"I started playing In bars at 13," Amos recalled, "Mr. The Amos family subsequently moved to Rockville, where Edison Amos served as pastor of the Rockville United Methodist Church for several years. It was freaking me out to walk down the hall and hear five people playing the same thing." Amos got booted out. "I wasn't fitting in," Amos said, "I wanted to play my own stuff. Admitted to Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory of Music at 5, Amos became a rebel by the age of 11.
Tori may turn out to be another one of those overnight successes who have actually been working at it for a decade. It's not roots rock 'n' roll but it's not techno, either. You can also hear African drum beats, jazz-sounding bass, and even, as the album closes, bagpipes.Īmos said, "When you hear it, you'll see the direction is very contemporary. Amos, a longtime piano player, did most of the record's extensive keyboard work. The album features a variety of musical styles above and beyond the typical rock guitar, bass and drums. Though she appears on the album jacket holding a sword, with fog in the background, Tori's album is not heavy metal-oriented. "She's not rebellious just to be rebellious. It is either a) the name of a band Amos used to play with b) Amos' stage name c) a statement against conformity and traditional accomplishmentsã"It shouldn't matter if Tori can read or not," said Amos d) anything you want it to mean, or e) all/none of the above.Īmos sometimes speaks of her recording alter ego in the third person, "Tori is so fiery, so filled with passion, rebellious," she explained. The album title, Y Kant Tori Read, is mysterious, to put it lightly. "The Big Picture" video has made it to MTV, though it hasn't aired on prime time yet. The record, out about a month, is starting to get attention, having soared to the top of the charts in Idaho, a test market. D.C., piano bar performer, has taken on the guise of Y Kant Tori Read and recorded for Atlantic Records, one of the biggest labels in the world. This 24-year-old Potomac minister's daughter, a graduate of Richard Montgomery High School and a veteran Washington. "It took us all night to do the video," said Ellen Amos.
In addition to singing and playing piano, Tori swung a sword and danced. Tori sported several different outfits: a white skirt one moment, black leather the next. On the video, Tori was singing "The Big Picture," the first single from Y Kant Tori Read's new self-titled album. Edison Amos, the pastor at Potomac United Methodist Church, watched from the doorway. )įrom the Gazette (Montgomery County, Maryland)Įllen Amos was sitting in her parents' Potomac bedroom watching a music video by Y Kant Tori Read. I guess the rest of the nation did not feel the same way Idaho did. (Thanks to Richard for scaning it.) One part of the article that is really humorous is when it talks about the album soaring to the top of the charts in Idaho, which was a test market for the album. You can read this amazing older article below, and see a scan of the photo that was posted with the article.
The article is about Y Kant Tori Read and includes an interview with Tori. Richard Handal discovered an article from the Gazette newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland from June 22, 1988.
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