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Harlem (album)
''Harlem'' is an album by artist Shawn Amos. ''Harlem'' was released on February 15, 2011. Amos titled the album Harlem after being inspired by a museum exhibit dedicated to the Harlem Renaissance.Hardy, Ernest. ''Renaissance Man''. LA Weekly, 2000 Track listing Players * Shawn Amos sings, plays acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, plus banjo on "Vicksburg" * Patrick Milligan plays banjo, electric & acoustic guitar, and sings * Ben Peeler plays lap steel, mandolin, and dobro * Roger Len Smith plays bass and sings * Robert Jolly plays drums * Chris Anderson plays piano, plus guitar on "Blackface" * John Thomas plays organ and piano * David Henry plays cello and organ * Gia Ciambotti sings * Derf Reklaw plays congas on "Blackface" * Mark Olson sings, plus plays harmonica on "Independence Day" * Frank "Poncho" Sampedro plays guitar on "Southern Man" * Jeremy Parzen plays electric guitar on "Angel in Black" * Charlie George plays snare on "Angel in Black" * The 3 J's sing on " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Amos
Shawn Ellis Amos (born September 13, 1967) is an American songwriter, author, blues singer, record producer and digital marketing entrepreneur. Amos is best known as blues singer and harmonica player, “The Reverend Shawn Amos.” He has released multiple studio, live, single and extended-play titles under the moniker. Personal background Amos was born in New York. He is the youngest son of Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie founder Wally Amos and the only son of Shirley Ellis Amos, (professionally known as Shirl-ee May in the early 1960s). Throughout Amos' childhood and adulthood, his mother suffered from schizoaffective disorder and ultimately committed suicide in 2003. The trauma of the event and his subsequent discovery of her early singing career were the inspiration behind his 2005 album release ''Thank You Shirl-ee May''. Like his father, Amos worked in the William Morris Agency mailroom. Amos attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He left in the middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfax, Los Angeles, California
The Fairfax District is a neighborhood in the Central region of Los Angeles, California. Historically the Fairfax District has been a center of the Jewish community in Los Angeles. It is known for the Farmer's Market, The Grove, CBS Television City broadcasting center, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park, the Beverly-Fairfax Historic District neighborhood, and Fairfax Avenue restaurants and shops. Geography Beverly–Fairfax (sometimes simply called ''Fairfax'') is a 3.2-square-mile neighborhood bordered by Willoughby Avenue on the north, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, La Brea Avenue on the east, and La Cienega Boulevard on the west. ArcGIS, Here Maps, and Bing Maps do not mark boundaries, but center the words "Fairfax" or "Fairfax District" near the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The Mapping L.A. project of the ''Los Angeles Times'', in a departure from itfirst draft reduces the Fairfax District to the 1.23 square mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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