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Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby in Merced

Event Details

Time: September 4, 2008 at 8pm
Location: Merced Multicultural Arts Center
Street: 645 Main Street
City/Town: Merced
Website or Map: http://www.nightlightarts.com
Phone: (209) 390-4665
Event Type: Music and Dance, Community and Special
Organized By: Alan Schoff
Latest Activity: Aug. 5, 2008

Event Description

Acclaimed singer-songwriters Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby seem to be doing everything together these days. The newlywed, singer-songwriter duo is releasing their first album together, on the famed London-based Stiff Records label. The international album release tour will be making a stop in Merced, California, at the Multicultural Arts Center on Thursday, September 4, at 8 p.m.

Wreckless Eric, is an original Stiff Records recording artist from the days of New Wave luminaries Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. His 1978 debut single "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World," has since been covered by many bands, and enjoyed resurgent popularity when featured in the romantic comedy Stranger Than Fiction starring Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Amy Rigby is an accomplished American singer-songwriter with musical roots in New York, during the famed CBGB hey-day, and in Nashville, where she lived before moving to France and shacking up with her British beau Wreckless Eric. Punk to pop influences blend into her trademark and critically acclaimed folk sound with sarcastic and humorously-biting lyrics.
NightLight Arts is a Merced, California-based producer of off-beat arts events, including visual arts, music and sometimes theater, poetry, film, or dance. The promoter’s mission is to emphasize creative expressions that offer new perspectives and experiences, and bring a wide array of people and ideas together in our community.

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