Adam Trice is an American writer, singer, and songwriter from Baltimore, MD. In 2007, he began performing in solo and duo ensembles under the band name RED SAMMY. Trice has performed with a rotating cast of musicians ranging from a full rock band to a four-piece string ensemble. His unique songwriting style blends rock, folk, country, indie, and blues with thoughtful, deeply emotional lyrics that highlight a poetic sensibility. RED SAMMY has released ten studio albums.
RED SAMMY’s current Americana folk rock band lineup includes Greg Humphreys (bass, guitar), Bruce Elliott (electric guitar and slide guitar), Kenneth Noble (drums). Adam Trice (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and vocals).
RED SAMMY has shared the stage with national and regional artists including: Mike Watt and the Missingmen, Deer Tick, Mark Kozelek of Red House Painters, Phosphorescent, Dirty River Boys, Reckless Kelly, Fly Golden Eagle, Caroline Jones, The Collection, Brent Cowles, Cat Clyde, and others.
Past festival performances include: Arts and Drafts Festival with Guinness Brewing 2021 and 2022, Music City Maryland Festival 2021, Brilliant Baltimore 2019, Light City Baltimore 2016 and 2019, FloydFest 2015, Denver Underground Music Festival 2011, Toronto Underground Folk Festival 2011, Artscape 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 (Baltimore, MD), Baltimore Folk Festival 2013 and 2014, Baltimore Book Festival 2012 and 2013, HonFest 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023 (Baltimore, MD), and many others.
RED SAMMY's music has been played on adult alternative, college, and independent radio stations across the U.S. and Canada as well as in Europe. Trice's music has been included as part of shows/exhibits including: Takoma Park Arts Center (Takoma Park, MD); Delaplaine Arts Center (Frederick, MD); Theatre Project (Baltimore, MD); Creative Alliance Theatre (Baltimore, MD); Baltimore Aerial Dance Troupe; Denver Post; PANK Literary Arts Journal, and many others.
The name, RED SAMMY, is taken from a minor character, Red Sammy Butts, in American southern gothic writer, Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” (1955). Notable songwriters and writers of inspiration include: Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Alejandro Escovedo, Tom Waits, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams, Frank Black/The Pixies, Raymond Carver, W.C. Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Bukowski, and many others.
