Hi Everyone,
Its been a while since I posted anything. You may notice a few changes to my blog. I have removed most of the information regarding the band, One More River, that I play in since we now have our own band blog. So you can check that out to keep up to date on the band's activities. The link is on the lower left on the page below. There is also a ReverbNation page for the band as well that has some new audio that we recorded recently in the studio. So from now on I'll really only post information about what I am doing musically myself on this blog. This weekend is the MidWinter Bluegrass Festival in Northglenn, CO. So if you are a fan of bluegrass you need to come on over and check it out. I hope to get a few more of my solo basement videos put together one of these days now that things should be slowing down just a bit. So stay tuned for that. Well, check back for some other changes and updates to my blog in the near future. Take care and God bless!
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.