NPR Music TIny Desk Concert: The Nels Cline Singers

Nels Cline, the preposterously skillful and adaptable guitarist's guitarist, is known mostly for his nasty solos with Wilco. But he's also part of the underground rock and free-jazz scenes, in which he's made challenging and expressive music with countless musicians, including those in The Nels Cline Singers. Cline's short set in the NPR Music offices serves as a rare and intimate master class from a thoughtful musician.

Set List:
"You Noticed"
"B86 (Inkblot Nebula)"
"Thoughts on Caetano"
"Blues, Too"

For more go to NPR.org/tinydeskconcerts

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• Nels Cline Singers
• Wilco
• B86 (Inkblot Nebula)
• Thoughts On Caetano
• Blues Too
• You Noticed
• All Songs Considered
• NPR Music
• National Public Radio
• ASC
• Tiny Desk Concerts

[NoGoats]

Nels Cline belongs to a certain form of musicians who will be acclaimed for every bit of them in a near future

[GeorgeJohnPaulRingo]

Maybe a few Wilco fans here expecting him to play something more Impossible Germany-ish? Sorry guys, this is the kind of gear Nels was making long before Wilco came knocking. It a challenging listen, more about the sounds and textures than the structure. Not everyone cup of meat, but definitely mine.

[ygohome]

I first heard Nels when he played guitar for Watt on his Ball Hog and Tug Boat tour in 1995. His playing is one of a kind and I love it. I hadn't seen him play live since 1997 or 1998. Its cool seeing him up close like this in the video instead of in a dark night club. A very interesting guy and I dare say he is the best guitar player I've seen play live.

[panchobehrmann]

@pmandrade89 He is most definitely using his CS-3

[Heisenberg85]

Fight fight fight fight fight fight fight fight!!

[MickeyMacaroney]

hes got a new album this year with saxophonist tim berne. quickly becoming one of my favorites from either of them

[GeorgeJohnPaulRingo]

@rollerblaker That's ok, I didn't like your comment either. It's like, you were saying that you like the Beatles, but, for some reason, you think that if you act like you don't like them, the people who do like them won't like looking like they like the same things that you like, so they won't like them anymore, and you'll be cooler for liking them, and I'll look like a bad person because my father was a dairy farmer who couldn't drink milk. You know what I mean?

[HeNdRiXIzGoD321]

its funny cause he wasnt even on YHF.....

[rollerblaker]

@GeorgeJohnPaulRingo i just didn't like the way you automatically assumed people don't like it and expect him to play the way he does in wilco, it's almost as if you don't even like it, but, for some reason, think it's something cool to like so you force yourself to act like you like it. i don't know, i don't mean to sound like an asshole. just the way you said what you were saying pissed me off

[Trebgah]

I LOVE the sound of Nels on a phrygian scale!

[GeorgeJohnPaulRingo]

@rollerblaker Yep, says me. What's your point? That a Beatles fan could only ever possibly listen the Beatles?