It’s the first time Doctor Roberts and I have ever played guitar together-something we plan to do on stage in the coming months. I’m still surprised how many clues were buried in “Hollywood Blues” long before I had even started writing Cookies & Milk. I carried my acoustic guitar with me on the road -looking for a way to bring the stories in the book closer to my songs. Evidently, all was preparation for Cookies & Milk, an ode to the strength of family and the power of forgiveness, set to an insistent, life-affirming beat.Īmos recorded the new version of “Hollywood Blues” after his 2022 book tour, in the backporch blues style of The Cause of It All, a duo record with Chris “Doctor” Roberts that brought ancestors into the room-Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, who all influenced his life and work.
Instead of hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica, Ellis has to help bring his dad's latest farfetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: open the. Ellis Bailey Johnson has the summertime blues. Shawn helped make his father’s cookie hustle real. It's a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this acclaimed novel that's as irresistible as a fresh-baked cookie. The only child of William Morris agent-turned-cookie entrepreneur, Wally “Famous” Amos, and singer Shirley “Shirl-ee May” Ellis, young Shawn spent hours in shadowy nightclubs, on the funky streets of ‘70s Hollywood, and in his own broken home, listening intently to people’s stories.
A new animated series Cookies & Milk is in development at Disney Television Animation with Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland of Cinema Gypsy Productions set to executive produce alongside Amos. The Reverend Shawn Amos is sharing a new single, an acoustic version of “Hollywood Blues” which he declares the official theme song to his celebrated semi-autobiographical young adult novel, Cookies & Milk (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers).
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