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Hi Amy,
Hope you are doing well, I miss you. Tell everyone I said Hello.
Much Love
David Wyatt Sr.
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- About Me:
- I'm a gal who wears many hats as a single mama to my beautiful girls, a blues singer, songwriter, friend. I made a dream come true when I started my blues band, Amy Lou's Blues, 4 years ago. I wanted to sing all my favorite songs of my fave blues women and help keep them alive, to keep me alive, so to speak. I also love to write and wanted to try my own songs. I love to sing and I always have. I grew up with deaf parents and music was something they could never understand, and everything to me. Outside the house, I spent my whole life in and around music and was married to a musician for 20 years. It was always all around but I was busy aswife and a working mother, never dreamed of actually pursuing it for me until later in life.The short of it is, after a series of personal heartbreaks and trials, there was a breakdown of sorts and then a spiritual awakening that changed the course of my life. I left my husband to find myself n start over. When I did that, I found my voice. Everybody in my world thought I was crazy for wanting to be a "rock star" at 39, ha, havin an early mid life crisis or somethin. I just wanted to sing the blues! Fast forward here due to space, but I put together my band and we have had a blast together the last 4 years! And we're still goin strong! I am so damn lucky to have the guys that I have with me! A great rockin band of seriously talented blues musicians who dig the same stuff that I do and really are havin a great time together playin all over the bay area! Im so glad I didnt listen to them back then, but, to my gut, my soul, that said do it or die. Sounds dramatic, I know, but well, you had to be there. I know that what I found with this band and our music is the very thing I needed for my happiness and peace of mind. I found my bliss all right! BIG time! I am very passionate about singing, the band, our music, songwriting and I love the blues so much. One would think that with all the stuff I've been through, I'd be singin really low down blues, hang yourself blues, but thats just it, I wanna sing the feel good songs that make me feel good and the upbeat ones with the sassy or funny lyrics. And I do! I do sing a get in your face blues now and again, but I'm more into old school rockin blues. I really do feel blessed to be doin what I'm doin, to get the gigs that I get and play all this fun stuff with the band. It took balls for me to step foot into the blues and try it at 39! I kind of had to. I didnt want to go to my grave without ever tryin it, without ever steppin on a stage and singin my ass off! I knew I had it in me and I wanted to. My bandmates, Scott Miller, Gary Rosen Scott Porter and Luke Piro, are 4 of the finest musicians I could ever dream of playin with! Not only are they outrageously talented, they are FUN! Its so cool to play with them. No drugs, no attitudes, no egos. Just a great time every where we go. Its like a great marriage! The chemistry is perfect, I am so happy with them. We play alot of fun old school stuff and all the fellas all sing too, so we have a very diverse sound. And they crack me up all the time!
Everytime I hit a stage I say to myself "Hit it God!" ha ha And then "we" go on and the band is smokin and we are rockin for 4 hours! We do it, cuz we love it! You can check us out at our websites and we are plannin a new CD of originals for next year! Our myspace page has originals "Biker Chick Blues," "New Do Boogie," "Red Hot Mama" and "My Blues." The latest one I wrote is called "Lookin for a Lover," thats out on youtube. At 45, I feel good and Im really grateful for it all and for the Universe being so kind to me. I just wanna sing and have fun! To do all this with Scott, Scott, Luke and Gary is somethin special I can take to my grave! Well, thanks for stoppin by my page, for bein my "friend" here and I wish you much success in this great adventure we are all on called the blues!
- Favorite Blues Artists and Bands
- Etta*Wynonna Carr*Ruth Brown*Lavern Baker*Ann Cole*Big Maybelle*Wand jackson*Dinah Washington*Susan Tedeschi*Sister Rosetta Tharpe*Ray Charles*The Beatles and Led Zeppelin
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- At 10:01pm on July 9, 2009,
Migue de Oca,Havana,Cuba said… - Hello Amy Lou, My name is Miguel de Oca and I live in Havana, Cuba, this is an invitation, I host a
blues radio show here, also I lead a blues band, hope you could listen to my show someday, also I would like to play your music in my show someday, the links to my radio show:
LA ESQUINA DEL BLUES
RADIO SHOW
SUNDAYS
9:00 P.M( EASTERN TIME)
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO:
WINDOWS MEDIA LINK
http://media.ohc.cu/habanaradio
WEBSITE
www.laesquinadelblues.webs.com
OPEN-LINES(LIVE)
011-53-7-8615463
011-53-7-8649000
SOCIEDAD HAVANA BLUES WEBSITE: http://shblues.50webs.com/
BLUES4ALL
THANKS
- At 3:47pm on April 24, 2009,
David Wyatt Sr said… - Hi Amy,
Hope you are doing well, I miss you. Tell everyone I said Hello.
Much Love
David Wyatt Sr.
- At 3:24pm on December 31, 2008,
Pat Wilder said… - Hello Miss Amy,
Spank them boyz with yo' ready to sang tail. Girl I hope you the best of everything yes it have been ruff but Gods got yo back. Hope to see you at the Fox Jan.7th.
Happy Holidays and Cheers
- At 7:31pm on December 30, 2008,
billy jones bluez said… - Hi Amy,
Here is my wish for the very best to you and all my LiveBluesWorld friends as we take the music of our heritage into 2009 and the 21st century.
It's an honor to be on this journey with you. ..and a pleasure to be your friend. Thank you for allowing me to be a member of the community.
..."true greats" ...are not those born with "golden spoons" in their mouths. ...but those who through "hard work" turn their own "wooden spoons" into "gold".
"...the re-emergence of blues music as serious social commentary."
http://myspace.com/billyjonesbluez
http://losangeles.going.com/billyjonesbluez
http://www.blackplanet.com/billyjonesbluez
http://www.americansongspace.com/billyjonesbluez/
- At 7:04pm on December 29, 2008,
Aubrey Ghent said… - Happy Holidays Amy Lou!
Hope your Christmas was great and your New Year will be even better!
My Band just got back from touring in Spain ... we had a blast! All shows were sold out! Not bad for a first Spanish tour, right? Anyway, all the best.
Aubrey
- At 6:40am on December 17, 2008,
Small Blues Trap said… - Greetings from Greece!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
- At 4:11pm on September 18, 2008,
Robert Stanley said… - Thanks for the friendship, Amy Lou.
Nice music. Keep rockin'!
Peace, Love, Rockabluesic,
Robert Stanley
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- At 9:53am on September 9, 2008,
Rev. Jake O'Connor said… - Good stuff. I liked "Jump" the best. Say hi to Lou for me. I haven't be to SF in 10 years, and I'm glad to know she's still going strong with great groups like yours. Ever run into Jimmy Thackery?
- At 6:53pm on September 8, 2008,
Ken Pustelnik said… - Hi Amy;
I have a tune by a great lady friend and blues
singer on my site , the late Jo Anne Kelly you might like this
U.K. gal .
Kind regards
Ken Pustelnik
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