Tom Adams (musician)

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Tom Adams
Tom Adams - final performance on banjo, Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, September 2nd, 2007
Background information
Born	November 17, 1958 (1958-11-17) (age 49)
Origin	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s)	Bluegrass
Occupation(s)	Bluegrass Artist
Instrument(s)	Banjo Guitar
Years active	1968 – Present
Label(s)	Rounder Records
Website	www.adamscountybanjo.com
Notable instrument(s)
Gold Star GF-100W 5-String Banjo

Tom Adams (born November 17, 1958) is a bluegrass musician born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Featured as a banjo 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 hand dystonia has forced Tom to continue his career in bluegrass music as a guitar player and vocalist. Adams was also a member of Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (1983-1985) but Martin was not actively recording during that period.^[1]

Tom's current band is Diamond Joe, a bluegrass band based in south-central Pennsylvania.

[edit] Discography

Right Hand Man (Rounder Records, 1990)
Rounder Banjo Extravaganza "Live" with Tony Trischka and Tony Furtado (Rounder Records, 1992)
Adams County Banjo (Rounder Records, 2001)
Live at the Ragged Edge with Michael Cleveland (Rounder Records, 2004)

[edit] 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, with Michael Cleveland)
IBMA Best Liner Notes - 2006 (Let 'Er Go Boys, Michael Cleveland)