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At some point I was hanging around with the Butchies - a band I ended up playing with a lot - and it just brought out this thing in me... and it felt very different from the Indigo Girls.

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Amy Ray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 12
Composer
Mandolinist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Decatur
Georgia
Amy Elizabeth Ray
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