This World Is Not My Home by Amy LaVere

Recorded in her adopted hometown of Memphis, TN and produced by PAUL TAYLOR,

"THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME" features Amy on vocals/stand-up bass, JIMBO

MATHUS (acoustic & electric guitar), JIM DICKINSON (piano), TOMMY "T-BONE"

BURROUGHS (fiddle/mandolin), PAUL BUCHIGNANI (drums), FORREST PARKER (pedal steel), TONY THOMAS (accordion), JASON FREEMAN (acoustic/electric guitar),PAUL TAYLOR (percussion/ukulele/acoustic & electric guitar/mellotron/

washtub bass). The 10 original tracks on the album, 5 written by Amy,

showcase her moody distillation of traditional country, artful rock and cool

jazz that shatters the expectations of the genres.

In addition to releasing her first solo recording, Amy LaVere has embarked

on an acting career. She appears as Wanda Jackson in the Johnny Cash biopic

"Walk The Line" (November 2005) and is cast in the supporting role of Jesse

in award-winning director Craig Brewer's ("Hustle & Flow") forthcoming

Paramount Pictures production "Black Snake Moan" featuring Samuel L.

Jackson, Christina Ricci and Justin Timberlake.

Amy LaVere's musical journey began in a small Texas/Louisiana border town.

Nurtured on her parents' passion for the traditional and country music of

Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson (her mother played

guitar, her dad played drums), a favorite family pastime while she was

growing up was traveling to bluegrass festivals. Amy's family moved 13

times before she finished high school (wherever her father's GM job took

them), eventually landing in Detroit. During her Detroit teenage years, Amy

fronted a punk rock band called Last Minute. For a bunch of teenagers, the

group achieved much critical success. Knowing, however, that there was more

to her musical journey, Amy eventually moved on. After a few attempts of

relocating in various cities, the then-in-her-early-twenties Amy settled in

Nashville with a day job as a secretary/assistant on Music Row.

It was during this time that things really began to gel musically for Amy.

Falling into the then bourgeoning honky-tonk night life scene on Nashville's

Lower Broad, Amy shared a house with some members of Those Legendary Shack

Shakers and Hank III upright bassist Jason Brown who taught Amy how to play

slap-style rockabilly bass. She was a natural on the instrument. Hooking

up with another roots music devotee, Gabe Kudela, they formed the Gabe & Amy

Show. It was this duo's quest for the true roots of American music that

brought them to Memphis. As the Gabe and Amy Show ran its course, Amy

started writing more of her own songs and seriously pursuing her solo

career. Word quickly spread around the Memphis-area about "this pretty

little gal with the big voice playin' a bass that's bigger than she is" Amy

LaVere and the Tramps (Jason Freeman - guitar, Paul Buchignani - drums, Paul

Taylor - drums/guitar/lap steel) and in January 2005, Amy signed with

Memphis independent label Archer Records.

To quote renowned producer Jim Dickinson, "You WILL be hearing from this

girl."

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RECORD CO: Archer Records, 88 Union Avenue, Suite 107,

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