C. C. Adcock | |
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Birth name | Charles Clinton Adcock |
Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Lafayette, Louisiana |
Genres | Electric blues,swamp blues, cajun, zydeco, folk rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer film and television composer |
Years active | 1980s–present |
Associated acts | Lil' Band O' Gold |
Website | www |
C. C. Adcock (born Charles Clinton Adcock, 1971,Lafayette, Louisiana) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and blues rock musician, noted for his cajun, zydeco, electric blues and swamp pop-influenced sound and for his efforts to preserve and promote swamp pop music. He's also a Grammy-nominated music and film producer and film and TV composer.
Adcock was first signed to Island Records at the age of 22 by noted record producer and A&R man Denny Cordell, who also produced Adcock's debut album. The two met when they were both working at a Hollywood soundstage in Lafayette, Louisiana. Adcock has worked with Academy-Award-winning composer and record producer Jack Nitzsche, and he has produced his own recordings as well as the work of artists including Robert Plant, Florence + The Machine, Nick Cave and Neko Case, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys and Doyle Bramhall. He has also worked as a composer and music supervisor for television shows and motion pictures including "30 Beats" and Academy-Award-winning director William Friedkin's Killer Joe.
He writes, records and tours with his band The Lafayette Marquis as well as swamp pop supergroup Lil' Band O' Gold. He has performed and toured with Bo Diddley, Buckwheat Zydeco, as well as alongside his mentor, Lafayette, Louisiana guitarist Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal in Cowboy Stew Blues Revue.