Saturday, November 18, 2006
Amanda Conway
Check out this story from The Rapid City Journal about singer-songwriter Amanda Conway:
Amanda first played in public on June 27th of last year at Dunn Bros. Coffee's open mic. I remember it well. She was hard not to notice, somewhat shy, unsure of herself. By the next week, she pretty much owned the place. An amazing talent, and it makes me so happy when I think that I was there on that first night.
Lent her CD to HBBA last week, who seemed to like it. I really did that, but the main reason I wrote that is because I wanted to mention HBBA again.....
BOJ
Music brought her into a supportive community, and she found she wasn’t alone. Her updated philosophy is, “Life sucks sometimes, but you don’t have to sit around and mope about it.”
And, through her music — which now includes some upbeat songs — she is making new friends every day.
“I got stopped at Taco Bell twice!” she exclaimed. (Exclamation points are frowned upon in journalism, but Conway is a walking exclamation, and they are unavoidable when quoting her.) “People said, are you Amanda Conway? I really like you, you’re amazing, I saw you at this show ... .”
“That’s when you know you’re doing something right,” she concluded.
She must be.
Amanda first played in public on June 27th of last year at Dunn Bros. Coffee's open mic. I remember it well. She was hard not to notice, somewhat shy, unsure of herself. By the next week, she pretty much owned the place. An amazing talent, and it makes me so happy when I think that I was there on that first night.
Lent her CD to HBBA last week, who seemed to like it. I really did that, but the main reason I wrote that is because I wanted to mention HBBA again.....
BOJ
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