{"id":6333,"date":"2016-12-02T06:28:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/02\/guitar-legend-a-johnny-winter-protege-paul-nelson-releases-new-album-badass-generation\/"},"modified":"2016-12-02T06:28:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T06:28:33","slug":"guitar-legend-a-johnny-winter-protege-paul-nelson-releases-new-album-badass-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/12\/02\/guitar-legend-a-johnny-winter-protege-paul-nelson-releases-new-album-badass-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar Legend & Johnny Winter Protege Paul Nelson Releases New Album \u201cBadass Generation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


Much to the excitement of guitarists worldwide, guitar legend Paul Nelson has released his new album \u201cBadass Generation\u201d to critical acclaim! Grammy winning guitarist Paul Nelson was Johnny Winter’s protege guitarist in the Johnny Winter Band. Paul has toured with countless worldwide touring artists and performed live and or on recordings along side major artists such as Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper, Leslie West, Robben Ford, Joe Perry, Mark Knofler, Brian Setzer, Dr. John, Slash, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Sonny Landreth, Los Lobos, Kim Wilson, Elvin Bishop, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Reb Beach, Steve Morse, John Popper, Debbie Davies, Los Lobos, Quin Sullivan, Tinsley Ellis, Lucky Peterson, Joe Louis Walker, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, John Medeski, Joe Walsh, Larry Carlton, Steve Vai, Earl Slick, Hubert Sumlin, Pete Rivera, Rick Derringer, Harvey Brooks, Bill Evans, James Cotton, Magic Slim, Coco Montoya, Uptown Horns, Blues Brother Horns, Reese Wynans, Edgar Winter, Ray Davis, George Lynch, James Cotton, Anthony Jackson, Dickey Betts, Junior Brown, Pat Travers, Jimmy Vivino and La Bamba of Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Paul Schaefer’s CBS Orchestra to name a few. With appearances on David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel programs.<\/p>\n

Paul Nelson has been featured in every major guitar magazine and news publication from Guitar World to Rolling Stone and is credited as being a composer\/performer for music heard on international and national television broadcasts such as NBC, TNN, UPN, for the WWE. He has conducted his successful \u201cMaster Class\u201d Clinics and written guitar columns all over the world.<\/p>\n

Paul has had the distinction of appearing as both guitarist and songwriter on Rock\/Blues legend Johnny Winter’s Grammy-nominated Virgin\/EMI release \u201cI’m A Bluesman\u201d as well as producer\/performer on his releases \u201cRoots\u201d and the Grammy winning \u201cStep Back\u201d on Megaforce\/Sony. He performed as a musical guest with Johnny Winter on the Late Night with David Letterman Show to promote the \u201cRoots\u201d album and on Jimmy Kimmel on ABC TV to promote the \u201cStep Back\u201d CD and Johnny Winter’s \u201cDown and Dirty Movie,\u201d which he also appeared in and was the Executive Producer.<\/p>\n

Nelson, who studied with Steve Vai in his Berklee days, jazz fusion great Steve Khan and Mike Stern has created a tour de force with his last all-instrumental rock\/fusion solo release, \u201cA very diverse package that takes the listener on a sophisticated journey through the musical mind of Paul Nelson. Boundless energy, and displays ferocious solo sections at the same time showing us his control over an emotional side of playing all the while holding it together with a tasteful melodic sense which comes through on each cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul’s latest CD on Sony Music Group entitled \u201cBadass Generation\u201d has received rave reviews worldwide; calling Nelson \u201cOne of today’s Top Guitarists\u201d!<\/p>\n

Recognized as one of music’s top guitarist\/songwriter\/producers Paul Nelson continues his musical journey recording and touring the world over. Nelson was not only guitarist to legendary rock\/blues icon Johnny Winter but is recognized in his own right as one of today’s premier guitarists. \u201cJohnny definitely took me under his wing,\u201d Nelson remembers his late friend and mentor. \u201cThe blues world does that. One musician hands another the torch, and then you run with it. Johnny took pride in turning me on to the likes of Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters Delta, Texas and Chicago blues – all the music that he loved. I knew what he was doing for me, and I am really appreciative of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelson performed on and produced \u201cStep Back,\u201d a posthumous, star-studded affair, pairing him on recordings with Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Joe Perry, Ben Harper and many others, earning both Nelson and Winter Grammy Awards for \u201cBest Blues Album\u201d in 2015. Nelson still feels the loss of his friend and mentor. But he also recognizes that new creative endeavors are ahead.<\/p>\n

The formation of The Paul Nelson Band and the \u201cBadass Generation\u201d album marked the next step in that evolution. Nelson’s new project still maintains an unmistakable connection to the blues, but it also finds the guitarist showing his other musical dimensions, from hard-edged, uncompromising rock and blues to acoustic-driven singer-songwriter fare.<\/p>\n

Nelson’s handpicked co-conspirators include vocalist Morten Fredheim, who turned heads topping the European edition of \u201cThe Voice\u201d, bassist Christopher Alexander; and Chris Reddan on drums. Gov’t Mule keyboardist Danny Louis also makes a cameo appearance. The collective result is something that\u2019s musically rooted in the classic era of Led Zeppelin, Free, Bad Company, Skynyrd, Tom Petty, Allman Brothers, Aerosmith and ZZ Top \u2013 but right at home with a fresh new take in the 21st century. \u201cWe got together and painstakingly worked out these songs before we recorded them. The caliber of the musicians in this band is inspiring\u201d Nelson explains.<\/p>\n

Nelson is eager to begin this new stage of his career with his band mates. Songs such as \u201cKeep It All Together\u201d with Fredheim’s soaring vocals, and Nelson’s classic guitar sounds to \u201cGoodbye Forever\u201d, with it’s infectious groove and chorus and \u201cPlease Come Home\u201d displaying emotional melodies and soulful slide guitar work, all which are among the few future stand out classics found on this album. \u201cI want our music to touch many people in the same way it did us in the making and performing of this album,\u201d says Nelson. His only regret? That his old friend wasn’t able to sit in on a few of the tunes. \u201cJohnny Winter’s influence will always be a part of me,\u201d he says. \u201cThere are many times when I pick up my guitar, and I feel his music. I know he’s with me in a way, but I also have influences from so many other places. Have I now spread my wings? Absolutely. I’m a musician. I have to keep on writing and performing and never stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album’s title \u201cBadass Generation\u201d says it all! The music on this latest recording speaks to today\u2019s generation’s quest for something new and this band’s music does just that, through great song writing and musicianship making for one great musical ride!<\/p>\n

ARTIST TRAILER: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch? v=iOoK3hnTZDM&feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n

ALBUM ORDER LINK: http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Badass-G eneration-Limited-Digipak-Nels on\/dp\/B017VORJFQ\/ref=sr_1_1?ie =UTF8&qid=1449072319&sr=8-1&ke ywords=paul+nelson+band<\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Paul- Nelson-221214511250923\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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