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It wasn't until 2015 that McMurtry- who tours frequently and has a weekly residency at Austin's Continental Club when he's not on the road - finally completed a new solo album, Complicated Game, which was produced by C.C. Adcock and Mike Napolitano.

Complicated Game is pretty much what the album’s title implies, a record filled with abundant musical acumen, infused with some smokin’ hot musicians, including Benmont Tench from Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers, Allman Brother’s Derek Trucks, along with Danny Barnes on banjo, all of whom back James’ spitfire vocals with snaky rocked. Find album credit information for Complicated Game - James McMurtry on AllMusic.

Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938 in Scottsville, Virginia)^[1] is an American banjoist and guitarist.

His professional career as a 5-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. Between 1953-57, he founded or played with different bands in Virginia and Washington DC, such as his Virginia Playboys, Smokey Graves and the Blue Star Boys, Bill Harrell, and Mac Wiseman's Country Boys. Bill Monroe offered a job to Adcock in 1958, and he played with the Blue Grass Boys until he could no longer survive on bluegrass' declining pay due to the onslaught of Elvis Presley who cornered all music markets. Adcock continued in music and also returned to working a variety of day jobs including auto mechanic, dump truck driver, and sheet metal mechanic. Then Charlie Waller and John Duffey asked Adcock to join their struggling new band, The Country Gentlemen, whereupon their vocal and instrumental synergy prompted a reinvention and elevation of their sound, soon revitalizing bluegrass music itself.^[2] They are the first group to be inducted, in 1996, into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Fame as a band entity.

Adcock has performed with his wife Martha since 1973 in bands II Generation - the first definitively newgrass group - then as Eddie & Martha Adcock, country rock band Adcock, bluegrass' Talk of the Town, The Masters, the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band, and the Eddie Adcock Band, as well as with country outlaw David Allan Coe. Most recently he tours almost exclusively with wife Martha and calls Lebanon, Tennessee his home. Eddie belongs to a number of business organizations, including IBMA and the Folk Alliance. He has served on the Board of Directors of the IBMA, Tennessee Banjo Institute and others. Eddie and Martha also founded and ran Adcock Audio, a large, state-of-the-art sound company, serving bluegrass-related festivals from the early '70s until 2006, and from that time until the present have also recorded and produced themselves and others both outside and in-house at their own SunFall Studio.^{[citation needed]}

Early years[edit]

Learning to play on numerous instruments brought into the home by an older brother, young Eddie, with his brother Frank, played and sang as a duo in local churches and on radio stations in nearby Charlottesville. Eddie sold a calf he raised to buy his first banjo as a young teenager and immediately began touring regionally with Smokey Graves. His hobbies were boxing and drag-racing cars. As a racer, Adcock racked up 34 straight wins with his car, which he named Mr. Banjo; he also set two track records at Manassas, Virginia.. He also performed various blue-collar jobs to pay the rent. All the while, he played music at night.^[3]

With the Country Gentlemen[edit]

The Country Gentlemen originated in Washington, D.C. as the result of an automobile accident involving members of singer Buzz Busby's band, which included Eddie Adcock. To fulfill upcoming dates, member Bill Emerson called other musicians to step in; and due to the injured members' long recovery times the substitute band decided to stay together, soon naming themselves the Country Gentlemen. The band’s original members were Bill Emerson on banjo and baritone vocals, Charlie Waller on guitar and lead vocals, John Duffey on mandolin and tenor vocals, and Larry Lahey on bass. Soon after Adcock's arrival the band settled into an undeniably synergistic lineup consisting of Adcock, Waller, and Duffey, with Tom Gray on bass.^{[citation needed]} This particular lineup, with Adcock serving as sparkplug, became known as the 'classic' Country Gentlemen, the team who drove the bluegrass sound and repertoire to new levels of experimentation, expertise, and excitement. During his tenure with the Country Gentlemen, Adcock adapted thumbstyle, or 'Travis-style', guitar finger picking and pedal steel guitar playing to the banjo, which remain unique innovations on the instrument. In addition, his driving, percussive and syncopated jazz-based single-string, soulful string-bending, and lush chordal approaches were at the heart of the group's new-form bluegrass instrumental style, as developed in the interplay between Adcock's mind-blowing fireworks-like innovations, Duffey's jazzy mandolin licks, and Waller's forceful guitar rhythm. Additionally, Adcock's powerful, assertive baritone singing also set a new standard in bluegrass trio singing and became an much-emulated model. The Country Gentlemen's style and repertoire fundamentally changed bluegrass, and the group was notably the first newgrass-slanted band and arguably the forerunner of modern bluegrass as a whole.

Then Eddie met Martha[edit]

In 1970 Eddie left The Country Gentlemen and moved to California, where he formed a country-rock band called The Clinton Special. While he performed with the group he used the pseudonym Clinton Codack. Returning east and forming II Generation, he met Martha Hearon^[4] in 1973; they would marry three years later and have remained partners in music and life, garnering fans and great acclaim while touring worldwide in nearly a dozen countries from Europe to Japan. The dynamic duo of Eddie and Martha Adcock has become known as “the biggest little band in Bluegrass”. Cashbox magazine and Billboard magazine have both named them “one of the Bluegrass circuit's top acts”. Eddie and Martha have recorded a number of well-received albums on several labels and concentrate on performing as a duo, as well as playing some concerts with bassist Tom Gray.^{[citation needed]}

Eddie and Martha, AKA The Adcocks, have appeared on Austin City Limits, Song of the Mountains, Grassroots to Bluegrass, Ernest Tubb's Midnite Jamboree, TNN's 'Nashville Now' and Wildhorse Saloon, and a host of NPR specials, as well as syndicated, Internet, and local TV and radio shows worldwide. Their video Dog aired on TNN, CMT, and CNN.^{[citation needed]}

Surgery[edit]

In October 2008, concerns about hand-tremors, which could have compromised his performing career, led to Eddie having deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A local anesthetic having been used during the surgery so that he could remain conscious, he was able to play banjo during the procedure in order to check the effectiveness of the treatment in progress.^[5] This ground-breaking surgery is the first to have been performed on a musician for the purpose of restoring his professional-level playing ability; and the resulting television, newspaper, radio and internet publicity has been seen and heard globally, fascinating and amazing the entire world.

Eddie Adcock is known for composing and/or arranging these songs and instrumentals[edit]

Songs :

ANOTHER LONESOME MORNING (ANOTHER LONESOME DAY)

LET'S

LIVING WATERS

LOVE GAMES

NEW JOE CLARK

THE SENTENCE

SING BANJO SING

STATE OF MIND

TOO LONELY TO HEAR THE RAIN

UNCLE JOE

WHAT LOVE CAN'T DO

WHISPER HILL

Instrumentals :

BLUE BELL

BOY FROM ARKANSAS

CEDAR CITY BLUES

CHAMPAGNE BREAKDOWN

DEVIL'S RUN

EDDIE S BOUNCE

EL DEDO (EL DIDO)

GUITAR ECHOES (ECHOES / EDDIE S BLUES)

LAZY BOY

NIGHTWALK

RAINBOW

RENAISSANCE MAN (R MAN)

ROAD WARRIOR

SCREAM THEME

STALK OF THE CAT, PART 1 & 2

STROLLIN (STROLLING)

SUNFALL

THOMAS JEFFERSON BREAKDOWN

TO THE RESCUE

TURKEY KNOB

TWO BY FOUR

A selected partial Adcock discography[edit]

AUDIO :

VINTAGE BANJO JAM Eddie Adcock (1963), Patuxent # 300, 2017.

MANY A MILE Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray and Friends, Patuxent # 228, 2011.

TWOGRASS Eddie & Martha Adcock, Pinecastle # 1128, 2003.

SPIRITED Eddie & Martha Adcock, Pinecastle # 1078, 1998.

RENAISSANCE MAN Eddie Adcock, Pinecastle # 1058, 1996.

TALK TO YOUR HEART The Eddie Adcock Band, CMH # 6272, 1995.

DIXIE FRIED The Eddie Adcock Band, CMH # 6270, 1991.

THE ACOUSTIC COLLECTION (Double album set) Eddie Adcock & Talk Of The Town, CMH # 9039, 1988.

EDDIE ADCOCK & HIS GUITAR Eddie Adcock with Martha Adcock, CMH # 6265, 1988.

EDDIE ADCOCK & TALK OF THE TOWN Eddie Adcock & Talk Of The Town, CMH # 6263, 1987.

LOVE GAMES Eddie Adcock & Martha, CMH # 6249, 1980.

GUITAR ECHOES Eddie Adcock with Martha Adcock, CMH # 6236, 1979.

THE IInd GENERATION Eddie Adcock & Martha, CMH # 6223, 1978.

STATE OF MIND The IInd Generation, CMH # 6208, 1976.

SECOND IMPRESSION II Generation, Rebel # 1564, 1976.

WE CALL IT GRASS II Generation, Rebel # 1546, 1975.

HEAD CLEANER II Generation, Rebel # 1533, 1974.

THE IInd GENERATION IInd Generation, Rome # RLP-1117, 1972. ('The black album', cover w/ Rome insignia only). Reprinted with black and white photo cover as 'INTRODUCING THE IInd GENERATION'.

ADCOCK, GAUDREAU, WALLER & GRAY - THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN REUNION BAND Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray, RadioTherapy # RTR-CD-001, 2008.

COUNTRY CONCERT The Country Gentlemen, Gusto # 815, 2007. [Attenuated version (8 songs) of BLUEGRASS AT CARNEGIE HALL.]

GOING BACK TO THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS The Country Gentlemen, Smithsonian Folkways # 40175, 2007. Was 'GOING BACK TO THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS : VOL. 4' Folkways # FTS-31031, recorded 1960's, released 1973.

FOLK SESSION INSIDE The Country Gentlemen, Copper Creek # CCRS-7008, 2004. Was Mercury # SR-60858 & MG-20858, 1963.

CAN'T YOU HEAR ME CALLIN': EARLY CLASSICS 1963-1969 The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # REB-CD-7508, 2003.

ON THE ROAD (AND MORE) The Country Gentlemen, Smithsonian Folkways # 40133, 2001. Now includes bonus tracks from the 1961 Carnegie Hall concert. Was 'ON THE ROAD : VOL. 3' Folkways # FA-2411, 1963.

HIGH LONESOME: COMPLETE STARDAY RECORDINGS (2-CD Set) The Country Gentlemen, Starday King # 3510-2-2, 1998. (Early singles and album material 1957-1965.)

THE EARLY REBEL RECORDINGS 1962-1971(4-CD Box set) The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # 4002, 1998.

FOLK SONGS AND BLUEGRASS: Vol. 2 The Country Gentlemen, Smithsonian Folkways # 40022, 1991. Was '(John Duffey, Charley [sic] Waller & the Country Gentlemen) SING AND PLAY FOLK SONGS AND BLUEGRASS : VOL. 2' Folkways # FA2410, 1961.

COUNTRY SONGS, OLD AND NEW Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock & The Country Gentlemen, Smithsonian Folkways # 40004, 1990. Was '(Charlie Waller, John Duffey & the Country Gentlemen)

COUNTRY SONGS, OLD AND NEW : VOL. 1' Folkways # FA-2409, 1960 & 1963; also London # 99.

NASHVILLE JAIL The Classic Country Gentlemen, Copper Creek # CC-0111, 1990. (Recorded for, but unreleased by, Mercury 1964.)

CLASSIC COUNTRY GENTS REUNION Duffey, Waller, Adcock & Gray, Sugar Hill # SH-3772, 1989.

25 YEARS The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # 1102, was #2201, 1982.

YESTERDAY AND TODAY, Vol. 3 The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # SLP-1535, released 1974.

YESTERDAY AND TODAY, Vol. 2 The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # SLP-1527, released 1973.

YESTERDAY AND TODAY, Vol. 1 The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # SLP-1521, released 1973.

THE BEST OF THE EARLY COUNTRY GENTLEMEN FEATURING THE YOUNG FISHERWOMAN Rebel # SLP-1494, released 1970.

NEW LOOK, NEW SOUND The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # SLP-1490, 1970.

PLAY IT LIKE IT IS The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # SLP-1486, 1969.

THE TRAVELER The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # SLP-1481, 1968.

SING LIVE FROM THE STAGE OF THE ROANOKE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL The Country Gentlemen, Zap # 101(Rebel subsidiary label), 1967.

BRINGING MARY HOME The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # RLP-1478, 1966. (Also released as BANKS OF THE OHIO, London # 93, Date?)

HOOTENANNY: A BLUE GRASS SPECIAL ['John Duffy (sic) and'] The Country Gentlemen, Design # DLP 613. Was Pickwick International # JS6156, 1963.

BLUEGRASS AT CARNEGIE HALL ['John Duffey & Charlie Waller and'] The Country Gentlemen, Gusto # 0696-2, 2008. Was Hollywood # HCD113, 1987. Was Gusto # 102, 1983. Was Starday # SLP174, 1962.

IN CONCERT The Country Gentlemen, London # 86 (live), Date?

FOLK HITS BLUEGRASS STYLE The Country Gentlemen, London # 52, Date?

BATTLE OF BLUEGRASS The Country Gentlemen and Jim & Jesse, London # 180, Date?

THE BEST OF BLUEGRASS (Spine title: THE LONG BLACK VEIL) Country Gentlemen, Starday # N5-2172, 1985. (CAS)

LAID BACK The Masters, Pinecastle # 1065, 1997.

SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY The Masters, CMH # 6268, 1990.

THE MASTERS The Masters, CMH # 6266, 1989.

SENSATIONAL TWIN BANJOS Eddie Adcock and Don Reno, Rebel # 1482, 1968 & 1992.

COUNTRY MUSIC HERITAGE: THE LEGACY OF CMH RECORDS Eddie Adcock & Talk Of The Town and Various Artists, CMH # LP-6400, 2017.

THE PATUXENT BANJO PROJECT (2-CD set) Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Patuxent # 250, 2014.

PICKIN' LIKE A GIRL (4-CD Box set) Daughters of Bluegrass (with Martha Adcock), Blue Circle # BCR-036, 2013.

FIRST TEAR Akira Otsuka, with Eddie Adcock and Various Artists, Patuxent # 231, 2012.

TWENTY SONGS OF THE SOUTH Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Pinecastle # PRC 4013, 2011.

LET THE LIGHT SHINE DOWN - A GOSPEL TRIBUTE TO BILL MONROE The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Rebel # 7529, 2011.

LET THE LIGHT SHINE DOWN The Country Gentlemen, Rebel # 1675, 1991.

JOHN DUFFEY: THE REBEL YEARS John Duffey with Eddie Adcock, the Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Rebel # CD-1836, 2011.

BLUEGRASS BANJO FEATURING FLATT & SCRUGGS [['John Duff[e]y (sic) &']] The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Essential Media Group, # XX?, 2011.

BLUEGRASS BOUQUET Daughters of Bluegrass (with Martha Adcock), Blue Circle # BCR-017, 2008.

ULTIMATE BANJO Eddie Adcock, The Masters, and Various Artists, Pinecastle # 4011, 2008.

BEST LOVED BLUEGRASS: 20 ALL-TIME FAVORITES The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Rebel # REB-8004,2008.

TRUE BLUEGRASS: INSTRUMENTALS Eddie Adcock and Various Artists, Rebel # CD-8003, 2007.

BLUEGRASS: AN AMERICAN TRADITION Eddie & Martha Adcock, The Masters and Various Artists, Pinecastle # PRC-4010, 2007.

B.A.B.A. SESSIONS - VOL. 1 Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Bay Area Bluegrass Association, 2007.

THIRTY YEARS OF BLUEGRASS The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Gusto # GT-7711-2, 2006.

IN GOOD COMPANY Jimmy Gaudreau, with Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # 8983, 2006.

TO A DOVE Heather Berry, with Eddie & Martha Adcock, Blue Circle # BCR-004, 2006.

REMEMBRANCE OF YOU Francine Michaels, with Eddie & Martha Adcock, MTM # MTM-003, 2006.

ESSENTIAL BLUEGRASS - BLUEGRASS GOSPEL Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Pinecastle # PRC-4008, 2006.

BLUEGRASS FROM HEAVEN - ESSENTIAL BLUEGRASS GOSPEL, VOL. 2 Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, McMinnvillle # 3964 (CMH sub-label), 2005.

CLASSIC BLUEGRASS, VOL. 2 The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Smithsonian Folkways # 40163, 2005.

CLASSIC SOUTHERN GOSPEL The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Smithsonian Folkways # 40137, 2005.

THE ESSENTIAL BLUEGRASS CHRISTMAS COLLECTION - CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Time-Life # 18988, 2004.

PURE PICKIN': CLASSIC BLUEGRASS INSTRUMENTALS Eddie Adcock & Don Reno and Various Artists, Time-Life/Warner # TL- 19851-2, OPCD-8522, 2004.

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RANDY WALLER Randy Waller, with Eddie & Martha Adcock, Lendel # LR-5401, 2004.

SOLDIER'S JOY: A CIVIL WAR ODYSSEY INSPIRED BY COLD MOUNTAIN Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # CD-8820, 2004.

THE BEST OF KING AND STARDAY BLUEGRASS (4-CD Box Set) The Country Gentlemen, II Generation and Various Artists, King # KG-0952-4-2, 2004.

CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Time-Life #18988, 2004.

A PINECASTLE CHRISTMAS GATHERIN' Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Pinecastle # 1133, 2003.

CHRISTMAS IN THE MOUNTAINS The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Rebel # CD-1800, 2003.

KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE: BLUEGRASS SALUTES THE CARTER FAMILY Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # CD-8435, 2003.

PRIME CUTS OF BLUEGRASS, VOL. 63 Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, KBC # KBC-CD-0063, 2003.

A COLLECTION John Duffey, with Eddie Adcock, the Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Rebel # CD-0022, 2002.

THE PIONEERS OF BLUEGRASS The Masters and Various Artists, CMH # CH-8660, 2002.

WORLD'S GREATEST BLUEGRASS BANJOS Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # CD-8417, 2002.

THE ESSENTIAL BLUEGRASS COLLECTION Eddie Adcock & Martha and Various Artists, CMH # CD-1798, 2002.

DUELING BANJOS Eddie Adcock & Talk Of The Town, The Masters, and Various Artists, CMH # CD-1795, 2002.

RHYTHM OF THE MOUNTAINS Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # CD-1708, 2002.

BROKEN HEARTS OF BLUEGRASS Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # CD-8411, 2002.

REGGAEBILLY Peter Rowan, with Eddie Adcock, A-Train Entertainment, 2002.

CLASSIC BLUEGRASS The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Smithsonian Folkways # 40092, 2002.

IN MEMORY OF A FRIEND: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF RANDALL HYLTON Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Pinecastle # 1116, 2001.

AROUND THE WORLD TO POOR VALLEY (8-CD Box Set) Bill Clifton with The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Bear Family BCD # 16425 HK, 2001.

JUST BECAUSE Mac Wiseman, with Eddie Adcock, Wise # MAC-W102, 2001.

LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Mac Wiseman, with Eddie Adcock, Wise # MAC-W101, 2001.

DESTINATION APPALACHIA Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, National Geographic / Sugo Music #SRO102, 2001.

BANJO HALL OF FAME - 42 ALL-TIME BANJO CLASSICS (3-CD Set) Eddie & Martha Adcock, Talk Of The Town, The Masters and Various Artists, CMH # CD-1794, 2001.

SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # 8028, 1998; CMH # 8060, 2001.

BLUEGRASS THEN AND NOW Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # CD-1790, 2000.

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN - 20 BLUEGRASS CLASSICS Eddie (& Martha) Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # CD-8047, 2000.

ALWAYS IN STYLE: A COLLECTION John Duffey, with Eddie Adcock, the Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Sugar Hill # SUG-CD-3926, 2000.

SNOWFLAKES AND DIAMONDS The Abeels, with Eddie Adcock, TA # 991, 1999.

20 GOLDEN COUNTRY WALTZES Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # CD-3927, 1998.

A GIFT FOR KEITH Jim & Jesse, with Eddie Adcock, OD # 498-17, 1998.

35 YEARS OF THE BEST IN BLUEGRASS 1960-1995 (4-CD Box Set) The Country Gentlemen, Eddie Adcock & Don Reno, II Generation and Various Artists, Rebel # 4000, 1997.

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BANJO Eddie Adcock and Various Artists, Pinecastle # 1070, 1997.

PRIME CUTS OF BLUEGRASS, VOL. 26 Jim & Jesse, with Eddie Adcock, KBC # KBC-CD-0026, 1997.

THAT'S BLUEGRASS! 20th YEAR ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION Eddie Adcock Band, Eddie & Martha Adcock, The Masters and Various Artists, CMH # D-1779, 1995.

BLUEGRASS FROM HEAVEN - THE ESSENTIAL GOSPEL COLLECTION Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # 8008, 1995.

DOGGONE COUNTRY Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, CMH # 6273, 1994.

LEGENDS OF BLUEGRASS 3 Eddie Adcock & Martha and Various Artists, CMH # CD-3903, 1994.

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN - 16 BLUEGRASS INSTRUMENTAL HITS Eddie (& Martha) Adcock and VariousArtists, CMH # CD-4902, 1992.

BLUEGRASS BANJOS! ['John Duffy (sic) &'] The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Pickwick # P8 285, Date? (8-track tape)

THE BEST OF BLUEGRASS, VOLUME 1: STANDARDS The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, PolyGram / Mercury # 848 979-2, 1991.

GRASSROOTS TO BLUEGRASS Mac Wiseman, with Eddie & Martha Adcock, CMH # 9041, 1990.

THE ORIGINAL BLUEGRASS SPECTACULAR! Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # CD-5902, 1990; CMH # CD-5909, 1999.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST BLUEGRASS BANDS # 2 Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # CD-5901, 1989.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST BLUEGRASS BANDS IInd Generation and Various Artists, CMH # CD-5900, 1989.

DAD THE DOBRO MAN Josh Graves & Billy Troy, with Eddie Adcock, CMH # 6264, 1988.

CHRISTMAS TIME BACK HOME The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Rebel # 1600, 1988.

BLUEGRASS, THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW the Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Sugar Hill # 2201, 1987.

30 BLUEGRASS HITS The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists with Eddie & Martha Adcock, Deluxe # DLX-7819, 1987.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST BLUEGRASS PICKERS Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # CD-5905, 1986, 1991.

GUITARS & BANJOS - THE HEROES Eddie & Martha Adcock with guests, and Various Artists, CMH # 9040, released 1990. (Double album: 1/2 Adcocks with guests, 1/2 Various Artists.)

BLUEGRASS - THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW (Originally 'The Greatest Show On Earth') The 'Original' ('Classic') Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Sugar Hill # 2201, 1987. GRAMMY WINNER.

DARLIN' DARLIN' David Allan Coe, Columbia # 39617, 1985.

FOR THE RECORD: THE FIRST TEN YEARS David Allan Coe, with Eddie & Martha Adcock, Columbia # 39585, 1984.

JUST DIVORCED David Allan Coe, with Eddie & Martha Adcock, Columbia # 39269, 1984.

THE WALLS OF TIME Peter Rowan, with Eddie Adcock, Sugar Hill # 3722, 1982.

IF TEARDROPS WERE PENNIES Mac Wiseman, with Eddie Adcock, CBS/51 West # 16280, 1980.

BOOGIEWOOGIEFLATTOPGUITARPICKIN'MAN Joe Maphis and Rose Lee, with Eddie & Martha Adcock, CMH # 6239, 1979.

SUPER PICKER SPECIAL Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # 6227, 1978.

COUNTRY GOSPEL COLLECTION Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, CMH # 9013, 1978.

MAC WISEMAN SINGS GORDON LIGHTFOOT Mac Wiseman, with Eddie Adcock, CMH # CD-6296, 2002; # 6217, 1977.

BLUEGRASS MEMORIES Crossroads Quartet, with Eddie Adcock, CMH # 6211, 1976.

BANJO IN THE HILLS The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Gusto Records # GT5-104, 1976. (CAS)

BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Starday-King # N5-2102, 1976. (CAS)

CONCERT FAVORITES Mac Wiseman, with Eddie Adcock, RCA, Stetson/Hat # 3100, 1973.

BLUEGRASS ON MY MIND Reno & Harrell, Starday # SLP481, 1972.

BLUEGRASS SPECTACULAR The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Starday # SLP-232, 1963.

FIVE STRING BANJO JAMBOREE SPECTACULAR The Country Gentlemen and Various Artists, Starday # SLP-136, 1961.

DVD / VIDEO :

THE BANJO OF EDDIE ADCOCK Eddie Adcock with Martha Adcock, Homespun Tapes (instructional), 1999.

BLUEGRASS GUITAR, FINGERPICKING STYLE, TAUGHT BY EDDIE ADCOCK (Was FINGERSTYLE BLUEGRASSGUITAR TAUGHT BY EDDIE ADCOCK) Eddie Adcock with Martha Adcock, Homespun Tapes (instructional), 1990.

GREAT BANJO LESSONS / BLUEGRASS STYLE Eddie Adcock with Martha Adcock, and Various Artists, Homespun Tapes (instructional), 2007.

GREAT GUITAR LESSONS / BLUES AND COUNTRY FINGERPICKING Eddie Adcock with Martha Adcock, andVarious Artists, Homespun Tapes (instructional), 1995.

GRASSROOTS TO BLUEGRASS Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Gabriel, 1999.

THE EDDIE ADCOCK BAND AT WOODSTOCK '92 National Entertainment Network, 1992.

THE CLASSIC COUNTRY GENTS AT WOODSTOCK '92 National Entertainment Network, 1992.

TENNESSEE BANJO INSTITUTE Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, TBI # 01, 1992.

DOG The Eddie Adcock Band, CMH, 1996.

BANJOS RINGING Eddie & Martha Adcock and Various Artists, Wells # 01, 1998.

THE BEST OF BLUEGRASS The Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, The Bluegrass Collector's Set, 2002.

THE BEST OF BLUEGRASS GOSPEL, Part 2 The Eddie Adcock Band and Various Artists, The Bluegrass Collector's Set, 2002.

References[edit]

1. ^Profile (with date and place of birth), bioandlyrics.com; accessed October 30, 2015.
2. ^Eddie Adcock profile, answers.com; accessed October 30, 2015.
3. ^Eddie Adcock profile, answers.com; accessed October 30, 2015.
4. ^Profile, CMT.com; accessed October 30, 2015.
5. ^Profile, BBC.co.uk; accessed October 30, 2015.

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A week in the life of James McMurtry

By Jim Caligiuri, Fri., Feb. 13, 2015

James McMurtry makes up stories and sets them to music. New album Complicated Game, his first studio album since 2008's Just Us Kids, breaks fresh ground sonically and finds the 52-year-old Austinite digging deeper than ever into relationships and the human condition. After a week of local shows, we met.

Saxon Pub (Friday)

McMurtry shows up 15 minutes before the scheduled set time carrying two acoustic guitars, one six-string and the other heftier at 12 strings. He uses the latter for most of his 90 minutes onstage. It's louder, allowing him to cut through the shoulder-to-shoulder din of long-haired regulars, the recently retired out for an early evening, and a few fresh faces obviously in awe of the Texas songwriting great.

The South Austinite's now-standard fedora covers some long black curls while patches of gray in a runaway beard offer the only hint he's over 50. Leaning heavily on tunes from Complicated Game, the songs roll over the audience in big waves. McMurtry offers a few quips to punctuate their origin, explaining where he's coming from or joking about a turn of phrase contained in a song.

Mostly his stories seem to mystify. Sure, there are familiar tunes from his earlier days: 'Saint Mary of the Woods,' what he calls 'the Robert Earl Keen song I wrote' ('Levelland'), and the now obligatory 'Choctaw Bingo,' dedicated to 'the First United Crystal Methodist Church of Oklahoma,' with an added new verse.

At first blush, new tunes like 'Carlisle's Haul,' concerning an illegal nighttime fishing expedition in Virginia, and one about an Oklahoma transplant now residing in the shadow of New York City ('Long Island Sound') come across as dense with graphic ideas and wordplay that goes by too quickly. That's something remedied by repeat listens to the new album. Complicated Game ultimately reveals McMurtry's true gift of storytelling.

C.C. Adcock

'I'd run out of tricks,' explains McMurtry. 'Everything I learned from [John] Mellencamp, Lloyd Maines, Don Dixon, and all the guys I've worked with, I retained a certain amount of knowledge from watching them work, but I used it up – over and over. I was repeating myself stylistically, so I thought it was time to bring in somebody else.'

Fans, critics, society at large have come to expect the glimpses of modern America that Complicated Game supplies, but musically, it's brand new. After producing the previous three albums on his own, he turned to Louisiana rocker C.C. Adcock for assistance. Adcock supplied guitar to Just Us Kids.

'He was around and I liked the way his records sound,' says McMurtry bluntly.

Over the course of last year, the two worked together with engineer and co-producer Mike Napolitano in New Orleans. McMurtry recorded basic tracks, just vocals and acoustic guitar, and left Adcock and Napolitano to add their voodoo. The results sound like McMurtry's past work, but with a lot more flavor.

His son Curtis McMurtry, a hot new Austin singer-songwriter in his own right, contributed banjo, as did journeymen Dustin Welch and Danny Barnes. Benmont Tench of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers played keyboards, while Derek Trucks applied slide guitar. New Orleans royalty Ivan Neville showed up for harmonies.

'I didn't care for that doo-wop thing [on 'She Loves Me'] when I first heard it,' admits the boss, 'but I got used to that. There's still a couple of parts I'm not real keen on, but that's par for the course. I've never made a record where I thought everything was perfect. At least the ones that I produced.

'All in all, though, it's a damn good record.'

One song sure to be talked about is the almost-rap of 'How'm I Gonna Find You Now,' which comes complete with a movie-type video partially set in a bar in the swamps of Louisiana. The track's rapid fire lyrics describe a desperate situation – with a sense of humor: 'I've got a mad coming on and it's gonna be dreadful/ Now I'm washing down my blood pressure pill with a Red Bull.'

'It's more like a speed-freak rock song,' offers its author. 'I don't know how it turned into hip-hop with a Danny Barnes banjo. That's a different animal.'

Behind compositions such as 'We Can't Make It Here' and 'Cheney's Toy' from the Bush presidency, the Texas-born, Virginia-raised McMurtry grew a reputation as a protest singer. And yet those songs were the only ones overtly addressing politics. Social commentary remains his forte.

Complicated Game turns on the restlessness and unease of 21st century living common to many Americans. 'I Ain't Got a Place' covers that notion most completely. Sung in a dry, disenfranchised voice, it recalls Guy Clark at his feisty best:

The skies are taller in Louisiana.
The skies are wider in New Mexico.
The skies in Texas kinda split the difference.
They don't suit me no matter where I go.

'That one was the last song I wrote, and it wasn't even supposed to be on the record,' recalls McMurtry. 'There was another song we had that we couldn't find a way to fix. I was staying upstairs at the R Bar on Royal Street in New Orleans. I had flown in to check on the mixes one more time.

'Their damn computer wasn't working and I was burnt out, so sick of the whole process. I was up in the R Bar, half drunk, half pissed off, and that song just fell out of the ceiling. Maybe twice I've been able to write a song in 15 minutes and that was one of 'em.

'I hear about it happening though.'

Continental Club Gallery (Tuesday)

McMurtry's not quite sure when his residency at the Continental Club Gallery started. Sometime after the midnight Wednesday gigs downstairs began, and that was 2002. Some, if not all, of the songs on Complicated Game got a tryout in the living room atmosphere above the main Club.

The show's nearly identical to the set at the Saxon, with the same jokes and similar quips. The more intimate space of the Gallery makes the songs roar in a way they hadn't before, however. The audience, a mix of townies and tourists, demonstrates a greater appreciation and McMurtry's a pinch looser.

'The San Jose hadn't opened yet, or it was still a crack house when I started the residency in 2002,' he relates later. 'I think the Austin Motel had just been renovated. It was transitioning from the old South Congress to what we have now. So the crowd was different.

'Very early on I had a frat crowd, because some of those guys read the backs of Robert Earl Keen records and saw that I wrote 'Levelland.' So they showed up for a while. Then they all grew up and got jobs, and the next round of frat kids didn't care or didn't hear about me.

'Over the course of time, the hotel scene has built up, so there's always travelers. I think that most of our crowd right now is travelers. There's definitely some value to continuing to do it. People go to the Continental Club just to go there. They wander in and sometimes they haven't even heard of me. That residency has done a lot for me.'

Of the two nights so far, there's been no merchandise or music for sale. It's a one-man operation. According to McMurtry, he didn't feel the need for a new album until revenue from touring – and he tours relentlessly – started to slack off. He's not one to write unless there's a deadline on the horizon, so the whole enterprise remains relatively fresh.

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That comes across in performance. His big acoustic guitar at times pleads and coaxes. Slashing and burning stays home on new tunes of the heart 'You Got to Me' and 'These Things I've Come to Know.'

Complicated Game

Writes C.C. Adcock in an email: 'James is one of the very few artists out there who's every bit as good as he thinks he is. He is, without a doubt, one of the great American voices of his generation. With James, you have the luxury of leaving behind songs that your average writer/artist would die for.

'Early on, I suggested he focus on songs of the heart, which yielded some exquisite material on the poignancy of relationships ... and a few about deer hunting and fishin' (James' fondest affection). We even managed to get a couple of sweet new ditties out of him that clock in succinctly at under three minutes – maybe a McMurtry first!'

Where generations are concerned, James is in the middle of one destined for greatness. There's his Pulitzer Prize-winning father Larry and now his son Curtis, who burst on the scene in 2014 with his own highly touted disc, Respectable Enemy.

'I didn't have to encourage him,' he says of his son. 'He just kind of picked it up. From about 16 on he really latched on to it. He studied it and listens to everybody. He knows theory. I have a hard time [playing] with him because he's got so much more intricacy to his approach.'

That familial creative streak began where you might expect, according to the middle McMurtry.

'My father's the first writer that I know of in that line. McMurtrys didn't read for pleasure. They read for information. He broke the mold. He made it much easier for us to be artists. We didn't have to fight anybody. We already had an example. I kind of thought Curtis would be a lawyer. He has a sense of justice in him.'

Continental Club (Wednesday, midnight)

Jon Dee Graham and James McMurtry have been slugging it out onstage at the Continental Club every Wednesday night they're in town for more than a decade. Aficionados of loud electric guitars, unbeatable songcraft, and good whiskey have surely had the rest of a week ruined by that combination on occasion. Graham leads with a set that's equal parts bearish and heartrending, closing with a raunchy rendition of ranchera classic 'Volver, Volver.'

McMurtry and his three bandmates – Cornbread on bass, Darren Hess on drums, and Tim Holt – take the stage to a respectable, mostly younger crowd that's there to boogie. 'How'm I Gonna Find You Now' takes a funky turn with a band behind it. Ephraim Owens joins in with his trumpet and solos on the nearly 13-minute rant of 'Choctaw Bingo' that sends the assembled into spasms of delight.

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McMurtry claims he hasn't tired of what's become his signature song yet. Lagunitas Brewing even got him to write a new verse and re-record it. That version was never used for the promotion it was set up for.

'Within a year of recording that song, all the places I mention in it had disappeared,' reveals McMurtry. 'Pop's Knife and Gun was gone; Choctaw Bingo is now Choctaw Casino and takes up about 50 acres. That smoke shop isn't there. The lingerie store moved to Joplin, Missouri.

'There's other weirdness that's popped up in its place including Red River Rehab. Playing it is always pretty fun.'

Enoteca Vespaio Patio (Friday)

Outwardly, McMurtry appears ornery. Once one understands that his songs are filled with characters he's created – speaking their minds in character – it's clear appearances are indeed deceiving. That makes asking him about success, satisfaction, and happiness feel a little less dangerous.

'Is anybody really satisfied? I'd like to make more money. We're starting to get old, and you need more money when you get old.

'Happy? I'm happier. I was pretty mixed up in my 20s and 30s. I wouldn't say I've got it together, but I've made some progress.'

CD release: Wed., Feb. 25, Continental Club, 12mid. Jon Dee Graham first, 10:15pm.