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'''Alma mater''':<br>

'''Alma mater''':<br>

Colorado City (Texas) High School

Colorado City (Texas) High School

[[University of North Texas]]<br>

University of North Texas<br>

[[Texas Tech University]]​

[[Texas Tech University]]​

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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=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>​

 

==Career==

==Career==

With hopes of a musical career of his own, Adams left UNT after two years and moved to [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where he met John Carrick, whose mother was the owner of Sand Mountain Coffee House.  His first solo performing was at Sand Mountain along with Carrick, Bobbie Jo Gentry, and Jerry Jeff Walker. Adams and Carrick formed "Hayseed" a short lived band experimenting with original songs and then performing in and around Houston and at Alan's Landing.  Once there, Adams met the guitarist Billy Gibbons of The Moving Sidewalks, and played at The Cellar.<ref name=jba/> In late 1969, he moved to [[Midland]], where he joined the house band at The Chateau Club led by Johnny Heartsman, another major influence on Adams' career.  He attended the two-year Howard College in Big Spring, Texas, with the goal of improving his grade-point average so that he could re-enter a university. Meanwhile, he lost his draft deferment during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=intv>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualubbock.com/intJayBoyAdams.html|title=Interview: Jay Boy Adams|publisher=virtuallubbock.com|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>​

With hopes of a musical career of his own, Adams left UNT after two years and moved to [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where he met John Carrick, whose mother was the owner of Sand Mountain Coffee House.  His first solo performing was at Sand Mountain along with Carrick, Bobbie Jo Gentry, and Jerry Jeff Walker. Adams and Carrick formed "Hayseed" a short lived band experimenting with original songs and then performing in and around Houston and at Alan's Landing.  Once there, Adams met the guitarist Billy Gibbons of The Moving Sidewalks, and played at The Cellar.<ref name=jba/> In late 1969, he moved to [[Midland]], where he joined the house band at The Chateau Club led by Johnny Heartsman, another major influence on Adams' career.  He attended the two-year Howard College in Big Spring, Texas, with the goal of improving his grade-point average so that he could re-enter a university. Meanwhile, he lost his draft deferment during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=intv>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualubbock.com/intJayBoyAdams.html|title=Interview: Jay Boy Adams|publisher=virtuallubbock.com|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>​