Paul Nelson to Perform at Little Bar

Grammy-winning guitarist Paul Nelson will be performing on March 6 at 7 PM at The Little Bar, 205 Harbor Drive, Goodland.

Being blues/rock icon Johnny Winter‘s hand-picked touring and recording guitarist is just one of the accolades held by guitarist Paul Nelson, who has also shared the world’s stages and/or recorded alongside Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Slash, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Vince Gill, Sonny Landreth, Ben Harper, Joe Bonamassa and the list goes on. 

With appearances on late night with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel, Nelson a blues hall of fame artist is known for his amazing tone and playing style by an ever growing legion of fans establishing him as one of today’s leading modern blues guitar trendsetters.

Come see why this guitarist’s guitarist and band are packing houses on tour now! 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.” 

Nelson, who studied with Steve Vai in his Berklee days, and jazz fusion greats Steve Khan and Mike Stern created a tour de force with his first solo all-instrumental blues/rock/fusion solo release, entitled LOOK.

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 Nelson showing his many other musical dimensions that his ever growing fan base has come to expect and who consider him to be one of music’s most respected and influential contemporary guitarists.

The new Johnny Winter documentary, “Down & Dirty,” was recently released on DVD. It debuted at South by Southwest and is a highly acclaimed, no-holds barred, inside look at the life of Johnny Winter. Paul is featured extensively in the film and is also the film’s Executive Producer.

2016 saw the release of Paul’s new solo album, the aptly titled Bad Ass Generation, released on Sony Music. Paul fronts his new four-piece band and the band’s new record is indeed a badass album, full of bluesy, bawdy, rocking riffs, tight ensemble playing and well-written songs.

For more information visit www.paulnelsonguitar.com.