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Adolphus Bell was born on 5 June, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, is an American musician (1944–2013). Discover Adolphus Bell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Occupation One-man band, singer, songwriter
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 5 June, 1944
Birthday 5 June
Birthplace Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Date of death 28 October, 2013
Died Place Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Nationality United States

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1944

Adolphus Bell (June 5, 1944 – October 28, 2013) was an American electric blues musician, best known as a one-man band.

He performed in a professional capacity for five decades and released two albums on the Music Maker label.

He also played at various music festivals.

The music reviewer, Jim DeKoster, writing in Living Blues magazine, noted that "Adolphus Bell's music stands so well on its own merits that the CD listener soon forgets that he's listening to a one-man band. He's got the same sort of idiosyncratic appeal as Juke Boy Bonner or Guitar Gabriel".

Bell was the son of a coal miner who died two months before Adolphus was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

The young Bell later worked on local farms.

1960

During the 1960s he played around the city with his own quintet called Adolphus Bell and the Upstarts, who opened one show for Bobby Bland.

He dubbed his 1960 Gibson guitar "Pawnshop", as it spent almost as much time there as Bell himself had to play the instrument.

Discouraged with the unreliability of his bandmates, he experimented with singing while playing guitar, bass drum and high-hat himself.

He played in Pittsburgh, then began touring the country in a station wagon he bought with lottery winnings.

He painted "One Man Band" on both sides to advertise his music.

1962

He moved with his mother to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1962, and learned to play the guitar from their neighbor George Benson, eventually joining his "All Stars" band as a bassist.

1970

Bell moved with his sisters to Flint, Michigan, around 1970 and continued playing, supplementing club gigs with street performances and bookings at senior centers and jailhouses.

He also spent a lot of time on the road.

During an extended visit to Atlanta, Georgia in the mid-1970s, Bell was arrested for playing without a permit, but public pressure on Mayor Jackson led to an eventual order that police should leave him alone.

In the late 1970s, Bell headed west to try his luck in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

He worked as a regular casino employee and put his music on a back burner.

The highlight of his sabbatical was a $200 tip from Telly Savalas.

He eventually packed up his station wagon and traveled back to Alabama.

1980

After a brief stay in Birmingham he settled in Gadsden in 1980 and took a day job at a chicken plant, while he pursued blues gigs at night.

He returned to Atlanta in the late 1980s and landed a regular booking as a "street busker" at Underground Atlanta.

As the years passed the old station wagon was traded for a brown van and Bell continued to travel and play in the South.

1996

After the 1996 Summer Olympics, he returned to Birmingham.

2004

In 2004, Bell was contacted by the Music Maker Relief Foundation, which organized international tours and produced his debut album, Mississippi Rubberleg.

The release included tracks such as Bell's versions of "Johnny B. Goode", "Ain't No Sunshine", and "Bring It On Home to Me".

The Music Maker connection saw Bell appear the same year at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas.

Bell went on to perform throughout Argentina, Australia, Europe and the US, including at the Lincoln Center in New York and the Byron Bay Bluesfest in Australia.

2006

His second album, One Man Band, was released in 2006.

2007

Bell's recorded work was included on a couple of compilation albums; Music Maker: Slavery, Prison, Women... (2007) and Biscuits for Your Outside Man (2016).

In addition to his playing, Bell was renowned for his Mashed Potato and Mississippi Longleg dance moves.

Bell continued to travel and perform until the effects of his lung cancer necessitated him remaining in Birmingham.

The Foundation continued to assist Bell with his expenses.

2008

Bell appeared, along with a number of Music Maker roster artists, in the 2008 Machipongo Films produced documentary, Toot Blues.

2013

He died from his illness in October 2013 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery.