I hosted the last show of the summer at the Woodland Park Zoo on Wednesday and was pleasantly filming an Amos song for you, dear readers. I wanted to capture how funny this Philly fellow has become. When I first saw him (opening for Dylan at The Paramount before his debut album had even hit the stores), he seemed so quiet and shy. Who knew such a broad sense of humor was lurking beneath that stubbly beard and sultry voice?

As he started this song, it was obvious he was having a great time teasing the crowd with his amorous affections. He was about to introduce his bandmate (and opener) Mutlu, when tragedy struck: my Flip Cam ran out of space!! What followed was one of the funniest in-song improvisations I’ve ever seen. Mutlu and Amos transformed into a Flight Of The Conchords-type duo, telling tall tales of angels and elephants and half-angel babies conceived that night.

But I captured none of it. And the quality of this vid leaves a lot to be desired.

So help me… did you go to the zoo for Amos? Did you capture the rest of this song? If so, send me a link and I’ll post it for all to see!

In the meantime there’s this:

Oh, and this photo of Amos and the band gather round the mic for a cool version of The Allmans “Midnight Rambler.”

- Shawn