"Sweet Pea" by Amos Lee

Soul is something that is under appreciated in our world of music today.  I'm not talking about soul music necessarily, though I often wonder what happened to D'Angelo, but really just singers with a lot of soul and power in their music. I think we have a few solid soulful singers like Ray Lamontagne and Adele, but we can always use a little more soul in our lives I think.

Amos Lee has soul.  He is a talented singer songwriter from the Philadelphia area that has had the opportunity to tour with some great musicians like Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews, and Norah Jones to name a few.  Lee has released several album's since his self-titled debut in 2005, though none have found the same type of commercial success that his first album experienced.  This January Lee will release an album called "Mission Bell" that will feature well known musicians such as Willie Nelson, Sam Beam, and the band Calexico.

So I heard this song today that had a little soul and sounded really familiar.  I knew that I recognized the voice, and the song was on a commercial so I did a little research and i found the song "Sweat Pea" by Amos Lee.

This is a really nice simple song that features some light guitar work by Lee and some wonderful singing.  The simple lyrics put this idea and thought in my mind that the simple life is the way to go. (slight interuption, I am sitting in Starbucks, and I just looked out the window to the right for a minute to listen to the song and think about what to write, and there is a sign in the window that says "When I give gifts, I always get more in return." That sounds nice, but there is an owl or some other kind of bird winking at me underneath the saying, and I have no idea what that is suppose to be all about...but I digress from thoughts on the simple life) The song carries this idea that whatever is back at home (a girl, a child, a beloved pet, or a nice chair, who knows) is enough to keep him getting through his days and coming home at night happy.  It would be good to live life with that kind of simplicity and joy instead of letting a lot of little things in life get to you and rob you of happiness.
    

Stay classy...and simple.

This video is from a World Cafe performance, its a good listen, but the video isn't great.