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Merrie Ruth Amsterburg (born in March 1960) is an American singer-songwriter born in Ludington, Michigan, United States.[1] Her music has folk, rock, and pop influences. She has won two Boston Music Awards, a Boston Phoenix Award, and a Jam Magazine Award.[2] She uses several instruments in her songs, including the guitar, the trumpet, the mandolin, the Indian banjo, the bouzouki, the harmonium, and even a 1970s Kenmore washing machine. Prior to her solo career, she was the guitarist and singer for The Natives and Miss Understood.[3]
On July 5, 2002, she sang the National Anthem at the Red Sox's first game after the death of Red Sox and baseball legend Ted Williams, who had died that morning.
- ^ "Amsterburg's singing career soars on | Ludington Daily News". Shorelinemedia.net. July 17, 2003. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ "Q Division- Merrie Amsterburg". Qdivisionrecords.com. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ "There's something about Merrie Amsterburg - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2016.