CHICAGO BOB NELSON

    El día 17 de este mes de Mayo hará un año exactamente que Robert Lee Nelson , CHICAGO BOB NELSON nos dejó.Alumno de SLIM HARPO y de LAZY LESTER , fué forjando su propio estilo con la armónica contactando con los grandes de Chicago cuando iba a pasar el verano junto a su tía que vivía en el norte . ( él era de Louisiana ) Tocó con JOHN LEE HOOKER durante un breve período de tiempo en 1977 .Y sería el propio MUDDY WATERS quien le proporcionó su nombre artístico cuando estaba tocando junto a LUTHER JOHNSON , músico que había abandonado  la banda de MUDDY . BOB y LUTHER estuvieron tocando durante mas de diez años. Se como fuere este hombre dejaría el sello de su autenticidad. Sin concesiones. 

                                 

                                 

                                          
                  

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Chicago Bob Nelson

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Chicago Bob Nelson

Birth name Robert Lee Nelson

Born July 4, 1944 (age 69)

Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States

Genres Chicago blues

Occupations Harmonicist, singer, songwriter

Instruments Harmonica

Years active Late 1950s–present

Labels Ichiban, HMG, King Snake and others

"Chicago" Bob Nelson ( July 4, 1944, Bogalusa, Louisiana January 17, 2013], United States)was an American blues musician.

"Chicago" Bob Nelson was a harmonica player and singer who is known for amalgamating Louisiana and Chicago blues styles. He was singular in being mentored by traditional rural southern blues harmonica practitioners and melding their approach with urban Chicago playing, thus creating his own distinctive sound. Nelson died on January 18, 2013.

His family was a musical family. Bob's father, Versie Nelson, played upright bass and harmonica. From an early age Bob accompanied Versie to house parties, backyard barbecues and Saturday night fish fries around Bogalusa where cajun music, zydeco and blues were performed. Nelson recalled, "It was just people eating, jamming and having a good time!"[citation needed] Nelson began playing the harmonica at age 8. As a youngster he was encouraged and instructed by Versie's musical cohorts, Louisiana blues legends (and Excello recording artists) Slim Harpo (James Moore) and Lazy Lester (Leslie Johnson). Nelson credited Harpo, Lester, Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck Miller) and Jimmy Reed (all of whom he knew) as his primary influences, as well as Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson whose recordings he studied.[citation needed] Through listening to these artists, Nelson learned to use his instrument as a "second voice" to interpret and elucidate the emotion and themes of a song. Trips to Chicago to visit family were a major part of Nelson's childhood.

By the early 1960s he had taken up residence in Chicago. There he met and performed with Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Earl Hooker and Muddy Waters. The latter, having run into Nelson at nearly every blues venue in Chicago, bestowed upon him the moniker that continues to identify him today. Nelson later performed with Muddy Waters at the Newport Folk Festival. Throughout his career Nelson has toured extensively with Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, Tinsley Ellis and John Lee Hooker.