Arthur Adams: Kick up Some Dust (2023) CD
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Arthur Adams - Kick up Some Dust CD (uudenveroinen)
Label: Cleopatra Blues
Year Of Release: 2023
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
1. It Makes Me Mad (4:30)
2. Starving for Your Love (3:54)
3. Hold on to Me (4:17)
4. Fly with Me to Paradise (4:39)
5. Kick up Some Dust (3:24)
6. I Love You More (4:59)
7. University of Hard Knocks (3:49)
8. Done Got over You (5:04)
9. Cool as a Cucumber (4:15)
10. Thieves of Love (3:10)
11. A Bag of Soul (3:53)
POSTED ON MAY 14, 2023 BY JOHN SACKSTEDER - BLUE BLAST MAGAZINE
Arthur Adams – Kick Up Some Dust | Album Review
Arthur Adams – Kick Up Some Dust
Cleopatra Records
11 tracks – 46 minutes
Arthur Adams was born on Christmas Day, 1943. He began singing in the church choir at age six but did not pick up the guitar until he was in his teens. He studied music at Tennessee State University and played in the school’s resident jazz and blues groups. Howard Carroll, guitarist for the Dixie Hummingbirds was an early influence. In 1964, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he became a session musician for Quincy Jones and Hugh Masekela. Over the years he has performed with and written songs for B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt among many others and played on Bonnie’s album, Nick of Time”. In 1970, he recorded his first album, It’s Private Tonight, for Blue Thumb Records. The album was co-produced by Bonnie Raitt and Tommy Li Puma.
He released four alums in the 1970’s, but then stepped back from his out-front position, only occasionally doing session work and composing songs for others including two tracks for B.B. King’s 1992 album, There is Always one More Time. He also became the house bandleader for B.B.’s Los Angeles blues club. In 1999, he released his first new recording in 20 years. This is his fifth release since that second coming of his music.
This new album features eleven songs that come from his personal observations and conversations. He brought in a large group of friends that have worked with him over the years including drummers James Gadson who worked with Paul McCartney and Marvin Gaye and Greg Brown who was with Thelma Houston and Bobby Womack. Keyboardist Hense Powell also worked with Bobby Womack. Bassist Freddie Washington played with Herbie Hancock and Steely Dan.
The album opens with the soulful “It Makes Me Mad” that “you act like you don’t care for me” which leads into a great guitar run. He advises that he is “Starving For Your Love”, which offers a stinging guitar run that brings some reminiscence of B.B. King and adds horns to the mix. He begs her to “Hold on to Me”, pledging “smooth sailing from now on” in a plaintive plea. On “Fly With me To Paradise” he encourages her “to get aboard his plane” where they will find “joy and happiness…and all of our friends will be there”.
After the first slow, soulful songs, Arthur is ready to “Kick Up Some Dust” with an instrumental with a punching funk groove. He then moves back into a ballad as he declares “I Love You More” citing “my love goes on forever…your smile warms my soul”. Arthur proclaims that he learned his lessons from the “University of Hard Knocks” and advises to “never be no one’s fool” and “there is no instructor to heal a broken heart” in a very robust blues song.
He brings back the funk with his guitar rocking out with a touch of Albert King styled sting on “Done Got Over You” as he “washed himself clean of a bad situation” with The Waters Sisters joining in on backing vocals. He gets a little rock jive going on “Cool as a Cucumber” noting the guy is “known by everyone…the one everyone wants to be”. “Thieves of Love” rolls back into a slow discussion of an affair where they “must meet somewhere where we are clear out of sight”. The album ends with a second instrumental “A Bag of Soul”.
Arthur’s guitar constantly is excellent, and his vocals will bring to mind other soul blues singers, including perhaps Bobby “Blue” Bland. The attached notes for the album advise that later in 2023, Arthur will be touring with Shirley King, B.B.’s daughter, in a tribute to her father and offering stories from the two about their personal interactions with the blues icon. Certainly, something to be on the lookout for this summer.
*****
Blues music veteran and living legend, who has played and written songs with B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Bonnie Raitt and many others, returns to center stage with an undeniable, fully realized new studio album! This album finds the longtime blues guitarist/vocalist reflecting on his life, his loves and the fire that has pushed him to continue to make new music and perform for audiences even well into the 6th decade of his career! Also featues a stellar cast of backing musicians including keyboards by Hense Powell (Lamont Dozier, Bobby Womack), backing vocals from The Waters Sisters (Neil Diamond, Adele, Michael Jackson), bass by Freddie Washington (Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau), drums by James Gadson (Bill Withers, Paul McCartney) and Greg Brown (Thelma Houston, Bobby Womack)!
*****
Arthur Adams (singer)
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For other people named Arthur Adams, see Arthur Adams (disambiguation).
Arthur Adams
Adams performing on stage in 2008
Background information
Also known as Arthur K. Adams
BornDecember 25, 1943 (age 80) Medon, Tennessee, United States
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, bandleader, film score
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Years active 1957–present
LabelsCleopatra Blues, a division of Cleopatra Records, RCA, Kent Records, Jamie Records, Modern Records, Blind Pig, Blue Thumb, Fantasy, Utopia, A&M, Dutchess Records, Chisa Records, Valdot Records, Kind of Blue Music
Websitearthuradamsband.com
Arthur Adams (born December 25, 1943) is an American blues guitarist from Medon, Tennessee. Inspired by B.B. King and other 1950s artists, he played gospel music before attending college. He moved to Los Angeles, and during the 1960s and 1970s he released solo albums and worked as a session musician. In 1985 he was tapped to tour on bass guitar with Nina Simone,[1] and he staged a comeback in the 1990s when he released Back on Track, and became a respected Chicago blues player and bandleader in B.B. King's clubs.
A prolific songwriter,[1] with a blues style that incorporated a variety of genres, and a vocalist with a funky, soul-driven sound, Adams is known for his collaboration with many of blues' elite and continues to perform to date.
Early life[edit]
Arthur Adams was born on December 25, 1943, in Medon, Tennessee.[2] At the age of six, he sang in the church choir,[3] but did not begin playing the guitar until he was a teenager. In the mid-1950s, he learned the instrument from his mother, by copying her finger positions.[2][3] He was inspired by artists such as B.B. King, Howard Carroll of Dixie Hummingbirds,[1][4] Elmore James and Muddy Waters, which he listened to on the radio.[3]
Adams formed a group with his cousins, called the Gospel Travelers,[3] who toured Tennessee and Arkansas.[2] The group was disbanded when he moved to Tennessee to attend the State University,[3] where he studied music and played in the school's resident jazz and blues band.[4]
Professional career[edit]
Adams began playing the blues professionally at a local student bar called the Club Baron. He toured with Gene Allison's band[4] as a backup singer.[3] Allison had success in 1957 with "You Can Make It If You Try" on the Vee-Jay label. Adams was stranded by Allison in Dallas after a tour.[1] He remained there from February 1959 until April 1964, working in local nightclubs including the Clubhouse and the Empire Room, playing with Lightnin' Hopkins, Chuck Berry, Elmore James, and Lowell Fulson. On one occasion, Adams supported Buddy Guy.[3][4] Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Beck, who had a hit record, the instrumental "Pipe Dream" (on the Champion Records label), hired Arthur in 1959.[3] During his early career, he played gospel and blues.[3]
In the early 1960s, he produced several singles, including "If It Ain't One Thing It's Another"/"Willin' To Die" on Philadelphia-based Jamie Records, which was produced in Dallas by Al Klein, who went on to become a Motown representative.[3]
On the Dutchess record label, he released "I Had A Dream" in 1961.[5] He also released "The Same Thing"/"Tend To Your Business" on the Valdot label, which was owned by Nashville songwriter Ted Jarrett.[3]
On some of Adams' records, up until the late 1960s, he was credited as Arthur K. Adams – the "K" being a marketing device, with no particular significance. It was the idea of promoter/singer Scotty McKay (Max Karl Lipscomb).[3]
In 1964, Adams moved to Los Angeles, California, after a DJ in Fort Worth recommended Adams as a session player to Vee-Jay Records. Although he recorded a session, it was never released.[3] That same year, he began working as a session musician full-time, working with Quincy Jones, and recording singles for the notorious Bihari Brothers (on the Kent Records label), and for Hugh Masekela on the Chisa label.[4] The move was lucrative for Adams, who not only made a name for himself in the clubs, but also became a prolific studio musician, contributing to movies and soundtracks, playing on hundreds of sessions with artists ranging from Lou Rawls to Henry Mancini.[6]
He produced both blues and soul music on the Modern label,[3] and with Edna Wright (later lead singer of Honey Cone), he sang a duet called "Let's Get Together", using the name Arthur & Mary.[3] Upon recommendation from Bobby Womack, Adams appeared in the house band for a TV program hosted by NFL defensive tackle Rosey Grier, who was also a singer. This led to further studio work in Los Angeles; he played on recordings by the Jackson 5, Henry Mancini, Lou Rawls, Willie Hutch, Sonny Bono, Nancy Wilson, Kim Weston, the Ballads (on their 1968 single "God Bless Our Love"), Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, Ltd. (on the 1969 single "Black Pearl", produced by Phil Spector), and others.[3] In 1967, Adams performed in a cameo appearance for the made-for-television movie, The Outsider, which starred Darren McGavin, playing a rendition of "She Drives Me Out of My Mind",[1] later released on the Bihari brothers' Modern Records label.[3]
In the late 1960s he recorded several Rhythm and blues records with members of The Crusaders, co-produced by Stewart Levine.[4] In 1969 he released the single "It's Private Tonight" on the Motown-distributed Chisa Records label.[3] He then joined Bob Krasnow's Blue Thumb Records, and released his 1972 debut album, It's Private Tonight.[3] It was co-produced by Bonnie Raitt and Tommy LiPuma.[4] This featured artists such as The Crusaders' keyboardist Joe Sample and saxist Wilton Felder.[3] Conversely, Adams played on many of the Crusaders' 1970 jazz and funk LPs, including The Crusaders 1, The Second Crusade, Unsung Heroes, Those Southern Knights, and Free As the Wind.[3] In February, 1972, he recorded a live album with organ player Jimmy Smith, which was released as Root Down later that year and became one of his most acclaimed albums.
He released four more albums during the decade.[6] Adams' style became progressively more funk-oriented, with the release of three further albums, Home Brew (1975, Fantasy Records), Midnight Serenade (the follow-up, also Fantasy Records), and I Love Love Love My Lady on A&M.[3] He also co-wrote "Truckload of Lovin'" with Jimmy Lewis, which was the eponymous track on Albert King's 1976 Utopia Records album.[3]
During the latter 1970s, Adams changed style and played soul.[3] In 1981 he had a surprise hit called "You Got the Floor" which reached number 1 in the UK disco chart that year and 38 in the UK singles chart. Indeed, in the UK it was the one 12" single track released on RCA records that he will be remembered by. He also recorded more solo albums, but in the 1980s he returned to his blues roots,[3] occasionally working as a session guitarist for various groups.[4] After tiring of session work,[6] in 1985 Adams became the bassist for Nina Simone on her 1995 European tour as well as recording on and contributing songs to the Nina's Back[7] album.[3]
In 1986, he recorded a session for a Church's Fried Chicken commercial, with harpist Chris Smith.[3] By 1987, Adams was fronting his own blues band, and again performing live.[3] He wrote two songs, which appeared on for B.B. King's 1992 album There is Always One More Time.[4] Adams became a bandleader at B. B. King's blues club in Los Angeles,[3][4] often performing with drummer James Gadson.[8]
Adams recorded a version of Ann Peebles soul classic "I Can't Stand the Rain" for the movie Town And Country.[3] He performed at the St. Louis Blues Heritage Festival in August 1997, and in November at the Utrecht Blues Estafette in The Netherlands.[3]
In 1999, he released the album Back on Track, his first solo release in 20 years.[4] B.B. King guested on the album on guitar.[4] This was his first release on the Blind Pig record label.[3][9] Adams wrote eight out of the eleven tracks,[6] combining the three styles of gospel, blues and soul.[10] Tracks include two duets with King ("Got You Next To Me" and "The Long Haul")[3] – both composed by Adams and Will Jennings.[3][9]
In 2004, he released Soul of the Blues.[4]
In September 2012 he released a two-song single called "Feet Back in the Door" produced by multi-Grammy Award-winning musician Keb' Mo'.
In 2019 he released an album called "To Make You Feel Good"
In 2023 he released a full length album called "Kick Up Some Dust"
In 2023 he released a single called "Last Night" produced by Fernando Perdomo which is a cover of the hit song by Morgan Wallen
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
TitleYearLabel
It's Private Tonight1972Blue Thumb
Home Brew1975Fantasy
Midnight Serenade1977Fantasy
I Love Love Love My Lady1979A&M
Back on Track1999Blind Pig
Soul of the Blues2004PM
Stomp the Floor2009Delta Groove
Feet Back in the Door EP2012Kind of Blue Music
Kick Up Some Dust2023Cleopatra Blues
Last Night Single2023Cleopatra Blues
Charted singles[edit]
- "You Got the Floor"[11] (1981) – UK #38[12]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to:a b c d e "Arthur Adams", Artist Releases, Back on Track, Blind Pig Records, pp. Artist releases biography, 2006, archived from the original on December 1, 2009, retrieved January 17, 2010 ^ Jump up to:a b c Larkin 2006 ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Blind Pig Records ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m Bogdanov, Woodstra & Erlewine 2003, p. 2 ^ 45 Discography for Dutchess Records, archived from the original on September 13, 2009, retrieved August 10, 2009 ^ Jump up to:a b c d Houff 1999 ^ "Nina Simone – Nina's Back (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1989. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2014. ^ Living Blues Magazine, p. 41 ^ Jump up to:a b Allmusic "Back on Track" ^ Sikorski, Don (September 1999), "Arthur Adams "Back on Track"", Sound Waves Magazine, archived from the original on September 5, 2008, retrieved August 16, 2009 ^ Rice, Rice & Gambaccini 1990, p. 19 ^ Roberts, David (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.), London: Guinness World Records Limited, p. 14, ISBN 1-904994-10-5
- Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003), All music guide to the blues: the definitive guide to the blues (3, revised ed.), Milwaukee: Backbeat Books, p. 755, ISBN 978-0-87930-736-3, retrieved August 9, 2009 (Allmusic)
- allmusic Back on Track Overview, Allmusic, retrieved August 9, 2009
- Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan; Gambaccini, Paul (1990), Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing, p. 320, ISBN 0-85112-398-8
- Arthur Adams, San Francisco, California: Blind Pig Records, archived from the original on December 1, 2009, retrieved August 9, 2009
- Living Blues Magazine (96–103), University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture, 1991
- Larkin, Colin (2006), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Fourth ed.), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, p. 8904, ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4
- Houff, Dick (1999), Arthur Adams, "Back on Track", Blues on Stage, retrieved August 16, 2009
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