AMoA Presents: Hayden Pedigo Live

In conjunction with the release of his sixth studio album (the second from the independent record label Mexican Summer), Hayden Pedigo will perform in his native Amarillo.  The 28-year-old performance artist, politician, model and fingerstyling maestro whose talent is as irrepressible as it is undeniable, will take the stage at the Amarillo College Concert Hall Theater, adjacent to the Amarillo Museum of Art, followed by a cocktail reception at AMoA. 

Hayden Pedigo has embraced life with enthusiasm in a wide range of creative ways.  He was homeschooled in Amarillo by his truck-stop preacher father, ran for Amarillo City Council in 2019 (as documented by Jasmine Stodel’s SXSW-premiering, PBS-acquired film Kid Candidate), and struck up pen-friendships and collaborative partnerships with the likes of Terry Allen, Charles Hayward (This Heat), Werner “Zappi” Diermaier (Faust), and Tim Heidecker. Pedigo has also developed an internet presence that showcases a panoply of ever-more outlandish outfits and an effortless deadpan wit.  Both the former and the latter helped parlay him into the fashion world. He has walked the runway for Gucci and been photographed by Hedi Slimane.

Pedigo embarked on his new album, The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored, with the aim to create “the best instrumental acoustic guitar album of the past twenty years.”  His spacious, pristine soundscapes communicate an essential truth about the pursuit of artistic perfection. 

The post-concert cocktail reception at AMoA will be held on the Museum’s 3rd floor, where attendees can view an exhibition of artworks by the iconic musician and multi-media artist, Terry Allen.