Shawn Ellis Amos (born September 13, 1967) is an American songwriter, author, blues singer, record producer and digital marketing entrepreneur.
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.
While at the reissue label, Amos produced multiple compilations, including the Grammy-nominated historical box set Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance.
[6] During 2005-06, Amos conceived and co-produced a remake of the 1971 Marvin Gaye album What's Going On, performed by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band; conceived and executive produced a remix album of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream and Other Delights.
In 2016, Amos played harmonica for the main title of the Seth Rogen-produced AMC series, Preacher.
[8] Amos has curated the jazz & blues series, blackbox, for the 2018–19 and 2019-20 seasons of the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California.
[9] On September 4, 2019, Amos posted a video on his YouTube channel announcing the formation of a new band, The Brotherhood, with drummer, Brady Blade, bassist Christopher Thomas and longtime guitarist, Chris “Doctor” Roberts.
[10] American Songwriter magazine gave the album 4 of 5 stars, calling it, “so rousing it outshines his earlier output like never before.” [11] Blue Sky peaked at #36 on the Americana Music Association Radio Chart.
[12] In August 2012, The New York Times announced that Amos Content Group was jointly acquired by public relations company FleishmanHillard and GMR Marketing and rebranded as Freshwire.
"[13] Amos has moderated or spoken at several notable industry panels, including the Milken Institute,[14] the Thread Summit in Colorado,[15] Las Vegas' CES Convention,[16] TEDxEast,[17] and "OMD Predicts" in Dubai, an event for EMEA marketing leaders.
[18] In 2015, Freshwire officially became FleishmanHillard ContentWorks, and Amos was named Chief Content Innovation Officer of the Americas.
[21] Deadline Hollywood announced on May 5, 2022 that Disney Branded Television will bring Shawn Amos' debut novel Cookies & Milk to screen with an animated series, currently in development.
[22] On January 12, 2023, Cookies & Milk was nominated to the Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens category at the 54th NAACP Image Awards.