Hi Friends,
I can't believer the summer is over all ready. Where did the time go? It has been a busy playing season this year - both individually and as part of the One More River (OMR) band that I am now a part of. Lots of festivals, jam sessions, and pickin opportunities. I had another opportunity to play a solo timeslot at the 2012 Gospel Grass Festival in Calhan, CO in late June. I hope to get a couple videos from that set up on the video links soon. OMR played at a couple of festivals this summer - Gospel Grass on the Divide in Monument in July and the Masonville Gospel Music Festival in Masonville in August. I plan to add a few videos from the Masonville event soon as well. Take a look at the playing schedule to see where I have played this summer. I am continuing to improve my mandolin playing. This is especially helpful since I play the mandolin on an occasional song in OMR. I am even learning to play upright bass! That's fun too. It has been a good summer and I look forward to what God has in store for the fall and coming year. Look back at the website in the near future to check out the new posted videos. Have a great one. See you at a jam session soon.
Jody
Jody Nelson
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." Colossians 3:16
Hi, welcome to my website. My name is Jody Nelson. I enjoy singing and playing gospel music, particulary gospel bluegrass and folk music. I got a rather late start in life playing stringed instruments, not picking up a guitar until I was 30 years old. Although I consider the guitar as my primary instrument, I also enjoy plinking around on the banjo, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, and hammer dulcimer, the latter two which I built myself. One of these days I'm going to pick up the fiddle which I got a while back and start learning to play something on it as I have time. I have played in our praise band at church for several years and now also play in a gospel bluegrass band called One More River. I have been influenced by a variety of musicians and styles of music - bluegrass, folk, blues, jazz, old-time gospel, and contemporary Christian. One of my favorite things is to take an old hymn and give it a bluegrass/folk flavor. Some of my favorite performers and influences include Norman Blake, Doc Watson, Alison Krauss, Tim O'Brien, Claire Lynch, Front Range, Anne and Pete Sibley, and the Carter Family. My wife, Kathy, ocasionally joins me for duets as well. When all is said and done, I can often be heard to respond after playing a song, "Something like that!" since each time it may be a little different. I hope you enjoy what you find on the page. I'll try to keep it updated with new things.
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