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Austin Chronicle on Johnny Nicholas

ben — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:03:14 +0000

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Call it what you want, but to Johnny Nicholas it’s the blues

Austin Statesman: “Johnny Nicholas comes down from the Hill Country with a new album of blues”

ben — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:06:32 +0000

Johnny Nicholas comes down from the Hill Country with a new album of blues

SXSW “LEGENDS SHOWCASE” AT SAXON PUB

ben — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:34:21 +0000

On Thursday, March 15 Johnny Nicholas and Hell Bent featuring Cindy Cashdollar, Bruce Hughes, Scrappy Jud Newcomb and John Chipman will be making a SXSW appearance on the “Legends Showcase” at the Saxon Pub. The line-up for this special night is:

8:00 Folk UKE
9:00 Johnny Nicholas & Hell Bent
10:00 Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel
11:00 Van Wilks
12:00 Al & John Stahaley

Featuring the musicians who played on Nicholas’ well received CD, Future Blues, Hellbent has been getting raves across the country. Here’s what some folks said about Future Blues:

“Terrific…world-weary wisdom drips from Nicholas’ craggy baritone voice, and he sure has a way with words.”
- Living Blues

“[Future Blues] extend[s] the tradition in ways that ensure the form does, indeed, have a future, as well as a past.”
- The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Nicholas is impressively effective trading licks with guest Jimmie Vaughan. What he brings to the table is unique, but also faithful to the spirit of what came before.”
- Vintage Guitar

WELCOME TO THE NEW WEBSITE

ben — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:11:59 +0000

Enjoy a look and listen and let us know what you think.

Check back here for announcements, news from the road and the like.

MUSIC RELEASE – FUTURE BLUES

ben — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:22:10 +0000

On July 12, The People’s Label released the latest CD by renowned Texas musician, Johnny Nicholas. While Nicholas’ new album may be entitled Future Blues, its roots lie in the past. The music on Future Blues is a living, breathing (and crooning, jumping, swinging) entity, as full of life and vigor as a group of gifted Lone Star musicians can make it.

The cast of stellar players Nicholas and producer/bass player Bruce Hughes assembled for the Future Blues sessions are steel and slide guitarist Cindy Cashdollar (Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Paul Butterfield), drummer John Chipman (Band of Heathens), accordion and keyboardist Joel Guzman (Joe Ely), guitarist Scrappy Jud Newcomb (Ian McLagan, The Resentments) with some special guest par excellence Jimmie Vaughan.

Johnny’s East Coast beginnings include musical alliances with the likes of Duke Robillard (Roomful of Blues) and Fran Christina (the Fabulous Thunderbirds).

Johnny has toured, played and recorded with many true blues legends including:

Robert Lockwood Jr., Johnny Shines, Big Walter Horton, Roosevelt Sykes, Robert Pete Williams, One String Sam, Eddie Taylor, Billy Boy Arnold, Houston Stackhouse, and Boogie Woogie Red.

He recorded and toured with Johnny Shines and Snooky Pryor, producing and playing guitar on their W.C. Handy Award-winning album Back to the Country.

Future Blues reunites Nicholas, Hughes, and Cashdollar after their successful collaboration with Geoff Muldaur, Stephen Bruton and Jim Kweskin on the 2008 acoustic blues Texas Sheiks project.

Johnny and his touring band, which includes Hughes, Cashdollar and Newcomb will be playing dates in support of the release.