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The two women met as students at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in De Kalb County, Georgia just outside of Decatur, Georgia. In high school, they started performing together. Emily graduated and started attending Tulane University. A year later, Amy graduated and started at Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University is a private, independent university located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded as the result of a gift of one million dollars by shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1873. He hoped that this gift and the work of th. Homesick, both returned to Georgia and transferred to Emory UniversityEmory University is an undergraduate, graduate, and research institution in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Emory is one of the most prestigious large private universities in the South, according to yearly rankings by US News & World Report. Emory University © Emo. By 1985See also 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 28 Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smok, they started performing together again, this time as the Indigo Girls. While they have both been in relationships with women, Amy and Emily have never dated each other.
Their first release in 1985 was a seven-inch single called Crazy Game; the B side was Everybody's Waiting. That same year, they put out a six-track self-titled EP, and in 1987See also 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 16 The Beastie Boys become the firs, released their first full-length album, Strange Fire , recorded at John Keane Studio in Athens, Georgia, and including Crazy Game.
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Their first major-label release, also self-titled, included a new version of Land of Canaan, which was also on their 1985 EP and on Strange Fire.
In 1990, Amy founded Daemon Records, which has signed Ellen James Society , Kristen Hall and James Hall, among others.
The second album, Nomads*Indians*Saints , went gold, but was not as successful as their first. They followed it with the live Back on the Bus, Y'all . 1992's comeback album Rites of Passage was an enormous success, as was Swamp Ophelia in 1994.
In 1995, they released a live, double-CD, 1200 Curfews , followed by Shaming of the Sun in 1997 and Come on Now Social in 1999. Shaming of the Sun debuted at number seven on the Billboard charts, driven by the duo's high profile contribution to Lilith Fair.
2000 saw the release of Retrospective , a re-release compilation with a few new tracks, but in 2002 the Indigo Girls released Become You, a full album of new songs. Their latest release, and last album for the Sony Epic label, is All That We Let In .