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John Rainey Adkins
guitarist, Benninghoff's Bad Rock Blues Band
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- United States
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- present
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John Rainey Adkins (December 31, 1941 – June 18, 1989) was a self-taught guitarist and songwriter from Dothan, Alabama. Adkins experienced commercial success in America during his music career in the 1960s and 1970s with the bands The Candymen and Beaverteeth. Adkins' bands played live on The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, and NBC's Midnight Special.
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John Adkins · John R. Adkins
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- MusicBrainz
- 40df405d-e33f-489b-8241-dfa8fcbc6a30
- IPI
- 00000194636
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.