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Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938) [1] is an American banjoist and guitarist . His professional career as a five-string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, Virginia.
Eddie appeared on numerous LP and single recordings with the Country Gentlemen, cutting for such labels as Starday, Folkways, Mercury, Design, Rebel, and Rome. Eddie’s first “solo” outing came in 1968 when he and Don Reno teamed up for an album on Rebel called Sensational Twin Banjos.
Learn about Eddie Adcock's life and career as a banjoist and guitarist, from his Scottsville beginnings to his international fame and awards. Read his stories, see his photos, and listen to his music on this web page.
May 4, 2015 · Eddie Adcock has forged new pathways into traditional three-finger picking by developing a style that combines traditional Scruggs-style bluegrass with country, folk, jazz, blues, gospel and ...
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Jun 21, 2018 · On June 21, 1938, banjo-playing stylist Eddie Adcock was born in Scottsville, Virginia. Edward Windsor ‘Eddie’ Adcock’s introduction to music came in the shape of an older brother, Frank, whose own interest led to him acquiring instruments, including a tenor banjo, that he learned to play.
Adcock has been one of bluegrass music’s most revolutionary performers for over fifty years. He cut his musical teeth with Bill Monroe and Mac Wiseman, and played in the groundbreaking group The Country Gentlemen, one of the most popular and progressive bluegrass bands of the late ’50s and ’60s.
Sep 9, 2008 · After trying, unsuccessfully, to control the shaking via a dozen different medications over a period of several years, Adcock has now become the first non-Parkinsons musician to undergo the three stage procedure known as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
