The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers.
They began in Atlanta as a regular act at The Little 5 Points Pub, and were tangentially part of the Athens, Georgia college rock scene that included The B-52's, Pylon, R.E.M., The Georgia Satellites, Widespread Panic and Love Tractor.
The two women got to know each other as students at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in DeKalb County, Georgia, just outside of...
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The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers.
They began in Atlanta as a regular act at The Little 5 Points Pub, and were tangentially part of the Athens, Georgia college rock scene that included The B-52's, Pylon, R.E.M., The Georgia Satellites, Widespread Panic and Love Tractor.
The two women got to know each other as students at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in DeKalb County, Georgia, just outside of Decatur, Georgia, but were not friends because Saliers was a grade ahead of Ray. While attending Shamrock High School, they grew closer, and started performing together, first as The B-Band and then as Saliers and Ray.
Saliers graduated and began attending Tulane University. A year later, Ray graduated and began at Vanderbilt University. Homesick, both returned to Georgia and transferred to Emory University.
By 1985 they had begun performing together again, this time as the Indigo Girls. In a March 2007 NPR Talk of the Nation interview,...
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