Chastened but unrepentant, at the grand old age of 43 Blake divides his time
between teaching guitar and bass at various schools that don't know he has
no formal qualifications, doing gigs with Errol Linton's Blues Vibe, playing
sitar with Cornershop from time to time, playing old records, watching
movies, reading and writing. Over the years he has been a pro music
journalist - writing for Music Week, the UK Music Industry trade paper - and
session bassist for Natacha Atlas, the pseudo-Arabic diva. Just recently he
has returned from a successful jaunt to Japan with Errol Linton. He is
interested in politics, acting, literature, cartoons but above all music,
any music, so long as it's truthful, with heart and humanity. Oh, and a bit
of humour helps too...
Adam Blake was born in Lincoln, England in July 1960 and immediately given a
copy of "Rocking Goose" by Johnny and the Hurricanes. What chance did he
have? At the age of 18 months his parents moved to London without asking his
permission or consulting him in any way and, around this time, it was noted
that young Adam was unusually interested in records and had learned how to
operate the record player. At four years old, he was taken to see the movie
"A Hard Day's Night" and exposed to the Rolling Stones first album. At eight
he bought his own record player. At eleven he started to learn guitar. At
seventeen he dropped out of school to become a musician. It's been that way
ever since.
E-mail to adamblake77@hotmail.com.