James Wallace Adams,
*ca 1949 Fort Worth, TX United States
3rd version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS
1977 Hollywood, CA – Jay Boy Adams (Jay Boy Adams [vcl/ac gt/el gt], David
Lindley [lap steel/ banjo/ fiddle], Cal Freeman [pedal steel], David Bentley
[bass gt], Ken Murray [drums], Paul Culver [piano]. Producer: Bill Ham)
001 33676 NINE HARD YEARS Atlantic 3437/D-18221
002 33677 MITCHELL COUNTY SUNSET Atlantic SD-18221
003 33678/34278-SP* THE LEGEND OF JACK DIAMOND Atlantic 3437/SD-18221 [short
version:*] 3437
004 33679 SEW A SAIL Atlantic SD-18221
005 33680 YOU DON'T MISS THINGS (WHEN THEY‘RE GONE) Atlantic SD-18221
006 33681 LADIES 'ROUND THE RIVER Atlantic SD-18221
007 33682 MOUNTAINS AND AIRPLANE Atlantic SD-18221
008 33683 CACTUS CAFE Atlantic SD-18221
009 33684 IN RAIN IN SPRING Atlantic SD-18221
010 33685 COPPER MOUNTAIN Atlantic SD-18221
ca. April 1978 Ardent Studio, Memphis, TN/A + M recording Studio, Hollywood,
CA/ Sunset Sound Studio, Hollywood, CA – Jay Boy Adams (Jay Boy Adams [vcl/gt/percussion], Paul Culver
[el gt/piano/bcj vcl], Woodrow Key [el gt/bck vcl], Danny Raines [bass/bck
vcl], Danny Darling [drums/bck vcl] + Jackson Browne [vcl-1], David Landley
[lap steel/fiddle/banjo], David Campbell [viola-2], Sid Page [fiddle-3].
Producer: Bill Ham)
011 35489 FORK IN THE ROAD -2 Atlantic SD-19195
012 35490 SADDLE TRAMP (THE ORIGINAL) Atlantic SD-19195
013 35491 BOY FROM THE BAD LAND Atlantic SD-19195
014 35492 SUPERKICKER -3 Atlantic 3532/SD-19195
015 35493 LONG LINE WRITER Atlantic SD-19195
016 35494/36057-SP* I CAN GET BY -1 Atlantic 3532*/SD-19195
017 35495 TENNESSEE STUD Atlantic SD-19195
018 35496 STRAY DOGS AND ALLEY CATS Atlantic SD-19195
019 35497 SPOTLIGHTS AND LIMOUSINES Atlantic SD-19195
late 1980/early 1981 Capricon Recording Studio, Macon, GA –
Jay Boy Adams
Unknown tracks for unfinished album for Capricorn
2006 Don Caldwell Studios, Lubock, TX – Jay Boy Adams (Jay Boy
Adams [vcl/ac gt], Jack Ingram [vcl], Ray Benson [vcl], Will Owen-Gage [ac gt],
Gary Birdwell [ac gt], Monty Byrom [ac gt], Brian McRae [ac gt], Mike Carraway,
Marty Stuart [mandolin], Todd Caldwell [Fender Rhodes piano], Don Caldwell
[horns], Mark Butzirus, Dr. Leon Armstead, Don Armstead, Toby Caldwell, Joe
Ammons, Ronnie Leatherman [bck vcl])
[overdub sessions [1]: Bonus Room Studio, Nashville, TN - James
Pennebaker [steel-1/fiddle-2]; [2] Casa Del Norte Studio, Nashville, TN – Lee Roy
Parnell [el slide gt-2]]
031 THE SHOE BOX -1
[1] Image 7057-2
032 LIFE IN A SMALL
TOWN -1 [1] Image 7057-2
033 COLOR YOU GONE
Image 7057-2
034 JOHN THE
REVELATOR Image 7057-2
035 MISSISSIPPI TO
ABILENE Image 7057-2
036 SHOWMAN'S LIFE [2]
Image 7057-2
037 MORO BAY Image
7057-2
038 BOTTLE AND THE
BIBLE Image 7057-2
039 LIFE AND FATE
Image 7057-2
040 FOR HOME -2 [1]
Image 7057-2
041 WAITIN' ON FIVE
O'CLOCK Image 7057-2
042 WATER FOR MY
HORSES Image 7057-2
2013 Don Caldwell Studios, Lubock, TX – Jay Boy Adams (Jay
Boy Adams [vcl/gt/ back vcl], Monty Byrom [gt/ back vcl], Aaron Hatmaker [bass
gt/back vcl], Brian McRae [drums/ gt/bck vcl],Todd Caldwell [keyboards], Joel
Guzman [accordion], Toby Caldwell [bck vcl]. Producer: Jay Boy Adams, Monty Byrom)
043 JUDGEMENT DAY Smith Music Group 7183
044 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Smith Music Group 7183
045 HOW LONG HOW LONG Smith Music Group 7183
046 LET IT GO Smith Music Group 7183
047 ROAD TO GOOD INTENTIONS Smith Music Group 7183
048 BETTER DAYS Smith Music Group 7183
049 WHEN YOU LAY ME DOWN Smith Music Group 7183
050 I DO I DON'T Smith Music Group 7183
051 SONG FOR ADAM Smith Music Group 7183
052 BORN IN THE COUNTRY Smith Music Group 7183
053 COUNT YOUR FRIENDS Smith Music Group 7183
2013 Kitchen Sink Studio, Chupadero, NM – Jay Boy Adams and
Zenobia (Jay Boy Adams [vcl], Zenobia [vcl/keyboards], Trixie Merkin [bass gt], Josh English [drums])
054 WEIGHT Smith Music Group 7183
055 HOW LONG, HOW LONG RHR 1079
056 HOUND DOG RHR 1079
057 WATER FOR MY HORSES RHR 1079
058 BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN RHR 1079
059 YELLOW MOON RHR 1079
060 ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY
RHR 1079
061 JOHN THE REVELATOR RHR 1079
062 I'D RATHER GO BLIND RHR 1079
063 AFTER MIDNIGHT RHR 1079
064 FEEL LIKE BREAKING UP SOMEBODY'S HOME RHR 1079
ALBUMS
Atlantic SD-18221 Jay Boy Adams: Nine Hard Years; Mitchell County
Sunset; Legend of Jack Diamond; Sew a Sail; You Don¢t Miss Things (When They're
Gone); Ladies ¢Round The River; Mountains And Airplane; Cactus Cafe; In Rain In
Spring; Copper Mountain – 77 (reissued on Wounded Bird 8221 in 2010; MX:
ST-A-773865/6)
Atlantic SD-19195 Fork In The Road: Fork In The Road; Saddle Tramp (The
Original); Boy From The Bad Land; Superkicker; Long Line Writer; I Can Get By;
Tennessee Stud; Stray Dogs And Alley Cats; Spotlights And Limousines – 10-08-78
(reissued on Wounded Bird 9195 in 2010)
Rockin’Heart RHR 7057 2006 The Shoe Box: Shoe Box; Life In A Small Town; Color You
Gone; John the Revelator; Mississippi to Abilene; Showman's Life; Moro Bay; Bottle
and the Bible; Life and Fate; For Home; Waitin' on Five O'Clock; Water for My
Horses – 06-02-07
Rockin’Heart RHR 5051/2014
Let It Go: Judgement
Day; Let the Good Times Roll; How Long How Long; Let It Go; Road to Good
Intentions; Better Days; When You Lay Me Down; I Do I Don't; Song for Adam;
Born in the Country; Count Your Friends; Weight - 13-05-14 (also on Smith Music Group 7183)
Rockin’Heart RHR 1079/2014 How Long How Long: How Long, How Long; Hound
Dog; Water For My Horses; Born Under A Bad Sign; Yellow Moon; Angel From
Montgomery; John The Revelator; I'd Rather Go Blind; After Midnight; Feel Like
Breaking Up Somebody's Home – 24-06-14 with Zenobia
SINGLES
Atlantic (1977-78)
3437 The Legend Of Jack Diamond / Nine Hard Years – 10-77
3437 The Legend Of Jack Diamond [LP version] / The Legend Of
Jack Diamond [long version] –10- 77 (Promo)
3532 I Can Get By / Superkicker – 78
