Nelson began writing songs when, at 16, he joined his first band, Parsley. The bass player he replaced, Julian Scott later went on to have a number one record ‘Pop Music’ with his brother Robin under the name of ‘M’.

Nelson always had a great interest in recording and turned to record production .Nelson produced various singles and albums for fledgling independent labels. The first single, for a band called Carnage featured the artist Jake Chapman of the Chapman Brothers on lead guitar. Jake also designed the picture sleeve. The band signed a P&D deal with Rough Trade and made two albums. A track was included on a Christmas compilation, reaching number 1 in the independent chart. Nelson also produced a single for the band Onslaught achieving number 5 in the NME chart.

Nelson’s first release was entitled ‘Electric’, released in 2004. While having a blues influence, ‘Electric’ demonstrates Nelson’s ability to write authentic blues

‘Electric’ has been played on radio stations in 15 countries, received glowing reviews and even appeared in various blues and radio charts worldwide, recently featuring in Dutch radio station ‘Blue Ears’ top 25 over a year after it’s release. The album on release now is “Acoustic” which is a more mellow take from a handful of songs on the “Electric” album and new songs

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