Amy LaVere
Amy LeVere，来自德州的大龄文艺女青年/低音贝斯手/乡谣歌手/演员。作为“在路上一代”父母的女儿，Amy LeVere经历过一段叛逆冒险的少女时期，并逐渐成为了一名朋克乐手。直到身为人妻后，Amy的生活与音乐理念逐渐回归到女性的温柔一面，她也开始学习弹奏低音大贝斯。 虽然经历了美满婚姻的破裂，但在音乐上，并没有影响到Amy“回归纳什维尔(乡谣城)”的音乐观。“这个世界不是我的家”是Amy LeVere在06年出版的首张个人唱片，比较惬意的老乡谣曲子和一些爵士风味。Amy的声音轻飘，表演随意，虽然比不了Hope Sandoval的那番淡定迷蒙，不过Amy的乡谣嗓子自有一番风情俏丽。另外不得不提唱片的封面，由摄影师Monty Johnson拍摄的黑白图片---真是封面党的好日子！ While Amy LaVere's voice may have the high, breathy tone of a young girl, she brings to her music the emotional peaks and valleys of a grown woman who has certainly seen her share of the world, and it's hard not to believe that her adventurous life has informed her work. LaVere was born in a small town near the border of Texas and Louisiana to parents who were part-time musicians. Her family's nomadic life led LaVere to live in 13 different places before she finished high school, and when her folks finally settled in Detroit, she rejected the classic country sounds they doted on -- Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Willie Nelson were their favorites -- in favor of punk rock. LaVere played drums and sang in a Motor City punk band called Last Minute, but after graduating she grew restless and headed back to Louisiana, which turned out to be a brief stop on the way to a job in Nashville, working for a music management company. After settling in Nashville, LaVere met Gabe Kudela, who played with the barnstorming country-punk band the Legendary Shack Shakers. After a brief romance, LaVere and Kudela wed, and after she learned to play upright bass, the couple began playing nightclubs on Nashville's Lower Broadway as part of a group they called the Gabe & Amy Show; the band developed a loyal following in Nashville, and spawned another when they pulled up stakes and relocated to Memphis in 1999. Although LaVere and Kudela's marriage broke up in 2003, LaVere's love of singing was stronger than ever, and she had developed a belated appreciation for classic country, blues, and jazz sounds that influenced her performing style. With the help of friends Paul Buchignani and Jason Freeman, LaVere began performing as a solo act, and after extensive gigging in the South LaVere caught the attention of Memphis-based independent label Archer Records, which released her striking debut album, This World Is Not My Home, in April of 2006. A little over a year later, LaVere's second long-player, Anchors & Anvils (produced by legendary Memphis musician and studio hand Jim Dickinson), arrived in stores. When not busy with her musical career, LaVere also dabbles in acting; she played pioneering rockabilly filly Wanda Jackson in the film Walk the Line, and later appeared in Craig Brewer's Black Snake Moan.
