Amy Ray, the Indigo Girls, and the Soundtrack of Our Gay Lives | LGBTQ&A Podcast

From the very first moment they started singing together, Amy Ray felt like her head was going to explode. They were in her parent's basement learning cover songs -- she's pretty sure their first was "A Junkie's Lament" by James Taylor -- and she remembers thinking, "This is amazing. Not, we sound amazing. But this feels amazing. It was always about, This feels amazing. It was like, This is the most fun I've ever had. So, I want to keep doing this." The pair, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, soon formed their band, Indigo Girls, and now more than 35 years later, they're still making music, both together and separately. And thank God, right? Their storytelling ability is unmatched; there are not two better musicians out there who know how to work together to create what can only be described as magic. More than any other band, it is their music that the queer community keeps returning to again and again. On this week's episode, Amy Ray joins us to talk about the lasting legacy of "Closer to Fine," identifying as genderqueer, and reflects on what was going on behind-the-scenes before coming out publicly in the '90s. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @lgbtqpod A full transcript is posted on The Advocate's website: https://www.advocate.com/music/2021/3... This was originally recorded in March 2021.