Johnny Adams

Johnny Adams
Born: Jan 5, 1932 in New Orleans, LA
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Died: Sep 14, 1998 in Baton Rouge, LA
Genre: Blues
Styles: New Orleans R&B, Soul, Early R&B, Soul-Blues, Retro-Soul, New Orleans Blues
Biography: Renowned around his Crescent City home base as "the Tan Canary" for his extraordinary set of soulfully soaring pipes, veteran R&B vocalist Johnny Adams tackled an exceptionally wide variety of material for Rounder in his later years; elegantly rendered tribute albums to legendary songwriters Doc Pomus ...Read full biography
Man Of My Word
Released: 1998
Label: Rounder Records
Critics' Rating:
Adams kept cranking out solo albums for the Rounder imprint and this one was the ninth such effort, finding him in tip-top shape vocally and in full command of his consummate powers. In addition to top-notch ...Read full review
Room With A View Of The Blues
Released: 1987
Label: Rounder Records
Critics' Rating:
Although calling Johnny Adams a blues singer is far too confining, he's certainly among the finest to perform in that idiom. He's equally brilliant at slow or uptempo numbers, can effectively convey irony, ...Read full review
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