Paul Nelson (musician)

Paul Nelson

Paul Nelson on stage, playing an electric guitar

Paul Nelson performing with Johnny Winter at the North Atlantic Blues Festival in 2006
Background information
Genres Rock, blues, Heavy Metal
Instruments Guitar
Labels Sony, Virgin, Metal Blade, Lion, Century Media, Mascot, Megaforce, Drive-Thru, Cleopatra Records
Associated acts Johnny Winter, Liege Lord, Paul Nelson Band
Website paulnelsonguitar.com

Paul Nelson is a Grammy winning American guitarist, record producer, and songwriter.[1][2][3][4] He was in the blues rock band of guitarist and singer Johnny Winter.[5][6][7][8] He produced and played on several of Winter's albums, including Step Back, which won him a 2015 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album[9][10][11] and debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart for Blues Albums[12] and Independent Albums,[13] and won the Blues Music Award for Best Rock Blues Album.[14] Nelson was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame[15] and received the Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) award from the Blues Foundation.[16]

Career

Paul Nelson is credited as being a composer/performer for music heard on international and national television broadcasts such as NBC, TNN, UPN, for the WWF. His solo guitar work can be heard on the Halifax song "Anthem For Tonight" from their album Inevitability of a Strange World featured on the Xbox 360 game Prey which was voted one of the Top 10 Video Games of the Year by Time Magazine. The song also appears on the follow-up soundtrack CD which also features the music of Ozzy Ozbourne, Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent, Heart, Judas Priest and Edgar Winter. Paul Nelson also produced many albums, including 12 albums for Johnny Winter's successful Live Bootleg series, the Live Through The 70's and the Live Through The 80's DVD's as well as his Live From Rockpalast and Live From Japan DVD's. He has recently produced and performed on blues guitarist/singer Joe Louis Walker's latest album Everybody Wants A Piece on Mascot Records (a Blues Music Award winner); James Montgomery's latest album for Cleopatra Records featuring Jimmy Vivino from Conan O'Brien, Grace Kelly from Jon Batiste & Stay Human (Stephen Colbert's house band), and the Uptown Horns; Leo "Bud" Welch's latest album for Cleopatra Records; Lance Lopez Live From NYC for Cleopatra Records; the sessions for Junior Wells' album featuring the Blues Brothers Horns (Tom "Bones" Malone and "Blue Lou" Marini from the Saturday Night Live band). He executive-produced and appears in the Johnny Winter documentary Down And Dirty, directed by Greg Oliver of Lemmy documentary fame on Megaforce/Sony as well as appearing in Sidemen: Long Road To Glory documentary featuring Gregg Allman, Bonnie Rait, John Landis and many more!

Nelson was taught by Steve Vai, Mike Stern, and Steve Khan. A protégé of Johnny Winter, he has toured the world and performed live and/or on recordings alongside artists such as Eric Clapton, Leslie West, Larry Carlton, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Joe Perry, Robben Ford, Brian Setzer, Billy Gibbons, Earl Slick, Dicky Betts, Mark Knopfler, Joe Walsh, Slash, Pat Travers, Kim Simmonds/Savoy Brown, Anders Osborne, Quinn Sullivan, Los Lobos, Tinsley Ellis, Ana Popavic, Albert Castilla, Lucky Peterson, Steven Segal, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Mike Zito, JT Taylor (Kool and the Gang), Joe Louis Walker, Steve Vai, Samantha Fish, Popa Chubby, Ronnie Earl,Luck Peterson, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Debbie Davies, Sonny Landreth, Joe Bonamassa, Uptown Horns, Ben Harper, Hubert Sumlin, Harvey Brooks, Bill Evans, James Cotton, Magic Slim, Coco Montoya, Reese Wynans, Edgar Winter, Ray Davies, George Lynch, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Anthony Jackson, Junior Brown, John Medeski, Ron Holloway, Jimmy Vivino of Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Paul Schaffer's CBS Orchestra, and the Blues Brothers Horns. He has appeared on Late Night With David Letterman on CBS and Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC televised broadcasts.

Nelson signed with Sony Music Group in 2015 for his self-titled solo work.

Selected discography

References

  1. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Paul Nelson: Biography", AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ McAvinchey, Dan (February 2002). "Interview with Paul Nelson", Guitar Nine. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Philippov, Mike. "Guitar Practice Interview with Paul Nelson", PracticeGuitarNow.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Limnios, Michael (September 16, 2011). "Interview with Guitarist Paul Nelson, of Johnny Winter and One of the Most Emerging Producers", Blues.Gr. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ Rubin, Dave (April 20, 2006). "Johnny Winter's Journey Through the Blues", Guitar Player. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Cecolini, Vinny (February 2013). "Johnny Winter: The Blues, Down to the Roots", Jam Magazine Online. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Feenstra, Pete (April 2007). "Interview with Guitarist Paul Nelson, Manager of Blues Rock Guitarist Johnny Winter", Get Ready to Rock. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Wright, Jeb (2012). "Johnny Winter and Paul Nelson: His Saving Grace", Classic Rock Revisited. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ Gallo, Phil (March 14, 2014). "Johnny Winter Sets New Roots Album with Eric Clapton, Joe Perry, Ben Harper", Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Tobias, Mike (February 8, 2015). "Winter's Step Back Wins Grammy for Best Blues Album", The Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ Maloni, Joshua (March 5, 2015). "Step Back Producer, Guitarist Paul Nelson Remembers His Friend, Johnny Winter", Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Blues Albums: September 20, 2014", Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Independent Albums: September 20, 2014", Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  14. ↑ Mehr, Bob. "Bishop, Rush Among Blues Music Award Winners", The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Paul Nelson", New York Blues Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Keeping the Blues Alive Award Recipients Announced", BluesWebzine.com, November 15, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2015.

Official website

Pillow Talking's Interview with Paul Nelson

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