Since August of 2009, Adam Percy has been cutting his teeth and making a name for himself in Chicago’s live music scene, playing over 50 shows in less than 7 months. Within that time, he has recorded 2 performance interviews/podcasts (Chicago Acoustic Underground, Fearless Radio), and been invited to a showcase in Austin, TX during SXSW 2010. Not bad for someone who, less than a year earlier, was fighting the nation’s achievement gap with Teach For America. Born in Traverse City, Michigan, Adam Percy grew up playing music since the age of two (according to his mom). Though he holds his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, has worked in State and Federal Government, and has fought for educational equity as a middle school math teacher, he has never once stopped pursuing his love of singing and playing the guitar- a craft he has honed since the fourth grade. Now at 25 years old, Adam Percy is gaining speed like never before, playing to increasingly larger audiences and receiving overwhelmingly positive responses. As Adam begins to take his show on the road, the sky seems the limit for this uniquely talented artist.

Adam Percy

Adam came to us through an Open Mic we sponsored at the Goose Island Brewery where he blew away the packed house with his performance. He went on to perform at many venues in Chicago and has now migrated to Nashville and is wowing the crowds there.Adam is a singer/songwriter in the tradition of Harry Chapin, Jackson Brown, and many others of that era, but his sound and lyrics are topical to today's World. He is most certainly one of the best that we have recorded on CAU.We miss you Adam and we would love to book you at one of our CAU Showcases here in Chicago. Come see us real soon.By the way, this is another recovered show from a hard disk crash.

Adam Percy

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