Billy Adams

A rockabilly legend whose scant discography can run you over a thousand dollars to acquire in original pressings, Billy Adams was born in Redbush, KY on March 6, 1940. Billy's father didn't earn enough for his 14 children at his job at the Van Lear coal mine (the same mine mentioned in Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter"). Without a large record collection, Billy first became interested in the hillbilly music he heard on the radio and Saturday night broadcasts of the Grand Ole Opry. Bill Monroe, Jimmie Rodgers, and Merle Travis were early influences and Billy began singing ...