McAdoo Perkins
songwriters
Entertainers for over 30 years,
friends and creative partners for 20.
Mike McAdoo
Mike McAdoo has been making a living with a guitar for over 30 years. Whether it’s live shows in Branson, (over 4000 and counting) or entertaining our troops in Germany and Iraq, Mike lives to play music.
From Shoji Tabuchi to The Osmonds, Mike is playing his 13th season in Branson, Missouri with the Country Tonight Show. This year on the show Mike has accompanied Collin Raye and T G Sheppard on guitar and harmony vocals. Mike has played on over 130 CD’s and is a highly sought after guitarist in the studio as well as an accomplished producer and songwriter. Mel Tillis, Boxcar Willie, Rex Allen Jr., The Osmonds, The Moffats, (Polydor Nashville), are just a few of the recording artists who have taken advantage of Mike’s vast experience in the studio.
Guitar Player, Peavey Monitor, Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Wood and Steel and the Branson Christian News are just a few of the print publications who have profiled Mike and his music.
Mike’s last 2 solo CD’s, Guitar Texas and A Tribute to Chet Akins have done well and his instructional dvd series for guitar has remained popular for several years.
In a live show Mecca like Branson, crowded with awesome musicians Mike has won Best Lead Guitarist, three years in a row at the Branson Entertainment Awards. He has endorsement deals with Taylor Guitars and Ernie Ball strings.
Jim ‘Perk’ Perkins
Jim or Perk as his friends call him began his music career over 30 years ago in Topeka, Kansas, playing around the Midwest in clubs, fair dates and opening for big name country artist. Perk and Mike met in 1990 when they both worked onstage with the Shoji Tabuchi Show in Branson, Missouri where they played hundreds of shows together. The musical chemistry was evident from the beginning and the two began writing songs together as well as playing their own shows. In the 1990's Perk also performed as a solo act and had his own dinner show in Branson.
Along with a couple solo albums Perk has produced country sessions in the studio and written original songs for aspiring artist that didn't want to record standard cover tunes.
He also has worked as a G rated stand up comedian as well as humorous motivational speaker for conventions.
His love for writing goes beyond the music world. Perk has written movie screenplays, a couple books and countless magazine articles and writes a humor/ inspiration column for the Nixa Xpress newspaper. He also writes one for The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, but they won’t publish it!
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