Dave Adams (musician)

David Malcolm Adams (27 November 1938 – 19 March 2016) was a British singer, keyboard player and songwriter.

For other people named David Adams, see David Adams (disambiguation).

Dave Adams
Birth nameDavid Malcolm Adams
Also known asBurr Bailey
Silas Dooley Jr.
Born(1938-11-27)27 November 1938
Saint Helier, Jersey
Died19 March 2016(2016-03-19) (aged 77)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
GenresPop music
Occupation(s)Musician, session musician, songwriter
InstrumentsKeyboards
Years active1958–2016
LabelsEMI, Decca, Parlophone, Triumph
Associated actsJoy and Dave, Heinz, Joe Meek, Ritchie Blackmore

Born in Jersey, he began working with Joe Meek in 1958 and continued to work with him until Meek's death in 1967.[1] In the early 1960s, he helped build up Meek's studio. He recorded singles with him under various pseudonyms and wrote songs for him. He was part of the production of Telstar; a "second stage demo" of him playing the tune exists. He was also a member of Heinz Burt's backing band The Wild Boys along with Ritchie Blackmore.[2]

He later lived in Buffalo, New York. His daughter, Dee Adams writes and performs music as a solo artist, with a country-rock band called Dee and the Housecats, and with a jazz band called The Funny Valentines.

Discography
  • Sep 1958: Joy and David: Whoopee! (Adams) / My Oh My (Duke) - Parlophone R 4477
  • Feb 1959: Joy and David: Rockin' Away The Blues (Duke/Adams) / If You Pass Me By (Duke) - Decca F 11123 (also issued on 78)
  • Mar 1960: Joy & Dave: Let's Go See Gran'ma (Adams) / Believe Me (Duke) - Triumph RGM 1002
  • Oct 1960: Joy & Dave: My Very Good Friend the Milkman (Spina/Burke) / Doopey Darling (Duke) - Decca F 11291
  • Dec 1961: Joy & Dave: Joe's Been A-Gittin' There (Wilkin/Martin) / They Tell Us Not To Love (Duke) - Parlophone R 4855 (demo copies contain an alternative, slower recording of the B-side).
  • Jun 1963: Burr Bailey and The Six-Shooters: San Francisco Bay (Fuller) / Burr Bailey and The Fletchers: Like A Bird Without Feathers (Meek/Lawrence) - Decca F 11686
  • Feb 1964: Burr Bailey: Chahawki (Meek/Raymonde) / You Made Me Cry (Joe Meek) - Decca F 11846
  • The Silas Dooley Jr. L.P. (1998) (on "The Dave Adams Story" CD) (recorded in 1963 but remained unreleased until 1994 /1998. The original working title for the LP was believed to be "Naughty But Nice!").

References
  1. Chusid, Irwin (2000) Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music, A Capella Books, ISBN 978-1-55652-372-4, p. 29-33
  2. Record Collector, #453, May 2016, p.145
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