Seth Adam

Hello, my name is Seth Adam. I am a thirty-eight year old singer/songwriter born and raised in Connecticut. I currently reside in the New Haven area. I’ve been playing music, in one form or another, since I was 5 years old. I got my start playing music in front of audiences when I was in the elementary school chorus. Rock & roll got a hold of me in my teen years, and I performed my first “rock & roll band” show at one of those old moose/elk/“insert animal type” halls when I was 14. I describe my music as singer-songwriter/Americana/alt-country/folk/rock. That’s a lot of sub genres, but probably the best way to characterize it. My earliest influences were Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Kenny Rogers. My dad used to spin their records for me when I was a kid. Though I (and my parents) endured my hair-metal, progressive-rock, and grunge phases, I find the music I write now to be the most heartfelt. My biggest influence is Counting Crows (much more than a “90’s band”), with Led Zeppelin coming in at a close second place. In recent years I’ve come to nearly deify The Beatles and Son Volt. I’ve never had the success of my heroes, but I still make music because I love to. When my last band broke up in 2005, I decided to continue making music under my name. With the “Seth Adam” moniker, I assembled some great players to be in the live and studio bands. Tim Sway (bass), Lorin Pellegrino (bass), Fred DiLeone (Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes), Sean Miller (mandolin), Anthony Bianco (drums), Gerard Bianco (bass), John Jackson (mandolin, violin), Gerry Giaimo (guitar), Dennis DeMorro (drums), and Aaron Staniulis (bass). I don’t know if this list makes me look good or bad, but I love all of these cats and have been blessed through the years to be able to make music and memories with them. For purposes of succinct info, lately the band has been Aaron, Dennis, John, and myself. As I said earlier, I love making music. Like many folks, my aim is to make it the thing that I can make a living with. That takes a lot of work and sometimes it pays off. In 2007, my song ‘Get Out’ was licensed to Volkswagen for their Sights and Sounds campaign. In 2008, entertainment columnist Roger Friedman (then at FoxNews.com) called me “the hardest-working, best live act in indie rock.” In 2010, I got a nice hometown nod from The New Haven Advocate’s reader’s poll, winning the Best Rock Band category. Through the years, I’ve been lucky enough to open for Grammy-winning Steep Canyon Rangers, Grammy-winning Robert Cray, Tonic, Vertical Horizon, The Alternate Routes, Will Hoge, Gary Louris (The Jayhawks), Ken and Drew from Sister Hazel, YARN, and Mayer Hawthorne. In many ways, I’ve always been a late bloomer. Touring is no exception to this stigma, as I never officially started touring until 2011. It was then that I got to see more of the country, more people, traversing through America’s rust belt, mouth wide open to the amazement that was anywhere but home. The experiences of touring - the pursuit, the push to be something bigger than myself, days of doubt, days of pride, meeting some wonderful folks, sharing a lot of different stories, and seeing some amazing places - became the catalyst to write the songs for my latest record, “Steel Tempered Pride”. “Steel Tempered Pride” was released on September 24, 2013 and features production credits by David Immerglück (Counting Crows, Camper Van Beethoven) on two tracks - ‘Push And Pull’ and ‘Old Broken Ladder’ (Immerglück also played bass on these tunes). The record also features bass performances by The Alternate Routes’ guitarist, Eric Donnelly (‘New York City Bound’, ‘Troubled Times’) and drum performances by “Ramblin’” Rob Heath (Justin Townes Earle, The Madison Square Gardeners) on ‘Old Broken Ladder’ and ‘Push And Pull’. Electric guitars and harmony vocals from Gerry Giaimo, mandolin and harmony vocals from John Jackson, drums from Dennis DeMorro and Steve Tobey round out the rest of the tracks on the record. So, another cycle of promoting, touring, roller coasters of self-doubt and pride, and loving every minute of it is upon me. I still need to convince a lot of people that it was all worth it. See you soon, -Seth Adam