American musician. A cello student from age seven, Amy was accepted into the Meremblum Youth Symphony at 13. By the time she was 25, she was playing bass guitar with rock groups and in Hollywood recording studio sessions. She took up the electric bass in her early 20’s, studying with jazz greats such as Eugene ‘the Senator’ Wright (of Dave Brubeck) and Jamie Faunt, and studio wizards like Herb Mickman.
She recorded and/or played nationally with such performers as Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Lawrence Juber of Wings, Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Jimmy Ibbotsen of the Nitty Gritty Dirtband, Steve Perry of Journey, Elliot Ingber of The Frank Zappa Band, Bernie Leadon of The Eagles, Starwood and Saint Tropez.
She shot pool with John Lennon once. She appeared as a musician in commercials and on numerous television shows such as Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert, New Wave Theatre, MTV, etc. She remembers Jack Benny, with whom she played at Santa Monica Civic, brushing her off with, “Go away little girl.”
Amy is well known for her club work in Las Vegas and Aspen, CO. To supplement dry spells as a musician, she worked at a wide variety of odd jobs, from waiting table to grooming horses, selling health products to housecleaning.
The first born of five kids, she was raised in a robust, active and noisy household. As an adult, she moved and changed jobs frequently, always with great optimism and enthusiasm. Scalded and scarred on her right arm and chest on 4 March 1954, she had reconstructive cosmetic surgery 1959, 1984, 1986, and 1990.
She made two marriages and divorces; one son with each. Her first marriage, to musician Marc Singer, was tempestuous, filled with loud fights and abuse. Her second husband was screenwriter Michael Hawes, who went into property management in Aspen, CO. She first met Mike in 1968 and married him 19 years later for ten years. In 1996, Amy moved into a stable, healthy, happy and comfortable relationship with musician David Harding.