Category: History/ Biography
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My Via Chicago
Every guitar has a story. “Tell me about that guitar, Tom,” asked fellow guitarist friend Bill Eyster, between songs at a friend’s party/gig the other night. “What kind is it?” I gave him some details on its provenance, Epiphone, mid-range price, a little over 20 years old…that I always liked its warm tone. But what…
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Baby, One More Shot
Bonus content and commentary to my Podcast episode with Troy Yeager. If you stream the song, you’ll see the art work features a young man in a leather jacket whispering into the ear of a young woman. The story behind the cover: the name of the EP was “Dive Bar Girl,” also the name of…
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God Only Knows -AS&AF S3 Ep. 3
Here is episode 3 guest Mike and I singing “If I stand” by Rich Mullins. This performance was filmed in 2019. Mike started playing drums with me and Daniel for M.Cotu in 1997. But this performance was the first time we sang together. Like so many of our peers who grew up in the 80s…
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Falling Star – AS&AF S3 Ep. 2
Accompanying each episode is a “bonus features” blog entry of fun randomnimity (whatever that is.) Click here for Mike’s Episode. A little more about the Friend… I call him Mike, but a lot of people call him Michael. And like the archangel, Mike’s postivity while drumming has defended my songs time and again from the…
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Star Day
“I think people should all go outside tonight and look at the stars, its the perfect weather for it…this could be a holiday, star-day.” Thus spoke a violin student of mine one June 1st a number of years ago. At the time, Lauren, was 10 years old, bright eyed, full of humor, and very talented…
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1999
Another look at my music making past. ’99 was another huge year. A year of firsts and beginnings. Elizabeth and I got married. M.Cotu finished a studio LP, “World of Green.” The year started with my first out of state, professionally promoted, multi-band concert experience. Cassopolis, Michigan is a small town, but it was a…
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1998
Here’s this week’s installment of historic Tom pics. 1998 bridged the end of sophmore year of college and the start of my junior. I had my 20th birthday. In April, I asked Elizabeth to marry me, she said yes. Daniel and I were roommates, but M.Cotu was more of an idea than a reality. He…
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1997
Here is the next installment of historic Tom pictures. A very important year in my growth and establishment of my musical “tribe.” As promised, here is the earliest photo of my first band, M.Cotu, with Daniel Lambert on the left playing Bass and Tin Whistle. January 1997. Another Student Center Talent Show. As you can…
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Good King Wenceslas (~10 years on)
Tom Adamson and the Texarkana Two – “Good King Wenceslas” Click this link. “It’s still Christmas!” This was the common refrain of Jarod Pearson of St. Agnes’ parish in Cowan, Tennessee, each year after Dec. 25. It was something I admired in him, a gentle application of catholic tradition to a southern, Anglican spirituality. The…
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