Be Bop Deluxe Nelsonic Blues

[genebeed]

I was at this show. Still the best I remember. Thanks for the memories.

[WooffaT]

Great !

[cannaballester]

Its ashame for whatever reason they were not more widely played back then and most people have never heard of them but if you ever stop and listen then you to would also wonder why the world was cheated out of this band,,,and I would gladly go and see them or bill nelson if he ever tours,,,,,,,,,one of the greats the world has never heard

[11kirky]

Love this band one of my all time favourites, never heard this before, brilliant. Still say they produced 2 of the most iconic album covers ever, axe victim and sunburst finish. Listening to this it could have been blues victim or sunburst blues, fuck good band names, i like it, i'm so f**king cool i should live in a fridge to keep warm.

[LettuceReason]

the solo he did on 'adventures in a yorkshire landscape' from Live in the Air Age has inspired me for decades!

[bowbridge113]

just listened to bill playing the blues.maybe he should have done more.up with the best .would love to hear him play the blues more often.anyone got anymore blues tracks to post ??

[lineswine]

Bill Nelson...the man, the hero.

A "tip o' the hat" to you for posting this wee gem of a track.

[Staticnz]

I actually think it sounds like Bill Nsleon was holding back on a lot of Be Bop Deluxe songs. When you hear him play blues with such heart and soul and technical flare you realise he was capable of even more than the greatness he always brought.

I think it's a reflection of how he was always a modest character.

[TwilightCapers]

Message for all Bill Nelson/Be Bop Deluxe fans. Bill is to be featured on ITV' s LEGENDS TV show, March 26 at the Metropolis studios, London! Only 125 tickets available. He will play Be Bop Deluxe material with a full band, your ticket will include a meet and greet with Bill and you will be named as a sponsor on the DVD! Please let other fans know, just google Metropolis Studios for info.

[academyofrock]

Come along to his ITV Legends concert - March 26 2011 London

[JollyGraham]

Amazing stuff. Afraid to say that until a friend recommended him today I had never heard of him!

[Ferguccio]

Profutimo! Muy bellissimado!

[jtstory]

Great upload and couldn't agree with the description more.

[AxeVictim01]

really. was there any doubt? bill nelson had this all along. so many be-bop tunes bordered on the blues - with be bop flare.

[AcadianSloth1]

I had a chance for front row seats in Montreal, Canada to see Be Bop and King Crimson, but turned them down because I never heard of Be Bop back then..

I'm kicking myself to this very day, nearly 40 years later . . .lol

[academyofrock]

Simply fantastic

[TobyLuckyMerlin]

BILL NELSON GUITAR GOD!!!!

[roachrip]

so good

[caleywontdie]

Saw Bill play at Nelsonica two weeks ago in York. Three sets, three different sets within 24 hours -two with different bands, one solo, what a talent, what a visionary and what versatility. 37 years I have been a fan, but I I have never heard "Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape" better than two weeks - that si saying something - ago where Bill traded licks with a flautist.

The icing on the cake - he signed my Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro. A permanent flame for me of this mans genius

[BJCAshton]

@caleywontdie I was at Nelsonica too!! ( The flautist was Theo Travis who also gigs with Robert Fripp) Brilliant couple of days . I have been a Bill fan since 1975 -he's not just a multi talented musician but also a lovely guy too :-) which is one of the reason I have stuck with him for all these years (along with the music!!)

[caleywontdie]

@BJCAshton Nelsonica - great two days. you might have seen me - I was the guy with a glazed look af joy at the meet and greet with Bill - he signed my Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro. I doubt if I was ever happier and have you ever heard a better version of "Adventures in a Yorhshire Landscape" than on the Friday night

[joynthis]

He wasn't underated. Guitar players knew who he was, and lots of people ran out and bought Sunburst Finish after they heard Fair Exchange on the radio. It's just that "good" and "popular" are rarely the same.

[roachrip]

way under-rated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[klainski2]

Fabulous indeed. Thanks to all who post Bill N and Be Bop performances. I lost track of them in the 70's and y'all are helping me catch up. I thought I posted this before. So if it appears twice, oh well.

[jstnxprsn1]

What Sonicpe3 said!

Thanks so much for sharing this. God, can you say, TONE????

[jamoster]

Check out 'Mill St. Junction' for one of the most blazing live performances by anyone ever. Also the Youtube "08 Christmas card is wonderful. Bill's a way-under-appreciated talent of rare sensibility and masterful ability.

[fearlissimo]

Fabulous, if uncharacteristic, stuff from one of the most criminally under-rated (if not downright overlooked) guitar players of the past 40 years.

As an aside, the verse Bill sings 2:15 - 3:25 is from Fleetwood Mac's 'Rollin' man' (on Mr Wonderful) but changing 'oh baby' to 'hear me baby'.

Thanks for posting.

[midlandmaverick]

So great to hear this - I saw them 3 times in the '70s and remember them doing some blues stuff but never thought I'd gte to hear it again! Wonderful and thank you for sharing :-)

Indeed one of the greatest guitar players ever.

[beboploo]

stil sounds goodl

[talesfromeurope]

This a whole side of Bill's playing that his Be Bop Deluxe work only hinted at.

He should have auditioned for the Bluesbreakers!

[TJmoneymaker13]

@talesfromeurope just imagine that, bloody hell

[MEandPOUSSIN]

There is something perfect in this guitar playing . Thanks Bill Nelson ! And thanks, Mark, for forwarding.

[MrAmajor7]

My first and all-time guitar hero..... he inspired me to pick up an axe, and 35 years on he still thrills me like no one else! ;0 Mark

[einaroneeye]

Tasty blues playing. His phrasing is very nice, a deft touch and full of soul...thank you for posting.

[marynightshade]

This is great! So much Bebop stuff has such murky sound, but this is excellent.

[sonicpe3]

Never heard this one. Fantastic !! Bill is totally under rated. What a find & thanx for posting.

[OUTSIDETHEBOCKS]

Saw BBD in 1977 at Ferris State University (only College back then). On the Permanaent Flame website, there are pictures of that concert with the opening band Missouri. I still have my ticket stub, and would be glad to email a picture of it to anyone who is interested. Bill Nelson is a guitarist who is a guitarist. I LOVE that he plays SG-3's, and his knowledge of musical composition is something to be envied. Thank you so much for this post.

[arm3560]

Having listened to Bill Nelson for over 30 years, I sometimes thought my admiration for his truly amazing guitar work was embedded in me from the standpoint of " A naive and easily influenced 15 year old". Have never heard this before today, take a bow Mr. Nelson, you are without doubt the most versatile and gifted guitarist I have ever heard and the "Legends" of the guitar world, (Hendrix, Page, Clapton etc.) albeit brilliant exponents of their art are not in the same league, you stand alone.

[WELLBRAN]

Bill Nelson and Gary Boyle are 2 of the forgotten men in British Music, I know Boyle was from Jazz but the both of them never got much credit..never knew why.

[Chuckjagermeister]

"Bone crushingly loud" is a good way to describe the TC's. I had a TC60 head and it would shake bits of plaster from the ceiling at 1/4 volume. They are underrated monsters.

[braberdebrabel22]

@Chuckjagermeister Indeed, i am a proud owner of a 1974 TC100. I love it, its to loud for its own good but god it sounds nice.

[paulnery]

Amazing tune!

Bill Nelson rules!!

[binnyman]

Hotter than the guitar on the cover of "Sunburst Finish"...........saw BBD 2X in the '70's, and Bill used the 345 for a couple of songs, but had transitioned to his Yamaha by that time......stunning sustain. I had seats no worse than 8th row center @ Olympia Theater at Gusman Center in Miami, 1,567 seats.....for the shows, a year apart....and "bone-crushingly loud" is very accurate !:P But, also soft, subtle,sublime....a band where dynamics ruled. Thanks! Peace:-)

[boltupright77]

I am so ashamed, so very ashamed.

This guy is something to behold indeed!!!

What feel, my gosh I am so ashamed.

[minutegongcoughs]

Still up and Bill's still moving forward. He's one of those geniuses waiting to be discovered.

[jyaguda1]

Absolutely amazing, never heard Bill break into a standard blues riff like that before. Would love to get a copy of this if available, greatly appreciated.

[peterbonner]

Bill Nelson has mentioned the idea of "splitting the difference" between passion and intellect while playing, and here's a good example. He steers thru some excellent and surprising note choices, but never lets it get away from the raw urgency of say, Albert King. He retains his style while moving into straight blues territory. Hard to do! Has anyone posted a STEREO version of this anywhere? -- HEY BILL-- how about another "GUITAR" CD.?? "PRACTICALLY WIRED" (1995) rules!

[EMILIOMARENGO]

someone must have Nelsons Northern Dream, dig it out and give us one of the blues numbers or anything from it...many thanks

[hadoukenss4]

has anyone got this song to send to me please, my dad wants it because he cant find it anywhere, he also wants "crying to the sky" cheers.

[CadillacL]

WOW!

[hterra1955]

Like David Gilmour, Bill Nelson is a blues guitarist plating rock and roll.

[Janey99]

Guess he could fill in on guitar for the Allman Bros in a pinch or get Greg Allman to do some vocals. But man the blues doesn't get any hotter than this. A dim light in the back of my cerebellum recalls this from 70's touring, great to hear it again, I thought it was lost forever or merely a hallucination of my mispent youth.

[patrixm]

Great contribution to youtube, I've never heard this before. Top notch!

[snotmale]

...bloody decen bloke too... have chatted to him through his website and answered some lifelong questions I harboured!

[mcddtlc]

WOW - Never heard Bill playing like this before and I've heard him alot!!!

THANKS!! MLC

[engleburthumperdink]

Bill Nelson rules. Wooooohoo.

[Tudomir]

Thank´s entalogarhythm, i have never hear this before, i think i have 600 record with BBD and Bill solo... Superfan.

25 of Axe Victim from the first press... crazy i know..

[jrybiski]

Pentalogarhythm,

I saw BBD in Dallas in 1976. Must have been the same tour. Bill Nelson came out on stage for their final encore stripped to the waist (but still wearing a silver cummberbund!) playing this exact blues. I was directly in front getting plenty of sonic blast from his Carlsbros. Wish I could return... Dr. Who maybe?

[Plasticsoul]

what an unearthly tone! what an amazing player. I've never heard Nelson playing blues before. Way cool! thanks for posting it

[Timbarwell]

great tune bill and the band brilliant after Hendrix my favorite guitarist of all time. sounds like bill especially at the end

[Bucksylvania]

All I can say is....Eric who???? Brilliant.....

[kirkg811]

I totally agree!

[ToaseyC]

Thanks for a great posting. Undoubtably Bill, signature licks and vibrato all there.

Only behind Jimi as my favourite.

[Tazz77]

Awesome. Thanks for posting.

[shim383]

= the man, no contest

[theaxevictim]

Incredible stuff - keep it coming man!

[aldapemail]

Fucking great!!I knew a good quality of this show exhisted.I got the opener thin lizzy show on tape and figured this had to be out there.thanks for posting.

[BTCharlie]

Oh yes it is!!.....he never played much blues, but I know that guitar anywhere.

Awesome!

[Swan2555]

Ok....I stand corrected, sorry!

[Swan2555]

This is NOT Bill Nelson/Be Bop Deluxe....take it off or rename it!

[cleenfred]

why does the man toy with us so.

[lifeofpisquared]

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[lifeofpisquared]

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