old gatekeepers are dying off.
Indie record stores… another
thing gone. In a way, the Indigo Girls were fortunate to be
there to establish a name before a lot of stuff went away.
Yeah, we got lucky. We could
practice until we’re blue in the
face and tour and play a million dates and have a great work
ethic but if that window had not
been open for us, we would not
be where we are today. And that
window was that last little portal
of time in which college radio
was still accessible to us and indie record stores were around —
that’s what we counted on. Indie
record stores, indie radio, and indie media. With all that together, even before we got signed to
a label, we were able to establish
a touring circ V