Amos Lee

Richardson, Derk, Acoustic Guitar

tHe FOLK-POP SInger-songwriter revels in HIS wildly Diverse inFluences on Last Days at tHe LODge.

If Amos Lee had realized his dream of playing pro basketball, maybe he'd be drawing comparisons to Larry Bird and Steve Nash instead of John Prine and Al Green. But an unexpected detour into writing and performing songs has made this New Jersey-raised Philadelphia native a rapidly rising soul-folk star rather than an NBA all-star. This past June, Lee released his third album, last Days at the Lodge, for the legendary jazz label Blue Note. Though the album was produced by Don Was and features a first-call band, including guitarist Doyle Bramhall Jr., keyboardist Spooner Oldham, bassist …

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Publication information: Article title: Amos Lee. Contributors: Richardson, Derk - Author. Magazine title: Acoustic Guitar. Volume: 19. Issue: 5 Publication date: November 2008. Page number: 58+. © String Letter Publishing Mar 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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