Arthur Adams

Arthur Adams (born December 25, 1943) is an American blues guitarist from Medon, Tennessee. Inspired by B.B. King and other 1950s artists, he played gospel music before attending college. He moved to Los Angeles, and during the 1960s and 1970s he released solo albums and worked as a session musician. In 1985 he was tapped to tour on bass guitar with Nina Simone, and he staged a comeback in the 1990s when he released Back on Track, and became a respected Chicago blues player and bandleader in B.B. King's clubs.

A prolific songwriter, At the age of six, he sang in the church choir, Elmore James and Muddy Waters, which he listened to on the radio.

In the early 1960s, he produced several singles, including "If It Ain't One Thing It's Another"/"Willin' To Die" on Philadelphia-based Jamie Records, which was produced in Dallas by Al Klein, who went on to become a Motown representative. He also released "The Same Thing"/"Tend To Your Business" on the Valdot label, which was owned by Nashville songwriter Ted Jarrett.

He produced both blues and soul music on the Modern label, He also recorded more solo albums, but in the 1980s he returned to his blues roots, album.

Adams recorded a version of Ann Peebles soul classic "I Can't Stand the Rain" for the movie Town And Country. Adams wrote eight out of the eleven tracks, Tracks include two duets with King ("Got You Next To Me" and "The Long Haul") (1981) – UK #38