to Gainesville Florida.
The Reverend Shawn Amos!
The Reverend Shawn Amos!
The North Central Florida Blues Society presents
the return to Florida for this amazing bluesman!
Opening Show:
Sunday, January 19, 2019 ~ Doors 6pm / Show 6:30pm
The Reverend Shawn Amos is a Los Angeles-based, chart-topping bluesman ready to turn any venue into a 1960’s Chicago blues club. His foot stomping, harp-wailing performances. like tent revivals of yore, energize the faithful, and convert the wayward to the Rev’s message of booty-shakin’, deeply joyful blues.
He has a new band with him: The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood is a deep roots collaboration between the Rev and some old friends: Drummer Brady Blade (Buddy & Julie Miller, Indigo Girls), Bassist Christopher Thomas (Norah Jones, Macy Gray), and longtime Rev guitarist Chris “Doctor” Roberts. Amos has gathered together his band the Brotherhood, creating a sense of home in his rootlessness. Blade, Thomas, and Roberts provide not only musical, but also spiritual and emotional support for embracing new territory, artistically and otherwise.
The High Dive show will be his only Florida club date this year.
The Rev came up in 1970s Los Angeles, at the feet of musical legends like Marvin Gaye and Quincy Jones, as well as all manner of Hollywood street folk. The son of music agent-turned entrepreneur, Wally “Famous” Amos, and R&B nightclub singer, Shirlee May, Shawn found music early, and has worked within it his entire adult life. His rich career as a producer includes overseeing new music and retrospectives from R&B blues legends Solomon Burke, John Lee Hooker, and Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and scores of other legacy acts. This Reverend doesn’t preach chastity but genuine love and lust that makes the world whole.
“Being a blues singer means having a journey of pain and loss,” says Shawn Amos. “But the music itself is all about joy, about finding your way out of the darkness.”
No Depression magazine said “This band is gritty at times and also takes us back to stompin’ grooves that are reminiscent of that R&B that was made famous by the legendary Muscle Shoals bands. Yet at other times the pulsing boogie they produce won’t let a fanny remain quiet and still in its chair.”
Also enriching this fine evening will be the return of The Shakedown featuring Michelle Banfield. Some of you caught Michelle sing with Chicago Blues performer Zora Young, and some may know her from her years with Fast Lane. Be aware that her new band The Shakedown is blessed with some fantastic instrumental talent as well: Frank Bougher is on lead guitar, Carlo Schuster on bass, Keith Whitesel on drums, and Randy Hensley is on keys and guitar.
He has a new band with him: The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood is a deep roots collaboration between the Rev and some old friends: Drummer Brady Blade (Buddy & Julie Miller, Indigo Girls), Bassist Christopher Thomas (Norah Jones, Macy Gray), and longtime Rev guitarist Chris “Doctor” Roberts. Amos has gathered together his band the Brotherhood, creating a sense of home in his rootlessness. Blade, Thomas, and Roberts provide not only musical, but also spiritual and emotional support for embracing new territory, artistically and otherwise.
The High Dive show will be his only Florida club date this year.
The Rev came up in 1970s Los Angeles, at the feet of musical legends like Marvin Gaye and Quincy Jones, as well as all manner of Hollywood street folk. The son of music agent-turned entrepreneur, Wally “Famous” Amos, and R&B nightclub singer, Shirlee May, Shawn found music early, and has worked within it his entire adult life. His rich career as a producer includes overseeing new music and retrospectives from R&B blues legends Solomon Burke, John Lee Hooker, and Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and scores of other legacy acts. This Reverend doesn’t preach chastity but genuine love and lust that makes the world whole.
“Being a blues singer means having a journey of pain and loss,” says Shawn Amos. “But the music itself is all about joy, about finding your way out of the darkness.”
No Depression magazine said “This band is gritty at times and also takes us back to stompin’ grooves that are reminiscent of that R&B that was made famous by the legendary Muscle Shoals bands. Yet at other times the pulsing boogie they produce won’t let a fanny remain quiet and still in its chair.”
Also enriching this fine evening will be the return of The Shakedown featuring Michelle Banfield. Some of you caught Michelle sing with Chicago Blues performer Zora Young, and some may know her from her years with Fast Lane. Be aware that her new band The Shakedown is blessed with some fantastic instrumental talent as well: Frank Bougher is on lead guitar, Carlo Schuster on bass, Keith Whitesel on drums, and Randy Hensley is on keys and guitar.
General admission is $15, with NCFBS members getting in for $8. Doors open at 6 pm, with the music starting at 6:30.
The North Central Florida Blues Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, cultivation, nurturing and promotion of Blues Music. The Society also hosts monthly electric and acoustic jams. See website for more information.
This program/event is funded in part by a
grant from the City of Gainesville, Parks,
Funded in part by
The BLUES has HISTORY in
GAINESVILLE!
FOURTEEN YEARS OF BRINGING THE BEST BLUES
IN THE WORLD TO GAINESVILLE FLORIDA!
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