Amos Lee's smoky voice has many fans among his contemporaries, including Adele,
Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, and Paul Simon. Born Ryan Massaro in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 20, 1977, he studied English to become a
teacher and also worked as a bartender before throwing himself into a career in
music, inspired by a broad array of music from jazz, rock, country, folk and
blues. Starting off performing at open mic sessions, he got gigs opening for
blues legends B.B King and Mose Allison and was subsequently discovered by Norah
Jones, who invited him on tour. Jones's bass pl...