Elegantly soulful, Johnny Adams remained mostly a New Orleans favorite until he gained wider exposure in the '80s. Blues purists and pop music fans alike came to embrace his jazz-tinged style and tender way with a love lyric. Released in 1986, After Dark showcases his masterful interpretations of both R&B ballads and pop-rock material, drawing on tunes by the likes of Doc Pomus and John Hiatt. Adams' extraordinary voice - with its tingling highs and velvety lows - never sounded better. His readings of "I Don't Know You" and "Give a Broken Heart a Break" smolder with yearning; his version of the Memphis classic "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" is a passionate show stopper. "She Said the Same Things to Me" is the sort of lovelorn testimony Adams was born to record. They called the late, great Johnny Adams "The Tan Canary" - and this bird never sang as sweetly as on After Dark.