IN THE WIND WITH DOUG ADAMZ
Monday 8-10pm Friday 10p-12a rebroadcast
Doug is featured in our July/August 2020 KTAL Chronicles newsletter! As a career musician, Doug brings his love of music to our listeners! Here is Doug's bio
Doug has recorded five albums of original, instrumental music and three albums of his songs. His compositions have been used by The Joffrey and other ballet companies (Santa Fe/Aspen, Oklahoma City, San Francisco), featured in a film by Robert Altman (The Company), heard in a PBS documentary soundtrack (Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete) and in two Spanish television series (La Frontera Herida, Sahel). The Kronos Quartet commissioned Doug to write several short pieces and Stevie Coyle (The Waybacks) and Dr. Elmo (Grandma--Reindeer) have recorded and released some of Doug’s songs on their albums. He’s performed with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Joan Baez, and many finger-style luminaries like Stevie Coyle and Doug Young, played (informally) with Maria Muldaur, and Jim Messina, recorded with Peter Rowan and Huey Lewis and opened for many stars including Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jesse Colin Young, Leo Kotke, David Lindley, Dottie West, The Chambers Brothers, Steppenwolf, Johnny Rivers and Johnny Lee. His 1973 degree in music is from the University of Texas at El Paso, with a major in guitar.
The photo in the header (at the top of the page) shows Doug leading the musicians in the Roadrunner Revue finale. Doug not only performed and supported many of the other performers, but he organized the musical portion of our event and created the artwork for the posters, flyers and cover of the program!
The musicians in the photo are, from left to right: Rob McCorkle, C. W. Ayon (hidden), Gene Keller, Doug Adamz, Mark Mathias, Teresa Tudury, and Chris Sanders. Top photo by Robert Yee (https://robertyeeproductions.com/).
The photo in the header (at the top of the page) shows Doug leading the musicians in the Roadrunner Revue finale. Doug not only performed and supported many of the other performers, but he organized the musical portion of our event and created the artwork for the posters, flyers and cover of the program!
The musicians in the photo are, from left to right: Rob McCorkle, C. W. Ayon (hidden), Gene Keller, Doug Adamz, Mark Mathias, Teresa Tudury, and Chris Sanders. Top photo by Robert Yee (https://robertyeeproductions.com/).