Artist Information
Biography
As a small child, Amy Bronson often accompanied her father, a large animal vet, to ranches and feedlots. (Amy Bronson was born in Calgary, spent some childhood time in Cochrane, and is now from Lethbridge, Alberta.) There, they would spend much time dissecting cattle and determining their causes of death. (Her first independent album, I’m allergic to this deodorant, is a haphazard collection of eleven songs about the heart, Alberta politics, laundry, and biology.) She would put on gloves and try to feed her dog lungs. At about the age of 9, poetry began to replace her agricultural pursuits, and by 12 years old, she decided she’d also write guitar songs.(Amy was a finalist in this year’s Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Contest in the Alberta song category.) Now a vegetarian on the verge of getting older and that’s all, she is filled with crazy rock star dreams and hopes to live a starving poet’s life. (She will be playing as many little Alberta gigs as she can this summer, and the South Country Fair in Fort Macleod on July 19th.). She will put on gloves and try to feed you her heart. (Amy is relocating to Guelph, Ontario in the fall for university and a new perspective.)
Amy has been a part of the Lethbridge and area music community since her early teens, first playing open mics at the Lethbridge Folk Club. She has been the opening act for artists such as The Fates, Ben Sures, and Ronnie Hayward, the Fates, Jodi King, and Cat Jahnke. Amy has played at punk shows, acoustic shows, outdoor shows, indoor shows, little art galleries, high school shows, record store corners, art festivals, corporate conferences and even at a little gym for a 5:30am exercise class.
Amy plays what she considers folk music, and she usually performs it solo on a big acoustic guitar and a little telecaster. Amy likes to listen to (and is very influenced by) the following artists: Josh Ritter, John Wort Hannam, the Weakerthans, Chris Isaak, Leonard Cohen, Ani DiFranco, Andrew Bird, the Slits, Sonic Youth, Sarah Harmer, the Smiths.
About the album title:
I still wear it, don’t worry- I just switched to a natural kind that doesn’t give me headaches from the smell and weird chemicals. This may seem to be an irrelevant title for the collection of songs presented here, but I think that questioning the concept of avidly using unnatural substances on our bodies as a standard thing to do has a theme to it that just might be comprehensive for much of what I’m getting at here.
Thank you,
Amy Bronson
Instrumentation
Amy Bronson plays a Gibson J185 EC, and a Fender telecaster plugged into a vintage 5-watt Gibson amp. She does the singing as well.
Discography
The current album is "I'm allergic to this deodorant." It has 11 tracks, and is independent release.
100 copies of 6-song EP version of "I'm allergic to this deodorant." were released in November, 2006.
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Setlist
Amy usually plays either one set of up to an hour-ish, or two 45ish minute sets. This will consist of mostly originals with covers by Leonard Cohen, Josh Ritter, Bright Eyes, etc.
There will be a point where the audience is invited up to the front to participate in a "deodorant toss" where natural deodorant is thrown in a manner like a bouquet toss.
