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==Background==
==Background==
Adams was born in [[Fort Worth]] but reared in Colorado City in Mitchell County in West Texas, where his father was the local [[Chevrolet]] dealer and a rancher.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.jayboyadams.com/page2.htm|title=Jay Boy Adams biography|publisher=jayboyadams.com|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref> Upon graduation in 1967 from Colorado City High School, he entered the University of North Texas at [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], then North Texas State University, known for its arts and music curricula. There one of his English classmates was Don Henley, later with the band, The Eagles. He met singer Gary Nicholson while at NTSU. Adams went to [[Dallas]], to hear the guitarist Bugs Henderson, who took an interest in Adams's musical development. He fondly credits the late nights spent listening to Henderson for the neglect of his college studies.<ref name=jba>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/content/jay-boy-adams-perform-texas-theatre|title=Jay Boy Adams to perform at Texas Theater|publisher=''The Sweetwater Reporter''|date=March 5, 2011|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
Adams was born in [[Fort Worth]] but reared in Colorado City in Mitchell County in West Texas, where his father was the local [[Chevrolet]] dealer and a rancher.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.jayboyadams.com/page2.htm|title=Jay Boy Adams biography|publisher=jayboyadams.com|accessdate=June 2, 2020}}</ref> Upon graduation in 1967 from Colorado City High School, he entered the University of North Texas at [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], then North Texas State University, known for its arts and music curricula. There one of his English classmates was Don Henley, later with the band, The Eagles. He met singer Gary Nicholson while at NTSU. Adams went to [[Dallas]], to hear the guitarist Bugs Henderson, who took an interest in Adams's musical development. He fondly credits the late nights spent listening to Henderson for the neglect of his college studies.<ref name=jba>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/content/jay-boy-adams-perform-texas-theatre|title=Jay Boy Adams to perform at Texas Theater|publisher=''The Sweetwater Reporter''|date=March 5, 2011|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==