Biography
Arthur Adams (born December 25, 1943) is an American blues guitarist from Medon, Tennessee. Inspired by B.B. King and other 1950s artists, he played gospel music before attending college. He moved to Los Angeles, and during the 1960s and 1970s he released solo albums and worked as a session musician. In 1985 he was tapped to tour on bass guitar with Nina Simone, and he staged a comeback in the 1990s when he released Back on Track, and became a respected Chicago blues player and bandleader in B.B. King's clubs. A prolific songwriter, with a blues style that incorporated a variety of genres, and a vocalist with a funky, soul-driven sound, Adams is known for his collaboration with many of blues' elite and continues to perform to date.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Gorilla
1975
Nick Of Time
1989
Street Life
1979
Body Heat
1974
Garcia
1974
Root Down - Jimmy Smith Live!
1972
Walking In Space
1969
Free As The Wind
1977
Smackwater Jack
1971
Quannum Spectrum
1999
Those Southern Knights
1976
We Got By
1975
Get On The Good Foot
1972
Woga
1972
Crusaders 1
1972
Home
2003
Extra Soul Perception
1968
This Is How We Do It
1995
Awakening = アウェイクニング
1982
Inherit The Wind
1980
Rim Arrives
1980
Sweet Harmony
1976
Italian Graffiti
1974
The 2nd Crusade
1973
Credited work
1,606 releases · 206 albums · active 1961–2025
- Performance · 2,228
- Other credits · 70
- Production · 19
Studios: Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Hollywood Sound Recorders · Ocean Way Recording · Record Plant, Los Angeles
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Nina Simone
- The Crusaders
- Quincy Jones
- Hugh Masekela
- Side Effect
- The Jazz Crusaders
- Letta Mbulu