1. Shawn Ellis Amos was born on September 13,1967 and is an American songwriter, author, blues singer, record producer and digital marketing entrepreneur.
19 Facts About Shawn Amos
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Shawn Amos is the youngest son of Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie founder Wally Amos and the only son of Shirley Ellis Amos.
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Shawn Amos attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
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Shawn Amos' half-sister, Sarah Shawn Amos, is an executive at Marvel Entertainment.
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In 2001, Shawn Amos produced Quincy Jones' career overview Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones.
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Jones subsequently asked Shawn Amos to run his Listen Up Foundation as executive director.
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Shawn Amos joined with Alpert and Ozomatli for a performance of "Love Potion No 9" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in March 2006.
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Shawn Amos oversaw Solomon Burke's last three studio albums, Make Do With What You Got, Nashville, and Like a Fire.
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Shawn Amos oversaw the first two volumes of cover albums by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoff, Under the Covers.
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Shawn Amos discovered his mother's professional life as Shirl-ee May only after her suicide in July 2003.
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Shawn Amos says album is a tender tribute to his mother, Shirlee Ellis Shawn Amos.
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Shawn Amos followed this in 2015 with the release of his fifth album, The Reverend Shawn Amos Loves You, again released by Put Together and produced by jazz saxophonist, Mindi Abair.
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Shawn Amos followed with the politically-themed, The Reverend Shawn Amos Breaks It Down, released in 2018.
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In 2016, Shawn Amos played harmonica for the main title of the Seth Rogen-produced AMC series, Preacher.
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Shawn Amos resigned from the position in 2018 to focus on touring activity.
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On November 4,2009, Shawn Amos announced the formation of his own company, Shawn Amos Content Group, to develop content for digital media and traditional companies.
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In 2015, Freshwire officially became FleishmanHillard ContentWorks, and Shawn Amos was named Chief Content Innovation Officer of the Americas.
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Shawn Amos left FleishmanHilard in 2016 and launched a new venture, Put Together Media.
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In 2017, Shawn Amos merged Put Together Media with New York communications firm, Hudson Cutler.