Johnny Adams
photo: Bruno of Hollywood
7 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages audio, 1985
Growing up in New Orleans, gospel roots, the country music connection and much more.
File format: mp3; file size: 59.8mb, total interview length: 1h 02' 15" sound quality: ***
List of articles in the library
Johnny Adams: Club Lingerie, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Don Waller, Los Angeles Times, 30 January 1984
JOHNNY ADAMS IN LOCAL DEBUT ...
Earl King, Johnny Adams: Nugget Club, Long Beach CA
Live Review by Don Waller, Los Angeles Times, 3 March 1986
KING: ORIGINAL LICKS ...
Johnny Adams Creeps Up On Some Recognition
Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 23 September 1984
NEW ORLEANS — Sometimes talent alone isn't enough to forge a successful career in pop music. ...
Johnny Adams and Percy Mayfield: A Blues Gem From A Surprising Pairing
Report and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 15 April 1990
Walking on a Tightrope album mixes Johnny Adams' vocals and Percy Mayfield compositions ...
Johnny Adams: Heart And Soul; Eddie Floyd Down To Earth
Review by Charlie Gillett, Creem, October 1971
If anybody doubts that this is a poverty-stricken era for popular music, let him name a black solo male singer whose records he looks forward ...
Johnny Adams: The Tan Nightingale (Charly)
Review by Barney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, 1987
CHARLY FOLLOW-UP their 1978 reissue of Johnny's Heart And Soul album with a wider-ranging retrospective on the man also known as the Tan Canary. (Given ...
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