The legendary songwriter, singer, guitarist, and author captured the spirit of a generation with her 1996 album "Diary Of A Mod Housewife," then chronicled her formative years in the NYC underground in her celebrated memoir, "Girl To City." The followup, "Girl To Country," covers her time as a single mother in the Nashville songwriting scene. Touring in support of the new book and her latest album, "Hang In There With Me," produced by her punk rock luminary husband, Wreckless Eric, Amy joins René in the Feral Zone to connect all the dots.

Topics include an ice storm, the Folk Alliance conference, Loose Cattle, the Broadway Cruise, Red Buttons, Red Skelton, Pittsburgh, Parsons School of Design, "Rock Scene" magazine, black jeans, CBGB, the Dead Boys, the West Village, fashion illustration, Katharina Denzinger, Andy Warhol, Max's Kansas City, punk rock, a leather jacket, English band fashion, the Slits, the Clash, Dave Thomas, starting a nightclub, Tier 3, courier flights, the Cramps at Dingwalls, a London squat, Will Rigby, the dBs, the Last Roundup, a demo, Jimmy Ford, Lou Whitney, Kelly Keller, the Shams, a publishing deal, a pratfall, record production, the artist's vision, David Onley, and much more.

Break and Outro Music: "Hell-Oh Sixty" and "Too Old To Be So Crazy" from "Hang In There With Me" by Amy Rigby

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