Amy Ray

Birthday

Apr 12, 1964

Birthplace

Decatur, Georgia, USA

Bio: Amy Ray is one half of the internationally-famous, Grammy award winning folk/rock duo Indigo Girls. She began playing the guitar at an early age and in high school began playing as a duo with Emily Saliers; the duo adopted the name "Indigo Girls" in 1985. After several years of college and playing the local scenes in Atlanta and nearby Athens, Georgia, Indigo Girls… More Bio: Amy Ray is one half of the internationally-famous, Grammy award winning folk/rock duo Indigo Girls. She began playing the guitar at an early age and in high school began playing as a duo with Emily Saliers; the duo adopted the name "Indigo Girls" in 1985. After several years of college and playing the local scenes in Atlanta and nearby Athens, Georgia, Indigo Girls were signed to Epic Records in 1988, and their first major-label album "Indigo Girls" was released in 1989. Indigo Girls' major albums to date are: "Strange Fire" (1987, re-released in 1989), "Indigo Girls" (1989), "Nomads*Indians*Saints" (1990), "Rites of Passage" (1992), "Swamp Ophelia" (1994), "1200 Curfews" (1995) and "Shaming of the Sun" (1997). "Boys on the Side" is Indigo Girls' only movie appearance to date (although they did appear in the first "Ellen" episode of 1998)