I was excited because I had a guest with me this morning that I've wanted to have on the show for a long time...George Adams, a guy in my list of top male vocalists. I asked George what he wanted to hear, so I started with a few of his requests. It was mostly a different set of songs than I normally play on my show except for two, but there was a reason for that...stay tuned.
Lovin Spoonful - Darlin Be Home Soon (until the gremlins invaded. Rats.)
Critters - Mr. Dieingly Sad
Jimmy Webb - Galveston (lovely version of the song by its writer)
Dan Fogelberg - Part Of The Plan
Kenny Chesney - That's Why I'm Here
You may have heard me say from time to time in the little over a year that I've been here on Radio Free Nashville that I've gotten much more out of this gig than I bargained for. I started out on Saturday afternoons in September of last year. I used to follow a show called "Geo On the Radio". Back then I used to show up a half hour or so early to get prepped for my show, go through the station's online catalog and look for songs and check out Geo's show because I really liked it. One day I'm doing all that and I hear this drop dead gorgeous voice. I said to Geo "WHO is THAT??" He says "oh, you've never heard George Adams?" Um, no, I hadn't. He told me where his MySpace page was, I checked out his song samples and was completely blown away. Now it's hard to get that reaction from song samples and I hadn't been that impressed in about seven years. I went to see him at a gig a month after that and gave him the kind of a five star review in my Wendy V's Nashville Blend blog that I rarely give anyone. Suffice it to say I have since become a major fan of this guy – I love his voice and the music.
George considers himself more of a vocalist than a songwriter, but we heard some of his songwriting live and from studio cuts.
Song list:
Why Don't I Know It's Over
It's Just Love (these first two were done live and are unrecorded as yet)
Stronger Than Words (studio track)
Turn The Knife (live)
George is from Boston originally. He was working in the auto parts business but started developing his singing. He joined a group called the Secrets and moved to Nashville in 1988. He also played at the Stockyard Restaurant and Bullpen Lounge in the 90s as a strolling balladeer and later as part of the house band. He just finished a five month run as a performer on the Carnival Legend cruise ship. The ship carried over 2,000 passengers a week...out of 900 crew members he was one of only 10 who were American.
We also divulged one of the worst kept secrets of low-power FM radio. If those who listened to WRFN on weekends since last year thought George sounded just a little bit familiar when he spoke, yes, George Adams and "Geo On The Radio" are one and the same. Obviously, I've known him for quite some time, having followed his show back when I was on Saturdays last year. The opening set was very much like what you'd hear on a typical "Geo On the Radio" show. George picked those songs because they were songs or artists that he loved. The Kenny Chesney song "That's Why I'm Here" has great personal significance to him...like the characters in the song, he made the decision nearly five years ago to stop drinking and he called it the best decision he ever made.
Plugs:
Gig Friday, October 9, 7 p.m. - Red Tree Coffee, 385 Main Street, Kingston Springs, TN
Info/Contact:
www.myspace.com/george.adams
www.reverbnation.com/georgeadams
www.geoontheradio.com
email: geoontheradio@gmail.com, geoontheradio@yahoo.com or george.adams@myspace.com
Go to any of the above websites to hear more of George's music and e-mail him to find out how to get a copy of his "Anthology" CD he mentioned on the show.
Frequency To The Heart:
You're special. Who among us wouldn't want to hear that...or feel that? What are some ways to show people in your life how special they are? Keep your full focus on them, show your undivided attention when you are with them. Do something kind just for them, maybe make them a surprise lunch or do some other unexpected gesture. You may be making a big difference in their world just at a time when they most need to feel special.
You might think because you have a guest on that you know pretty well personally that it would be easier, right? Wrong. You want everything to be right and go well and be in the pocket. My nerves got the best of me in places. I'm used to dealing with the usual tech glitches, but this was NOT the day that I wanted any of them. I wish I'd been better on a show I'd been so psyched for.
Thanks for getting up early and coming on the show, George.
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