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Podcast: Making a Scene Presents
Episode: Eric Wilson Adams is Making a Scene
Description: Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Eric Wilson AdamsEric Wilson Adams lit up the Prairie State’s rock scene with raw authenticity and relentless energy. Growing up in Brookings, South Dakota, he was just 14 when he and four friends formed COCOON in 1969—an unapologetically scrappy rock‑and‑roll cover band that cut its teeth playing armories, bars, proms, and sock hops throughout the state from their “puke‑green” converted school busThey weren’t polished—they were real. Original? Not yet. But earnest, loud, and hungry—the band’s live sets featured covers of the Rolling Stones...