b. 25 December 1940; Medon (near Jackson), TN
Adams learned to play his uncle’s Silvertone guitar.
Gospel music shaped his first interest in music, but he
soon switched to blues. In the early 1960s, Adams
moved to Los Angeles where he became a top studio
guitarist, writing songs for television movies and touring the United States and Europe with soul divas
(Nina Simone, Diana Ross, Maria Muldaur, and
others) before achieving a dream and becoming head
of the house band at B. B. King’s club in Los Angeles
in 1995. In 1999 he recorded his first blues album and
started an unending series of gigs in clubs and festivals throughout the world.
ROBERT SACRE´
Bibliography
AMG (Bill Dahl)
Bock, Scott M. ‘‘Arthur Adams: I’m workin’, I’m workin’ ’’
Juke Blues (London) no. 49 (Spring 2001): 12–16.
Discography: AMG; LSFP
Back on Track (1999, Blind Pig CD-5055).
Soul of the Blues (2003, PMRC PM2–60301).