Jay Boy Adams
| Jay Boy Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Wallace Adams December 8, 1949 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, United States |
| Residence | Lubbock, Comfort, Kendall County, Texas |
| Alma mater | Colorado City High School, University of North Texas, Texas Tech University |
| Occupation | Musician; vocalist, businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Mary F. Adams |
| Website | http://www.jayboyadams.com/ |
James Wallace "Jay Boy" Adams (born December 8, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Lubbock and San Antonio, Texas, known particularly for storytelling in his songs.
Adams was born in Fort Worth but reared in Colorado City, the seat of Mitchell County south of Snyder in West Texas, where his father was the local Chevrolet dealer and a rancher. Upon graduation in 1967 from Colorado City High School, he entered the University of North Texas at Denton, then North Texas State University, which is known for its arts and music curricula. There one of his English classmates was Don Henley, later with the Eagles. Adams also met Gary Nicholson while at NTSU. Adams went to Dallas, to hear the guitarist Bugs Henderson, who played an impact on Adams's musical development. He fondly credits the late nights spent listening to Henderson for the neglect of his college studies.
With hopes of a musical career of his own, Adams left UNT after two years and moved to Houston. There he met John Carrick whose mother was the owner of Sand Mountain Coffee House. His first solo performing was at Sand Mountain along with Carrick, Bobbie Jo Gentry, Jerry Jeff Walker and others. Adams and Carrick formed "Hayseed" a short lived band experimenting with original songs and then performing in and around Houston and at Alan's Landing. Once there, Adams met the guitarist Billy Gibbons of The Moving Sidewalks, and played at The Cellar. In late 1969 he moved to Midland where he joined the house band at The Chateau Club led by Johnny Heartsman. Adams credited Heartsman as a major influence. He attended Howard College, a community college in Big Spring, Texas, with the goal of improving his grade-point average so that he could re-enter a university. Meanwhile, he lost his draft deferment during the Vietnam War.
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