Mighty Joe At Street Rods 2008

Here I am, 1984!

Lakeland Margarita Ball 2008

Wolfman, Bopper, Mighty Joe
Street Rods 2008

    Joe Adcock, “Mighty Joe“
Hails from Saint Joseph, Michigan transplanted to Kissimmee, FL in 1967. Originally, he was known as
“ Mighty Young Joe ,” however, once a boy passes fifty, no matter the degree of Peter Pan Syndrome saturating his AARP registered mind, young is a relative term. Claiming the coveted title, “baby of the group”, Joe admits, the margin is not worth bragging about.
      At six and a quarter feet high, and two hundred fifty pounds, Joe brings the kind of brute force to the band that might be expected of someone nicknamed after an over-sized primate.
He is, however, much more than a big gorilla committing percussive assault & battery, bludgeoning the drums with blunt instruments.
   Joe has a tasteful style and finesse that are the product of years of higher education (post sixth grade), multi-faceted private study with gifted mentors, four decades of experience, and an innate love for performing music. As a self-proclaimed “mellow fellow,” Joe occasionally artificially alters his laid back demeanor (ever so slightly) after consuming his beverage of choice, a triple espresso café mocha. Under such conditions, fans have noted that the drum solo was so fast, the speed actually achieved pitch.
      Joe is notorious for his “King Kong” drumsticks which he loves to conceal until after being invited to play someone else’s drums. The look on a host drummer’s face is priceless as he fears for his drums at the hands of this man & a half wielding a pair of tree limbs. Relax drummers; the yard long, two and a half inch in diameter truncheons are only used on Joe’s own personal drums. Some baseball aficionados believe the baseball bat sized, giant sticks are homage paid to the legendary Milwaukee Braves slugger, a cousin with whom, Joe shared his name and “boyish good looks.”
  Past Performing artist's such as Wolfman Jack , Peter Graves, Barbara Streisand's  producer, Archie Campbell, Jackie Phelps, and Gabriel's Brass.

(FACTOID) When he’s not swinging a drumstick, Mighty Joe swings a hammer as a remodeling contractor.

Joe Adcock 1968

1991 Country Joe
And His "Big Sticks!!!!


 

Big Joe 2008
Margarita Ball