eddie adcock

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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine he also had set two track records at Manassas, VA. Not only did he box and race, he also performed various blue-collar jobs to pay the rent. All the time, he played music at night.Eddie Adcock didnt begin his professional musical career until 1953, when he joined Smokey Graves usually they added this material at the urging of Adcock. The Country Gentlemen rode to popularity in the late 50s as part of the folk boom and continued to be one of the most popular bluegrass，folk bands in the country throughout the 60s. At the end of the 60s, Adcock began to feel constrained by the Country Gentlemen. He wanted to experiment with different musical genres, which he felt the band wasnt willing to do. Consequently, he quit the Gentlemen and moved to California, where he formed a country-rock band called the Clinton Special. While he performed with the group he used the pseudonym Clinton Codack. The band recorded only one single, Just as You Are I Love You，Blackberry Fence, which was released on MGM Records; the A-side of the single was featured in the 1971 film The Horsemen. After the Clinton Special fell apart, Adcock headed back east, where he formed another group, II Generation with Bob White, A.L. Wood, Wendy Thatcher, and Jimmy Gaudreau, who used to play with the Country Gentlemen. II Generations lineup changed frequently during the 70s, but it gelled around 1974 when Martha Hearon joined the group. Hearon played guitar for the band and wrote a good share of its material; she also married Adcock soon after she joined. II Generation was active throughout the 70, releasing a handful of albums on the Rome, Rebel, and CMH labels.Adcock and Hearon disbanded the group in 1980 and moved to Tennessee, where they formed a trio called Talk of the Town with bassist Missy Raines. In the mid-80s, Adcock launched a solo career, releasing a series of cassette-only collections on CMH. In the 90s, he began releasing albums on compact disc, as well as performing with an all-star bluegrass outfit called the Masters. After nearly 40 years in the music business, Eddie Adcock remained as popular as he ever was, touring all around the world. (更多)