Jay Boy Adams ~ Tennessee Stud

Smokin' Jay Boy Adams and guitar-slinging prodigy/protege Will Owen-Gage rip it up on "Tennessee Stud" (Jimmy Driftwood) with Flaco Jimenez, bassist Ronnie Leatherman (nee Thirteenth Floor Elevators) at the Bluebonnet Blues Festival on a hot spring afternoon in Texas. First, what can you say about the legendary Flaco Jimenez -- brilliant accordionist,perhaps the only guy playing accomplished accordion with a jazz sensibility (okay, actually there's the fantatsic Joel Guzman and the phenomenal Esteban Jordan too). And there's Ronnie Leatherman, one of two of our neighbors here with a history in the seminal punk/psychedelic band the Thirteenth Floor Elevators. I've always loved how Ronnie plays as though nothing can faze him. What a fantastic combination on stage. And let's talk about the grand old man up there, J.B. Adams. I first saw Adams at a midsummer concert in 1973 where he was on the bill with Willie Nelson, Wishbone Ash, It's a Beautiful Day, Blue Oyster Cult and headliners ZZ Top. Willie was the opener, unknown at the time to us wee rockers, but just starting the movement later to be known as Redneck Rock (a la Jan Reid) or Progressive Country. Soon all of us were crossing all the boundaries. Adams was the young hotshot guitarist of the day, trading licks with Billy Gibbons, and getting tons of looks, but he vanished into some obscurity around 1980. He re-emerged in the late 90s, and to my thinking was especially re-energized by the finding of, and mentoring of young Will, in much the same way that Gibbons had taken him under his wing. And Will Owen-Gage of whom you'll be hearing lots more. I believe Owen-Gage was 17 at the time of this gig. Gage got tons of experience playing with Adams' Roadhouse Scholars just south of town here, and the benefit is obvious. Adams told me his one wish was that Will would find the melody in his runs instead of becoming just another lightning-fingered clone. In this and the other clips i'll be posting I think that's just what you'll hear -- a young man on the verge of being found by the music world largely because there is so much music in his lines. And he can sing too.

filmed 2 April 2006 in Marble Falls, Texas
by tony gallucci, milk river film
special thanks to Kathleen Hudson
and everyone at the Bluebonnet Blues Festival

check 'em out here:
http://www.willowen-gage.com/
http://www.jayboyadams.com/
http://www.bluebonnetblues.com/


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[socialist18]

wtf are you talkin about jay adams?

[milkriverfilm]

jay adams, the skater? no he's in a film by my old classmate catherine hardwicke, this is about jay boy adams. . . i skate too man . . . you oughta read the notes on a film instead of just randomly commenting . . . doesn't look too good . . .

[milkriverfilm]

what are you taking about? i never said it was Esteban Jordan? read what i said . . .

[Featureman]

Good performance.

[dylanelvis]

Holy S**T, this is cool!!!! How come it's not available on CD? When are we going to see them on LenoLettermanOBrien??

[yodl2me]

Michael Guerra is pretty damn good too. He plays with Shawn Sham and the Tex Mex Experience, The Texas Tornadoes and The Krayolas. No doubt though, Flaco is the master of the squeeze box!

[mseagletx]

Man on the squeeze box is not Esteban Jordan but Mr. Flaco Jimenez, this I know for a fact because I am Mr. Jordan's daughter.