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
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, BOC, Ted Nugent, Heart, Judas Priest and Edgar Winter. Paul Nelson also produced many albums including 12 albums for Johnny Winters 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.

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, Dicky Betts, Susan Tedeschi, Mark Knopfler, Steve Vai, Joe Walsh, Slash, Pat Travers, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown, Anders Osborne, Mike Zito, Joe Louis Walker, Samantha Fish, Popa Chubby, Ron Earl, Derek Trucks, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, 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 Davis, 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 David Letterman on CBS and Jimmy Kimmel 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, Manager 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.

External links

Official website

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