![]() ![]() ![]() Adcock recalls, “I decided, ‘Well, if the reason I’m working in L.A. Eventually, he got a tip through Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo that Buckwheat Zydeco needed a guitar player. roots royalty backing up the great Bo Diddley. He spent some good times hangin’ out on the Sunset Strip with his childhood buddy, “Lil’ Doyle” (Doyle Bramhall II), and playing dates with a Who’s Who of L.A. I mean, even the guys were all made-up and good-lookin’, so you can imagine how fine the girls were.” Ironically, he found that he was getting most of his work because of his Louisiana sound and connections. But the girl factor was amazing, even though I was playin’ in blues bands. “It was full-on glam metal, which I hated – couldn’t stand it. Dancehall, just in time to catch John Lee Hooker, the T-birds or Stevie Ray Vaughan – all in a little nightclub!”Īfter leaving high school, Adcock lit out for Hollywood (pre-Nirvana). “So afterwards, we’d always go out to a black Zydeco club or to the Grant St. “The drinkin’ age wasn’t too strictly enforced down here, back then,” recalls Adcock. ![]() On non-gig nights, he’d use the band’s PA to spin ’80s new wave hits at local high school dances. To me, it’s just amazing, in this day and age, to be this close to it all and to still be able to make that connection.”īy age 14, Adcock was gigging throughout south Louisiana in a teenage group called Boogie Chillun’-“we were like the rhythm and blues Menudo,” he quips-and honing his guitar skills. “I mean, it’s not like you can go and hang around with Robert Johnson, but comin’ up down here I have been able to hang out with cats who played with Howlin’ Wolf and Clifton Chenier and lots of first and second generation real-deal cats whose blues turned into rock ‘n’ roll. “The greatest thing about living down here is that you can still go and knock on the door and hang out with all your heroes, and you can even start bands and play with ’em, which is double cool,” says Adcock. Lafayette, LA: Swamp rock ‘n’ roller CC Adcock has packed a lot of living into his 33 years: guitar stints with Bo Diddley and Buckwheat Zydeco, an acclaimed solo record, film scores and album productions, as well as being founder and leader of the all-star swamp-pop supergroup, Lil’ Band O’ Gold.Ī sharp-dressed man who favors custom-made suits and fine footwear (usually reptilian), Adcock’s wit is as nimble as his fingers’ this is a player who’s been gigging and immersing himself in the Louisiana music scene since his early teens. ![]()
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