The Reverend Shawn Amos – “You’re Gonna Miss Me (When I Get Home)” (premiere)

The Reverend Shawn Amos is on a mission to bring blues to wider attention within pop culture spaces. After all, it’s a living, breathing, vibrant genre that continues to grow, not some old retro form of music. Just look at the careers of Gark Clark Jr., Robert Randolph and Keb’ Mo’ for the most recent examples. Amos comes at the blues from a lifetime of appreciation as he formerly worked as a music industry executive where he recorded and produced a number of Grammy-nominated albums. Now, he’s stepping out with the microphone as a blues preacher and the result is fabulous, as his singing seduces the blues-starved masses and his harmonica playing makes them believers.

Today, we are presenting the premiere of Amos‘ new video, “You’re Gonna Miss Me (When I Get Home)”. Amos tells PopMatters, “we really wanted to capture the spirit of our live shows while bringing the blues closer to the pop culture conversation. Nicole Alexander and Ra Dreyfus really created this perfect world where roadhouse blues meets old school Hollywood musicals. Plus some local L.A. R&B legends (Lester Lands, Eddie Daniels, Jean McClain) pop up in cameos. I hope folks dig it and it moves them to dive deeper into this great American music.”