ABOUT ADAM
Adam McPhail has performed or recorded with many artists/groups such as B.B. King, Shirley Caesar, CeCe Winans, Kirk Whalum, Michael W. Smith, Tye Tribbett, Victor Wooten, Keb’ Mo’, Cory Wong, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Danny Gokey, The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, All-4-One, Chris Daughtry, Erica Campbell, Maranda Curtis, Lamar Campbell, Pastor Michael Todd (Transformation Church), Koryn Hawthorne, Willie Jones, Hillary Scott, Matt Maher, Evvie McKinney, Sandi Patty, Russ Taff, BeBe Winans, Beverly Crawford, Bakithi Kumalo (Paul Simon), Point of Grace, Abby Anderson, Jekalyn Carr, Cory Asbury, Nicole C. Mullen, Tasha Layton, VaShawn Mitchell, Dynamo, K. Michelle, Bucky Covington, Todd Galberth, Cody Fry, McCrary Sisters, CAIN, Adam Doleac, Melinda Doolittle, Mark Lettieri, Jeff Coffin, Roosevelt Collier, and many others. While touring across the country, he has opened for artists/groups such as Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, The Robert Glasper Experiment, Big & Rich, FORQ, Shaun Martin, Lonestar, George Clinton, Becca Stevens, and Scotty McCreery.
Apart from touring, Adam is involved with music ministry in church and has experience doing studio work around the Nashville area. He has recorded on numerous R&B, jazz, funk, country, and contemporary Christian records. Adam has performed on or recorded cues that have been featured on the Outdoor Channel, History Channel, BET, MLB Network, Showtime Network, FOX Network, WGN America, USA Network, Discovery Channel, and Netflix. Adam is a proud endorser of BOSS, Jim Dunlop, Ernie Ball, Rockboard, MONO, G7th Capo, Truetone, and Alclair Audio. Adam was a featured Cordial demonstrator at the 2019 and 2020 Winter NAMM conventions in Anaheim, California, as well as a featured BOSS demonstrator at the 2019 Summer NAMM convention in Nashville, TN.
Adam holds a Master of Commercial Music Performance from Belmont University and a Bachelor of Music (Jazz Studies) from the University of Southern Mississippi. Adam currently serves as the Coordinator of Guitar Studies at Lipscomb University.