A DAY AT THE BALLPARK WITH JOHN ADAMS

On July 11, 2013, John Adams treated my daughter Sophia and me to a day at the ballpark. We met John at Great Lakes Brewing, and with his omnipresent bass drum in tow, we all rode down to Progressive Field on Lolly the Trolley. We sat with John in his bleacher seats for the whole game. Afterward, we watched as John signed autographs and let school kids who were boarding nearby school buses bang on the drum as we waited for the trolley to pick us up. When we got back to Great Lakes, we found our cars and drove over to Curbside Coffee on Lorain Avenue to listen to some country music and bluegrass tunes. John played drums and I sat in and played harmonica and sang a few with the band. The ladies in attendence looked after my daughter like a room full of doting aunties and grandmothers. That was an incredible day that Sophia and I will never forget! I am glad I took some photos to look back on and smile about. Recollections and Photos by Colin Dussault
John Adams and his trusty drum taking a break during a 2018 recording session at Chris Keffer's Magnetic North Recording Studios in Beachwood, Ohio. John was part of the session for "Song for Our Children," a song written by Colin Dussault and Alex Bevan. The tune featured special guests Michael Stanley, Austin "Walkin' Cane" Charanghat, Becky Boyd, Rachel Brown, Kristine Jackson, Jim Tigue, Eroc Sosinski, Rich Spina, Anne E. DeChant, Chris Allen, Thor Platter, Colin's daughter Sophia and a few of her classmates and nearly 30 grade school-aged children from Northeast Ohio. Photo by Colin Dussault
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"I march to the beat of my own drum. And I think the spirit of Cleveland is the same." JOHN ADAMS Cleveland Magazine, 2005
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