Adam Phillips is a British guitarist.
Career
Phillips has performed and recorded with
Tina Turner, Dave Lewis,
Ricky Martin,
Steps
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* ''Steps'' (TV series), Hong Kong
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* ...
,
Britney Spears
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,
Ronan Keating,
Laura Pausini
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,
Celine Dion,
Maxi Priest,
The Corrs,
Shayne Ward,
Boyzone,
Hamish Stuart,
Lionel Richie
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,
Renato Zero,
Tom Robinson,
Whitney Houston,
Richard Ashcroft and
Tony O'Malley.
He has worked on most of
Cher
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's latest recordings. As a guitarist on Hamish Stuart's European tours, he was introduced to Cher by Stuart.
Phillips was employed by Cher as a guitarist on her ''
Believe
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Arts, entertainment, and me ...
'' album. He later went on to play guitar on her "
All or Nothing
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" single (1999), and her ''
Living Proof'' album (2001).
In 1998, Phillips was the guitarist on
Peter Blegvad's ''Hangman's Hill'' album.
Enrique Iglesias
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used Phillips as a guitarist on 2003's album, ''
7''. Further work as a guitarist included
The Herbaliser's ''
Take London'' (2005);
Just Jack
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's ''
Overtones'' (2007);
James Morrison's ''
Songs for You, Truths for Me
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'' (2008); and in 2009
Destroy Destroy Destroy's ''
Battle Sluts
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''.
In July 2007, as a regular guitarist with the
Tom Robinson Band, he was featured in a Tom Robinson performance at the
Cancer Research Benefit in London, also including
T. V. Smith
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. Phillips is also a frequent performer at
Chelsea's (
London)
606 Club
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, particularly with jazz musicians Dave Lewis and Tony O'Malley.
In May 2008, he was a guitarist with the temporarily reformed 1970s jazz funk band,
Kokomo, with
Tony O'Malley,
Frank Collins, Paddy McHugh, Dyan Birch,
Mel Collins,
Neil Hubbard,
Mark Smith,
Andy Hamilton, Bernie Holland, and Glen Le Fleur. O'Malley's own band, regularly features Phillips, along with Mel Collins, Hubbard, Smith,
Jeremy Stacey, and
Ash Soan.
Phillips has performed and recorded as a drummer and percussionist, and has frequently been used as a backing vocalist. On occasion his work has been used in film soundtracks, including ''
What a Girl Wants'' (2003).
The Adam Phillips Band
Phillips' own band included:
*
Paul Stacey (
The Lemon Trees
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,
Oasis
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, and
The Black Crowes)
*
Jo Burt
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Jo Burt was also a founding ...
(
Black Sabbath)
*
Ash Soan (
Tom Robinson,
Del Amitri
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, and
The Producers)
*
Mark Smith (ex-
The Waterboys) (deceased)
*Mike Gorman
*Melvin Duffy
References
External links
*
artistdirect.com: Phillips' credits
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English session musicians
English blues guitarists
English male guitarists
Funk guitarists
English funk musicians
English male singers