George Adams / Bio
George
Adams has been singing, playing guitar, and writing songs since he was
ten years old. His versatile voice, which has a four-octave range,
carries all styles of music with ease. George plays acoustic and
electric guitars, piano, bass, pedal steel guitar, and harmonica. He is
animated on stage and is very in tune with his audience. Not only is he
a great musician, he can make you laugh, too! He likes to have good
time when he entertains and wants to make sure his audience does, as
well.
He
has entertained in many different ways: as a solo guitarist and singer
(in lounges and as a strolling guitarist and balladeer), as guitarist
and lead singer in duo and trio acts and bands, even as lead singer and
emcee in a Las Vegas show. Some highlights of his career to date are as
follows, in chronological order:
George
was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the highly acclaimed and
successful country rock band “The Secrets”. They
were winners of the Northeast Regional Marlboro Country Music Talent
Roundup, in May of 1987, going on to release two albums,
“Lovers In Trouble” and “Change Of
Heart” on the independent record label, Hatch Records.
In
1994 George was hand picked by Opryland USA Productions to be the
headline entertainer and emcee in “Nashville, USA”,
a high energy country music show at the brand new Boomtown Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas. This was a critically acclaimed show which ran for
six months and featured ten singers, a seven piece band, and eight
dancers.
In
2002, he was a featured entertainer for nine weeks on the cruise ship
“Royal Olympia Voyager” of the Royal Olympic Cruise
Line, sailing to Mexico, Belize, and Honduras seven days a week. He
entertained passengers both poolside and in the lounges, sometimes on
piano, and most often on guitar.
He
has been the opening act, either as a soloist or with a band, for many
notable entertainers, including Vince Gill, Pam Tillis, The Judds,
Alabama, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs, Glen Campbell,
Nicolette Larson, Jo-El Sonnier, Jerry Reed, Delbert McClinton, Porter
Wagoner, Sylvia, Roger McGuinn, Jonathan Edwards, and others.
Having
lived in Nashville for many years, George has also had the opportunity
to entertain such celebrities as Larry Gatlin, Liza Minnelli, Ivana
Trump, Roger McGuinn, Carl Perkins, Lee Greenwood, Ronnie McDowell,
Tracy Lawrence, Janie Fricke, Curly Putman, Buddy Killen, T. Graham
Brown, Billy Dean, Barbara Mandrell, Jack Palance, A.J. Foyt, Bobby
Allison, Gaylord Perry, and more. Most of these performances were at
the legendary Stockyard Restaurant and Bullpen Lounge, a longtime
Nashville institution where George performed six nights per week for
six years.
George
Adams has the talent, the look, the sound, the savvy, the drive, and
the experience to entertain any group of people. He is equally
comfortable as a soloist or with a great band, both on land and at sea!
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