Amos Lee 'flower'

Amos Lee (born June 22, 1977[1]) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His musical style encompasses folk, soul, and jazz. He has released four albums on Blue Note Records, Amos Lee, Supply and Demand, Last Days at the Lodge, and Mission Bell. He has been on tour with musicians such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, John Prine, and Dave Matthews Band. Lee performs with drummer Fred Berman and bassist Jaron Olevsky. Some of his musical influences include Stevie Wonder, John Prine, Bill Withers, and James Taylor. Debut albumLee Alexander, the bassist in Norah Jones' band, produced Amos Lee's self-titled debut album, which was released in March 2005. Norah Jones made an appearance on several of the tracks, playing piano and contributing vocals. The album found significant commercial success, hitting a peak of #2 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[5] Later that month he was named one of Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Artists to Watch."[3] To promote the album, Lee performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, Total Request Live, and Austin City Limits,[6] in 2005, which was also aired on PBS that year. In March and April 2005, Lee opened for Merle Haggard and Bob Dylan.

Lee's song "Colors" was featured on House and on an episode of Grey's Anatomy.[7] It was also used in the 2005 movie Just Like Heaven. The songs "Colors" and "Sympathize" were also used in episodes of "Brothers & Sisters". Lee's songs "Shout Out Loud" and "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight" were both used during the ABC show Six Degrees. "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight" was heard on Studio 60 and the song "Seen It All Before" appeared on episodes of ER. The song "Colors" was also featured an episode of the TV show, Army Wives and the song "Skipping Stones" in the movie My Blueberry Nights in 2007.

Lee's second album, titled Supply and Demand, was released on October 3, 2006 in the United States. The album was produced by Natalie Merchant's bassist Barrie Maguire, and peaked at #76 on the Billboard 200. Jazz singer Lizz Wright contributed background vocals on the song "Freedom". The first single from the album is "Shout Out Loud."[8] To promote the album, Lee played on The Tonight Show on September 28, 2006.

In 2007, Lee's song "Skipping Stone" appeared on an episode of the television show, ER and the song "Sweet Pea" was featured in television commercials for AT&T.

Lee's third studio album, Last Days at the Lodge, was released on June 24, 2008.[9] The first singles were the songs "Listen" and "What's Been Going On".[citation needed]

Mission BellAmos released his fourth album, entitled Mission Bell on January 25, 2011. Musical guests included: Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Priscila Ahn, Pieta Brown, James Gadson, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) and members of the band Calexico.

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[89198321]

@princessjoey6301 Ever hear just ONE line of a song, one strain of a melody, one voice and you know immediately, you just know that you have to listen to the whole song? That's what happened to me when I heard the song on Castle.

[princessjoey6301]

Heard this on Castle...amazing!

[93700Sarah]

A friend of mine just introduced me to Amos Lee. I'm so loving it. :)

[Greengang202]

I was dreaming and them song was like the song to a montage in it...I woke up when it was off and looked up this song without the name of the song coming up on tv.

[SnowHeadz]

This guy needs to be President.

[TiggerPleeze]

@MrHarrisBueller I was just thinking the same thing

[jquest45]

Powerful song love it

[Yazjohn31]

Love this song

[JOHNCENATWILIGHT11]

i have vh1 to thank for playing this song every morning waking me up. and the line that gets me is "my heart is a flower that bleeds every hour i believe in the power i believe in power of love".

[merced209ism]

@misst1078 ironi i was sleeping to and came on vh1 good stuff!

[katandstacybff]

This song is amazing (:

[misst1078]

This song woke me up. I had my tv on MTV and I was sleep and the voice just woke me up i had to watch the whole video... It was nothing that I've seen before and I loved it... The song... has been on repeat on my iPod... and everytime i hear it I just want to sing loud!