Strange Fire

The very first time I heard the Indigo Girls, it was Strange Fire. The title cut happens to be the first song on that tape. I didn't know what to think, they simply blew me away.

Suzanne turned me on to the Indigo Girl, back in 1989. She thought they rocked, so naturally I had to run right out and buy both releases they had out in 1989. That would have been Strange Fire and Indigo Girls, Indigo Girls.  

I never even heard Suzanne play them before I ran out and bought them (I ran directly to Tower that evening after she told me about them, did not pass go, did not collect $200).  In 1989, I was still in love with Suzanne, so if she told me that dog shit was excellent as an after dinner aperitif I would have run out and bought it and drank it happily.

But the Indigo Girls simply blew me away. I fell in love with Emily's music instantly. Here I had thought I was going to impress Suzanne with my Indigo Girl knowledge (Suzanne was the reason I read many a book back in my youth too, I surely wanted to be able to "talk shop" with her, hell I read Gone With the Wind 7 times just so that I could quote full passages for her with some authority.)

At any rate, I fell in love with Emily's poetry and musical wanderings.  I took and take Amy with a grain of salt, after all, she is what adds to the total over all ambiance of the Indigo Girls (oh yeah and she named the group too). 

I thank Suzanne greatly, she gave me a whole world to discover with the IG.