a.k.a. Arthur Adams from Discogs.com: Born on Christmas Day in Medon, Tennessee, USA. A veteran blues guitarist of the 1950s-60s, who moved into funk in the 70s with his own releases and working with The Crusaders. The 80s saw him touring on bass for Nina Simone and returning to the blues. ...show more

a.k.a. Arthur Adams from Discogs.com: Born on Christmas Day in Medon, Tennessee, USA. A veteran blues guitarist of the 1950s-60s, who moved into funk in the 70s with his own releases and working with The Crusaders. The 80s saw him touring on bass for Nina Simone and returning to the blues.

He is still recording and performing the blues in the 90s. Allmusic.com, by Bill Dahl: As house bandleader at B.B. King's Los Angeles blues club, Arthur Adams cranks out searing blues for the well-heeled tourists who trod the length of Universal Studios' glitzy City Walk. But the great majority of his transient clientele can't begin to imagine the depth and variety of the guitarist's career.

The shaven-headed Tennessee native began playing guitar in the mid-'50s, taking early inspiration from the man whose name adorns the club that later employed him (Howard Carroll, axeman for gospel's Dixie Hummingbirds, also was a principal influence). He studied music at Tennessee State University, playing briefly with the school's resident jazz and blues aggregation. Touring as a member of singer Gene Allison's band, Adams found himself stranded in Dallas, where he dazzled the locals with his fancy fretwork. Relocating to L.A. ...show less