| | On March 12, 2011, Adams performed in concert at the landmark Texas Theater in Sweetwater in Nolan County, near his hometown of Colorado City. It was the first concert in some seventy years at that facility, which had originally been designed for musical programs but quickly converted to films.<ref name=jba/> | | On March 12, 2011, Adams performed in concert at the landmark Texas Theater in Sweetwater in Nolan County, near his hometown of Colorado City. It was the first concert in some seventy years at that facility, which had originally been designed for musical programs but quickly converted to films.<ref name=jba/> |
| − | Adams is an artist on Wounded Bird Records. He formed a rock group, Brothers of the Southland, which includes The Outlaws, The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, The Black Crowes, and Bo Bice.<ref name=bio/> His touring coach business is based in Kendall County, but Adams kept Lubbock as his musical home. "Lubbock is the capital of West Texas. There has been so much talent come out of there, and really . . . none of it has been very commercial. [[Buddy Holly]] wasn't commercial when he [first] came out of there."<ref name=intv/> Among those to whom Adams was referring was [[Don Allison]], an area musician associated with various genres of music and a long-time producer at the [[Cactus Theater]] in Lubbock, where Adams has also frequently performed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/entertainment/2011-05-25/lubbock-musician-don-allison-loses-battle-cancer-age-49?v=1306287180|title=William Kerns, Lubbock musician Don Allison loses battle with cancer at age 49: Musician Don Allison lost four-year battle with cancer and died Tuesday", May 25, 2011|publisher=''[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]''|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref> | + | Adams is an artist on Wounded Bird Records. He formed a rock group, Brothers of the Southland, which includes The Outlaws, The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, The Black Crowes, and Bo Bice.<ref name=bio/> His touring coach business is based in Kendall County, but Adams kept Lubbock as his musical home. "Lubbock is the capital of West Texas. There has been so much talent come out of there, and really . . . none of it has been very commercial. [[Buddy Holly]] wasn't commercial when he [first] came out of there."<ref name=intv/> Among those to whom Adams was referring was [[Don Allison]], an area musician associated with various genres of music and a long-time producer at the Cactus Theater in Lubbock, where Adams has also frequently performed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/entertainment/2011-05-25/lubbock-musician-don-allison-loses-battle-cancer-age-49?v=1306287180|title=William Kerns, Lubbock musician Don Allison loses battle with cancer at age 49: Musician Don Allison lost four-year battle with cancer and died Tuesday", May 25, 2011|publisher=''[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]''|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref> |