Obviously Johnny Winter is pretty much at the top of the list, but it was great working with Warren Haynes, Slash, Larry Carlton, Edgar Winter, Derek Trucks and John Popper. Which of the people you have worked with do you consider the best? My association with Johnny Winter has allowed me the opportunity to play and record with even more. Hendrix, Tommy Bolin, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons, Alan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Larry Carlton and the list goes on and on. Who were your first idols? Which artists have you worked with? It is definitely a “high.” (Photo: Paul Nelson and Eric Clapton) It’s just a feeling that you get from an audience when you’re playing your best and they are enjoying it.
And, in reading interviews by them I found out who inlfuenced them. I listened to Hendrix, Johnny Winter, and Clapton. When was your first desire to become involved in the blues?Įarly on, right before I went to music college. I’ve come to learn that if someone truly has a passion for something and works hard to turn those passions into a reality, that one can become successful.
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I’ve learned how to become a better musician, songwriter and performing/recording artists from listening to and talking to many of the musical greats that have both come before me and are currently still here with us. I’ve learned to come to respect and love all of the great blues and rock music that has come to be performed and recorded over the years. What do you learn about yourself from the Rock n’ Blues culture? I love many types of music, but my heart is closest to the blues. The blues is always with me wherever I travel and whomever I might record and perform with. So I always made sure I have studied blues history and added a form of blues to all of the music I play and record. I’ve always known that the Blues have played an integral part in all forms of music. How has the Blues & Rock n’ Roll counterculture influenced your views of the world and the journeys you’ve taken? Paul Nelson inducted into the NY Blues Hall of Fame as Master Blues Artist and Legendary Manager. Recognized as one of music's top guitarist, songwriter, producers Paul continues his musical journey recording and touring the world over. Paul has also started working with actor/musician Steven Seagal as musical director and guitarist for Steven’s band. Paul also produced and performed on the new "James Montgomery Blues Band: A Tribute to Paul Butterfield" album and a Tribute to Junior Wells album that will feature high-profile guest artists, will be released in 2017. Paul tours continually with his own band and the Johnny Winter All Star Band and released the album " Bad Ass Generation" (2016), also produced and performed on the most recent Joe Louis Walker blues-rock album, "Everybody Wants a Piece".
Paul Nelson produced the album and played guitar on every track on the album. Johnny Winter’s critically acclaimed album, "Step Back," won the 2015 Best Blues Album Grammy. Nelson, who studied with Steve Vai in his Berklee days, and jazz fusion great Steve Khan, has created a tour de force with his latest all-instrumental rock/fusion solo release, entitled LOOK. He has also appeared as guest guitarist with the group Halifax on their CD entitled "Inevitability of a Strange World". Paul has had the distinction of appearing as both guitarist and songwriter on Rock/Blues legend Johnny Winter's release "I'm A Bluesman" as well as producer and performer on Winter's "Roots". He has performed live and or on recordings along side a list of today's top artists such as Johnny Winter, Leslie West, Slash, Warren Haynes, Sonny Landreth, Vince Gill, Los Lobos, Kim Wilson, Elvin Bishop, Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Steve Morse, John Popper, Derek Trucks, Larry Carlton, Steve Vai, Joe Louis Walker, Hubert Sumlin, Rick Derringer, Harvey Brooks, Bill Evans, James Cotton, Coco Montoya, Reese Wynans, Edgar Winter, Ray Davis, James Cotton, Anthony Jackson, Dickey Betts to name a few. Paul Nelson has a solo career, is a session musician, music writer and also the guitarist of the Johnny Winter Band. Paul began his recording career with the ground breaking group Liege Lord gaining him national attention as their lead guitarist extraordinaire on Metal Blade records. Especially when you go back and listen to the traditional masters of the past." To play true blues, and correctly, it is very difficult.
"The fact that blues is not just as simple as it seems.
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