- Tom Adams (musician)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Tom Adams
Img_capt = Tom Adams - final performance on banjo, Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival,September 2 ,2007
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Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1958|11|17
Origin =Gettysburg, Pennsylvania , USA
Instrument =Banjo Guitar
Genre = Bluegrass
Occupation = BluegrassArtist
Years_active = 1968 – Present
Label =Rounder Records
URL = [http://www.adamscountybanjo.com/ www.adamscountybanjo.com]
Notable_instruments = Gold Star GF-100W 5-String BanjoTom Adams (born
November 17 ,1958 ) is a bluegrass musician born inGettysburg, Pennsylvania . Featured as abanjo player on recordings made between 1974 and 2006 with The Adams Brothers,The Johnson Mountain Boys , The Lynn Morris Band,Blue Highway ,Rhonda Vincent , Dale Ann Bradley,Michael Cleveland and many others, the neurological disorder known as focal handdystonia has forced Tom to continue his career in bluegrass music as aguitar player and vocalist. Adams was also a member ofJimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (1983-1985) but Martin was not actively recording during that period. [http://www.centralpa.org/archives/05augcentralstories.html#story1 Excerpt from article By Ann E. Diviney, August 2005 issue of Central PA Magazine] ]In the spring of 2008 Tom (on guitar) formed Diamond Joe, a bluegrass band based in south-central
Pennsylvania , with Chris Warner (banjo), Mark Seitz (mandolin) and Steve Streett (bass). The group disbanded in July, 2008, when Tom began rehearsals with Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band to replace vocalist and guitarist Wayne Taylor in Emerson's group. [http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/tom-adams-to-sweet-dixie-band/ The Bluegrass Blog - Tom Adams to Sweet Dixie Band] ]Discography
* "Right Hand Man" (Rounder Records, 1990)
* "Rounder Banjo Extravaganza "Live", withTony Trischka and Tony Furtado (Rounder Records, 1992)
* "Adams County Banjo" (Rounder Records, 2001)
* "Live at the Ragged Edge", withMichael Cleveland (Rounder Records, 2004)Awards
*IBMA Album of the Year - 1990 (At the Old Schoolhouse,
The Johnson Mountain Boys )
*IBMA Banjo Player of the Year - 1992
*IBMA Banjo Player of the Year - 1993
*IBMA Entertainer of the Year - 2001 (with Rhonda Vincent & the Rage)
*IBMA Banjo Player of the Year - 2002
*IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year - 2004 (Live at the Ragged Edge, withMichael Cleveland )
*IBMA Best Liner Notes - 2006 (Let 'Er Go Boys,Michael Cleveland )
*IBMA Recorded Event of the Year - 2007 (Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular)References
* [http://www.rounder.com Official Website of Rounder Records]
* [http://www.ibma.org/ibma.awards/recipients/index.asp List of Recipients of Awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association]
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