Adam Box is an American drummer, best known for his work with the country duo

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. Box started playing drums at church in his hometown of

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, in a church band that covered contemporary rock songs with Christian lyrics. He later entered a battle of the bands in

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and formed a band called Absence of Concern, which opened for

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at a concert in

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. Box later met

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, a bassist who had played in

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, through a mutual friend, and Ethridge served as Box's mentor. Box is in the road band for the duo

, and played on their debut album ''

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''. He has also played on recordings by

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and

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Adam Box
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Box, Adam American country drummers American country singer-songwriters Country musicians from Mississippi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Meridian, Mississippi Singer-songwriters from Mississippi