Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby in Merced

Event details: September 4, 2008
Merced, California August 4, 2008 – Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby seem to be doing everything together these days. The newlywed, singer-songwriter duo is releasing their first album together, on the famed London-based Stiff Records label. The international album release tour will be making a stop in Merced, California, at the Multicultural Arts Center on Thursday, September 4, at 8 p.m., thanks to local promoters NightLight Arts.

Wreckless Eric, is an original Stiff Records recording artist from the days of New Wave luminaries Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. His 1978 debut single "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World," has since been covered by many bands, and enjoyed resurgent popularity when featured in the romantic comedy Stranger Than Fiction starring Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Amy Rigby is an accomplished American singer-songwriter with musical roots in New York, during the famed CBGB hey-day, and in Nashville, where she lived before moving to France and shacking up with her British beau Wreckless Eric. Punk to pop influences blend into her trademark and critically acclaimed folk sound with sarcastic and humorously-biting lyrics.
NightLight Arts
NightLight Arts is a Merced, California-based producer of off-beat arts events, including visual arts, music and sometimes theater, poetry, film, or dance. The promoter’s mission is to emphasize creative expressions that offer new perspectives and experiences, and bring a wide array of people and ideas together in our community.

Event website: www.nightlightarts.com