austin’s popular folk/pop star
Sara Hickman
licensed the rights to
Amy’s song “Good” (from Amy’s
Strange & Beautiful album) and reproduced it on her June
2006 release, Motherlode.
Amy released her 6th CD, TRAINS
AND HENS in December 2006. TRAINS
AND HENS is a Children’s CD featuring 19 traditionals arranged in
Amy’s pop/rock/folk style that are fun for the both the parents and the
kids. TRAINS
AND HENS was recently picked up
by Indigo Books &
Music for distribution throughout Canada.
Having taught the last 5
years in the Bay Area for the highly acclaimed Mary Ann Hall’s
Music For Children, parents agree that this CD is long
overdue.
Witnessing the amount of positive
joy and influence the music and fun spirit of
TRAINS
AND HENS has had on its
listeners, Amy began thinking of other ways
to reach children through entertainment. She is now working on
bringing that same fun spirit and education to the TV screen
with a new Children’s Television Show. The Pilot episode
of “Hello There” is currently airing on the Chabot
Community College Cable Station (Hayward, San Leandro, Castro
Valley, Fremont) and will later be added to Community College
Cable Stations throughout California.
As a graduate from the
theatre department at Northwestern University, it is no surprise
that in addition to the club scene, Amy has appeared in several
stage productions singing, acting, and usually playing an
instrument or two. She was featured in San Jose Stage’s
production of Return To The Forbidden Planet
singing and playing keyboards and has performed in 4
productions of the highly acclaimed Off-Broadway musical,
Cowgirls as the cello and guitar playing Lee.
As with any artist in
this business, though, the road is a long one and Amy reminds
herself everyday that it is a process. "This is just one door,"
she says. "There are many more to open." She began her journey
in her home town of Dallas, Texas where music was a big part of
the Meyers family. Her mother, Libby, was an excellent pianist
and gained recognition when she was asked to "fill in" at the
last minute as an accompanist for TONY BENNET. As such, both
Amy and her sister began piano lessons at an early age. Piano
lessons led to voice lessons and writing and performing original
songs as well as enjoying many leading roles in local musical
theatre. College years were spent majoring in theatre at
Northwestern University and adding guitar to her abilities.
After deciding that New York (Broadway) was not for her, Amy
headed West to California to pursue a career in music. Now 15
years later, after 5 CD releases, hundreds of shows, awards,
local and national radio airplay, and continued perseverance, it
seems to all be coming together for her.
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RELEASES
Solo:
Take A Look Around – 1988
The Wheel – 1997
Open Road – 1998
Crossing – 2000 Strange & Beautiful – 2004 Trains & Hens – 2006
Lucky - 2008
The Plain Folk Band:
The Grey Tape – 1992
The Pink Tape – 1993
Ashbury Hill – 1995
Rick & Amy:
Rick & Amy Volume I – 1994
Rick & Amy Volume II – 1996
CD Release for Trains
& Hens - Dec 9th
Caffe Trieste -
Sept 22nd
Dolores Park Cafe -
June
23rd
THE RIPTIDE - May 20th, 2006
THE BISTRO - May 4th, 2006
CAFFE TRIESTE - Feb 24th,
2006
DOLORES PARK CAFE - Dec 15th, 2005
All above Photos By Choo
YARD
CONCERT SERIES SUMMER 2005
YARD CONCERT July 2005
ESPRESSO GARDENS - April 16th
PHOTO BY Pete Gascoyne
VILLICANA
WINERY - October 16th, 2004
 
CONCERT SERIES IN THE HILL - July 24, 2004
Jeri Jones on Electric
Amy Meyers on Acoustic
PHOTOS BY Bob Hakins
OAKLAND METRO - August 14th, 2004
Amy Meyers on Acoustic
Cowgirls 2001 - Music Theater of
Southern California
Cowgirls 2001 - Music Theater of
Southern California
Photos by Andy Mogg, CD Release Concert,
ODC Theater, San Francisco, Feb 29, 2004
MUSICAL INFLUENCES
Joni Mitchell
Carol King
Elton John
Shawn Colvin
Sheryl Crow
Tori Amos |
SHOWS AND AWARDS
COMCAST SF
SOUND (San Francisco)
KPFA (Berkeley)
KFOG (San
Francisco)
Lilith Fair Talent Search Competition Finalist
KTVU (San Francisco) – Mornings on 2
KFTY Channel 50 (Santa Rosa) – Morning segment
KKUP (Cupertino)
NCSA Best Performance Winner
WCS Best Song Winner for "Good"
KUSF (San Francisco) – featured 3 times
Bruce Latimer Show (Pacifica) – featured 3 times
West Coast Live Show (San Francisco)
PAST NEWS
FALL 2006
CD Release for Trains
& Hens - Dec 9th (Sat)
Woodside Road United
Methodist Church
The Bistro-
Dec 6th (Wednesday)
Amy hosted
singer-songwriters in round robin style with Amy Meyers and Rick
Cuevas
Spellbinding Tales
Bookstore -
Nov 10th (Friday)
Amy Meyers, Judea Eden,
& True Margrit
Caffe Trieste - Sept
22nd
Judea Eden, Amy Meyers,
& Joyce Baker with guest appearance from Jeri Jones
The Bistro - Sept 6th
(Wednesday)
Amy hosted
singer-songwriters in round robin style with Amy Meyers, Nancy
Hall, and Karen Mullaly
SUMMER 2006
Yard Concerts Series
May, July, September
The sixth annual Yard
Concert Series featured 3 great shows and music from Amy Meyers,
Shelley Doty, Pam & Jeri, The Perps, True Margrit, Jill Knight,
Judea Eden, Jessie Turner, Rick Cuevas & Andrew Jackson,
Rebecca Scott, Groovy Judy, & The Bedrockers. Compilation CD
and DVD featuring artists from the first 5
years was available for purchase at the 2006 Yard Concert
series!
Dolores Park Cafe -
June
23rd
Pride Weekend
Celebration! Amy and the whole gang rocked!
SPRING 2006
The Riptide - May
20th
Amy Meyers Trio, True
Margrit Band, & Judea Eden Band
Caffe Trieste - May
19th
Judea Eden & Amy Meyers
performed as a duo!!!
The Bistro - May 4th
Amy Meyers hosted a
night of music featuring Amy & Judea with Nancy Hall &
Paul Olguin
The Bistro - March
6th
Amy Meyers hosted a
night of acoustic music featuring
The Pam & Jeri Show and Amy
Meyers (with Pam, Jeri, & Paul Olguin)
WINTER 2006
Caffe Trieste - Feb
24th
Judea Eden, Amy Meyers,
& True Margrit debuted their trio
with guest Sally Lieber
joining them on backing vocals.
It was a great night -
standing room only.
Dolores Park Cafe -
Jan 20th
This gig goes down in
history!!! THE PLACE WAS PACKED!!! What a great line-up with
"The Pam & Jeri Show,"
Amy Meyers Band (Pam, Jeri, Margrit &
Judea),
True Margrit, and Judea Eden Band.
DOLORES PARK CAFE - Jan 20th, 2006 
FALL 2005
Dolores Park Cafe -
Dec 16th
Holiday Choir sings
Christmas carols! Featuring acapella 4 part harmony from
Judea Eden, Sally Lieber, Pam Delgado, & Amy Meyers
Queer Stuff Showcase -
Oct
Amy Meyers, Groovy Judy,
Judea Eden, & True Margrit.
SUMMER 2005
Yard Concerts Series
May, July, September
The fifth annual Yard
Concert Series featured 3 great shows and music from Amy Meyers,
True Margrit, Pink Sabbath, Blame Sally, Greg & Bev, Judea Eden,
Kitty Rose, Colleen Roberts, Ashia, The Curios, & Groovy
Judy. Compilation CD featuring artists from the first 5
years will be available for purchase at the 2006 Yard Concert
series!
SPRING 2005
Espresso Gardens -
April 16th
Amy Meyers
in the South Bay. It was a perfect Saturday
evening for the entire family She played 2 sets of
originals, covers, and some new songs not yet heard.
Joining her was Pam Delgado on percussion/vocals, Jeri Jones on
electric gtr/vocals, and True Margrit on keyboard.
BISCUITS & BLUES -
March 7th
Amy Meyers
returned to that famous San Francisco Blues Club with the
speak-easy feel located in Union Square. Joining her was the same band line-up from the CD Release Party last year:
Russ Gold on drums, Paul Olguin on bass, True Margrit on
keyboards, Jeri Jones on Electric guitar, and Pam Delgado on
percussion.
PHOTO BY Pete Gascoyne
OCTOBER 2004
VILLICANA WINERY
CONCERT
Amy played
an outdoor concert at the
Villicana Winery
in Paso Robles on Saturday, October 16th during the annual
Harvest Festival. Alex and Monica created a beautiful
outdoor setting. The weather held out for dinner, but 5
minutes before showtime, down came the rain. The barrel
room was quickly cleared and the music was moved inside for what
ended up being a fantastic intimate evening of music!
JULY / AUGUST 2004
CONCERT SERIES IN THE HILL
Amy opened for
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot
Skillet Lickers at the Concert Series In The Hills at the
CSU campus in Concord on Saturday, July 24th. She was
joined by Pam Delgado on percussion and vocals, Jeri Jones on
electric guitar and vocals, and Paul Olguin on bass.
At the Concert Series
In The Hills Concert, Amy learned a valuable lesson. If
you borrow one of Jeri Jones' killer black and white checkered
pics and "forget" to return it, payback is a #&*!$.
Pictured to the left, Amy holds up what is left of the pic after
it broke in half in the middle of a song. Fortunately, it
was the last song of the set because she didn't have any backup
pics.
Amy holds up the broken pic in disbelieif!
Amy played the Oakland Metro on August 14th.
She was joined by True Margrit on keys and vocals, Pam Delgado
on percussion and vocals, Jeri Jones on electric guitar and
vocals, and Kevin White on bass. She shared the bill
with the very talented and unique,
True Margrit
Pam Delgado on percussion/vocals
MAY / JUNE 2004
Amy appeared as the cello/guitar playing Lee in
Cowgirls May 13th - June 12th at the
Dean Lesher Center in
Walnut Creek. This was her 4th time playing the
role, having previosuly appeared in the production in 1999 at
Marin Theatre Company, in 1999 at Fullerton Civic Light Opera,
and in 2001 at Music Theatre of Southern California. She
shared the stage with some of the original members of the New
York Off-Broadway cast. They played 25 shows to nearly
SOLD OUT audiences every performance.
"Center Rep has found an amazing group of actresses --
several, including Murfitt, Coullet and Jordan, are from the
original off-Broadway cast -- capable of filling these roles.
Each is a fine singer, each is musically adept and each is a
delightfully agile comedian."
- Contra Costa Times
"...the trio's harmonies are actually quite good. Amy Meyers
delivers the most solid performance as Lee, the optimistic New
Age lesbian cellist, and manages to sell the folk-flavored
"Don't Look Down." - East Bay Express
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"Cowgirls" opened Saturday at the Dean Lesher Regional Center
for the Arts in a production filled with seasoned pros."
- Oakland Tribune
FEB / MARCH 2004
Amy won Best Song
for "Good" from Strange & Beautiful at the San
Francisco West Coast Songwriter's Association Open Mic in
March 2004.
Amy released
her 5th CD (10th release) entitled Strange & Beautiful
on February 3rd, 2004 and played a spectacular release concert
at the ODC Theater in
San Francisco on February 29th. It was recorded live by
Gary Hobish.
Strange &
Beautiful features the hits, "Girls Like You,"
"Good," and "You Say" and the playing
of PAM DELGADO from San Francisco’s popular group,
Blame Sally on
percussion and backing vocals, PAUL OLGUIN from Hal
Marcus, Jeffrey Halford, Dallis Craft, Mazzy Star, and Shana
Morrison on bass, DENNY GEYER from Queen Ida &
Her Zydeco Band and Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra on
electric guitar, RUSS GOLD from Full Circle, Natraj,
and Garrin Benfield on drums, EAMONN
FLYNN from The Commitments, Zigaboo Modeliste, and
Viv on wurlitzer and organ, TRUE MARGRIT from
True
Margrit and Sparrow’s Point on keyboards,
DAVE SCHEFF from Translator, American Music Club,
and Teatro Zinzanni on drums, and orchestration by STEVE
KAHN.
THEATRE
Leading and Featured Roles in:
Cowgirls
Return To The Forbidden Planet
Oliver
Tommy
The Lady’s Not For Burning
Annie, Get Your Gun
Ordinary People
Grease
Kiss Me Kate
Once Upon A Mattress
You’re A Good Man,Charlie Brown
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