John Adams (drummer)
John Adams (born 1951) is known as a dedicated fan of the Cleveland Indians who plays a bass drum during Indians games at Progressive Field.
[edit] Drumming
Adams originally started to drum at Cleveland Stadium on August 24, 1973, when the Indians played the Texas Rangers. Cleveland won, 11-5. Ever since, Adams has sat in the highest bleacher seat in left center field with his bass drum, and has only missed 34 games in subsequent years.[1] He is the only fan for whom the team has dedicated a bobble head day.[2] Adams originally paid for his tickets (one for himself, and one for his drum), but recently the Indians have paid for his seats in honor of the contributions he has made to the ballpark atmosphere.[3] The man known by many baseball fans simply as 'The Drummer' was featured in an interview segment in a 1997 episode of This Week In Baseball.
On October 4, 2007, Adams threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Indians first game of the 2007 American League Division Series. Adams played the drum at his 3,000th game on April 27, 2011.[4]
[edit] Personal life
John Adams resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Adams attended both Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland and Parma Senior High School in Parma, Ohio, where he played bass and drum before graduating high school in 1969. Adams works on computer systems for AT&T and teaches classes at Cleveland State University.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Caldwell, Dave (2007-09-09). "Heart of Indians Baseball Beats From the Cheap Seats". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/sports/baseball/09drummer.html. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ Bare, Andrew (2006-07-19). "No new-school drummer boy". MLB.com. http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060717&content_id=1561217&vkey=cle_gameface&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ Crump, Sarah (2009-06-06). "Pound for pound, there's no greater Tribe fan around: Sarah Crump's My Cleveland". The Plain Dealer. http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2009/06/pound_for_pound_theres_no_grea.html. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ Meisel, Zack (2011-04-27). "Indians march to beat of Adams' drum". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110427&content_id=18304186&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ Michael Heaton (2010-05-Apr). "Drummer John Adams says Cleveland Indians fans can't be beat". The Plain Dealer. http://www.cleveland.com/pdq/index.ssf/2010/04/drummer_john_adams_says_clevel.html. Retrieved 2011-06-Jul.
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