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Jamie Anderson
Author, Musician & LGBTQ Activist
Writer and singer-songwriter Jamie Anderson has written An Army of Lovers: Women’s Music of the ‘70s and ‘80s, the definitive book about a powerful women’s network that predated Lilith Faire and the riot grrrl movement. She’s also a multi-instrumentalist with eleven albums who’s played her unique original songs in hundreds of venues in four countries. Her YouTube channel has 20,000 subscribers as well as several viral videos including one with a million views.
Drive All Night, Jamie’s first book, was published in 2014. It’s a collection of stories from the road, from sharing housing with a pig (a real one) and meeting Melissa Etheridge when she came to a gig. Her extensive credits include book chapters, articles and CD reviews in Acoustic Guitar, Curve, SingOut! and more. A touring performer since the eighties and an out lesbian since the seventies, she’s available to speak about the touring life of an indie singer-songwriter, about what it was like as an out lesbian in the seventies and later, and about the unique network of women’s music. Presentations can include a PowerPoint presentation, live music, book reading, and time for questions from the audience.
Her dad was a country musician, a painful thing for a teenager who would rather listen to Carole King, but it did mean there were always guitars lying around the house. In high school she memorized every chord in a Mel Bay songbook, and for the next few years played local coffeehouses and weddings. After the hundredth request for ""Wedding Song,"" she decided to write her own songs. Jamie did her first tour in 1987 because she needed to earn gas money to get to a music festival. She’s been collecting tiny motel soaps ever since.
Jamie’s expressive voice and personable stage manner are an asset to any stage, whether she’s speaking or playing music.
Speech Topics
Women's Music: Before Lilith Faire and Riot Grrls, Stories from the road: the life of a touring singer-songwriter, Coming out lesbian in the seventies
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