Glen Adams (27 November 1945 – 17 December 2010)[1] was a Jamaican musician, composer, arranger, engineer, producer, based since the mid-1970s in Brooklyn, New York City.

[2] Adams' first break in the music business came as a teenager, when he appeared as a singer in a vocal group on Radio Jamaica's Opportunity Knocks show hosted by Vere Johns.

[2][3] Adams' older sister Yvonne was also a popular singer and he was spotted by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd while rehearsing a song that she had written called "Wonder Thirst".

[3] Adams also worked for Herman Chin Loy, where he was one of a number of keyboard players to record under the name Augustus Pablo, before Horace Swaby adopted that identity.

[2][3] The lyrics were inspired by a local tale about a duppy who was supposedly seen speeding around on a three-wheeled coffin with two "John Crows" (buzzards) on top, one of which would ask for "Mr.

He eventually moved to Brooklyn permanently in 1975, where he became more involved in producing and also worked for Brad Osbourne's Clocktower and Lloyd Barnes' Bullwackie labels[5] and played with The Realistics band.

[8][9] In 1984, a record "Saturday Night" which was credited to Glen Adams Affair featuring T. Ski Valley was released on Nunk 1008.

[21][6] After many years in the studio, Adams returned to live performance in the 2000s, touring the USA and Europe with The Slackers[3] and also playing occasional NYC shows with the Jammyland All-Stars.

Glen Adams died on 17 December 2010 at the University Hospital of the West Indies after feeling ill while visiting Jamaica.