Amos Lee "Shout out loud"

Recuerdo cuando Chema Rey habló de él en su Bulevar, Radio3. Como un profesor que hacia canciones que habian sido acogidas tan bien por Norah Jones y Bob Dylan entre otros, que finalmente ha dejado las aulas para deleitarnos con sus canciones. Su album de debut del pasado año tiene destacables canciones como Colors, que ha sonado en varias series como House o Anatomia de Grey. Y estuvo en Los conciertos de Radio3 en su paso por España.
Por lo visto pronto tendremos su segundo trabajo, del cual podemos escuchar ya un tema "Shout out loud" en su MySpace .
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Pop / Folk Rock / Acoustic

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Biografia recogida en su MySpace:
The 27-year-old former schoolteacher grew up going between Philadelphia, PA, and a suburb, Cherry Hill, NJ. “I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to see a few sides of life in this country.”

Amos entered the University of South Carolina in 1995, where he began to play acoustic guitar and write songs. “I met my kind of people in there: down-to-earth, sincere folks who didn’t belong to any club. They were all musicians, and they taught me how to treat my music with sincerity and integrity.”

After graduating college with a degree in English, Amos returned to Philadelphia where he taught elementary school. His desire to pursue music as a career forced him to make the difficult decision to leave teaching. To earn a living he waited tables, tended bar, and continued writing songs.

“I started playing open mikes and getting some feedback. I started feeling a little more confidence.” A self-released EP with five of his original songs made Amos “one of the area’s most-talked-about emerging talents” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, and was followed by a second, seven-song disc (both sold out on their initial pressings). “The time between when I stopped teaching and when I got signed was a beautiful, fun time.”

After having had the honor of opening shows for such legends as Bob Dylan, BB King, and Mose Allison, a break came when Norah Jones became an early convert to his cause and invited Amos to open her European tour, beginning in April 2004. Equipped with only his voice and guitar, Amos found himself facing 3,000-5,000 listeners a night—and up to three times that number when he joined Norah’s US tour (through November ’04).

And yet, night after night, he pulled it off. In their concert review the Los Angeles Times referred to Amos as a “writer and singer with enough personality to charm a crowd impatient for Jones to take the stage.” The Albany Times-Union praised Amos’s “charming and soulful solo set”; the Seattle Post-Intelligencer heard him blend “a folksy, flannel-and-denim sound with sultry R&B.”

“My favorite time in music is probably 1970-75. Still Bill by Bill Withers, Harvest by Neil Young, John Prine’s first album, James Taylor’s One Man Dog—I hope I can bring the same sort of spirit I hear on those records.”

Discografia:
-Amos Lee (Marzo 2005)
1. Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight
2. Seen It All Before
3. Arms Of A Woman
4. Give It Up
5. Dreamin'
6. Soul Suckers
7. Colors
8. Bottom Of The Barrel
9. Black River
10. Lies Of A Lonely Friend
11. All My Friends

-Supply And Demand (October 3, 2006)

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