“Ease Back“
from the album Last Days at the Lodge
2008
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Amos Lee has shared marquees with some pretty big names — Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Paul Simon — but he still manages to keep a low profile. The Philadelphia schoolteacher-turned-Blue Note staple attests it’s all about the music, and his new single “Ease Back” from his third album, Last Days at the Lodge (out June 24), finds the singer-songwriter much more mature. Perhaps Bob and Paul gave him some pointers?
The slide guitar and gentle mandolin strums matched with his emotive lyrics and richly soothing baritone come off as a tad more serious, but still manage to remain organically pure. Like a young James Taylor, Amos continues to evolve as a musician and storyteller, infusing the traditional soft folk of past records with soul, jazz, and a just a dash of country.
I loooooove Amos Lee.
Can’t wait for his album to come out… and wishing that I could go to his show on the 14th at the MN Zoo… I would have had it not been almost 40 dollars to go see him.