Paul Nelson
Blues/Rock Guitar Virtuoso
Blues/Rock Guitar Virtuoso Paul Nelson - is recognized as
one of today’s top guitarists not only having the distinction of being the hand
picked fellow guitarist to the legendary rock/blues icon Johnny Winter but he
has toured the world over performing and or recorded along side an endless
who’s who list of top artists from Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy to Slash, Billy
Gibbons, Ben Harper, Robben Ford, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks,
James Cotton, Joe Perry, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Popper, Dr.
John, Larry Carlton, Leslie West, Joe Bonamassa, Sonny Landreth, Dickey Betts
to Joe Walsh and more…
“What else can we say about Paul Nelson except…Chops Deluxe.”�- Guitar
World Magazine
“An A-List guitar player…one of the most technically dazzling players
around today.”�- Guitar Magazine
“He’s a soulful player who has chops to burn. The word ‘ferocious’ comes to
mind, or ‘take no prisoners’“�- Vintage Guitar Magazine
Nelson received a Grammy award for his work performing on and producing
Winter’s “Step Back” release on Megaforce/Sony winning “Best
Blues Album of the Year” highlighting his already long list of Grammy
Nominations. As well as the BMA “Blues Music Award” for “Best
Blues/Rock Album” reaching #16 on the Billboard Top 200 and staying at #1
on the Billboard Blues Charts for weeks. He is also a recipient of the Blues
Foundation’s KBA “Keeping The Blues Alive Award”. His music has
reached millions with appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and Jimmy
Kimmel Live, and on award winning documentaries: “Down and Dirty” The
Johnny Winter Story and “Sideman: Long Road to Glory” (feat: Bonnie
Rait, Gregg Allman, Hubert Sumlin), as well as music written/performed and
broadcast nationally on NBC and on multiple major album releases, books,
instructional guitar columns, live Concert DVD’s, and guest performances on
countless recordings
Staying at #1 on the “Hot New Releases” charts for months Nelson’s
latest project “Badass Generation” on Sony Records still maintains
his unmistakable connection to the Blues, but it also finds the guitarist
showing his many other musical dimensions fans have come expect considering him
one of music’s most respected and influential contemporary artists…
