Brian G. Nelson
Singer Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist
Original Americana, Folk, Blues,
Rock, and a hint of Country
Upcoming Shows
Brian G. Nelson
Saturday, February 28
Music from 7:00-9:00pm
at
Kiss the Sky Book
401 Main Street
Sultan, WA 98294
All ages.
Suggested $10 donation, but I mostly just want to see you there.
Available for booking
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About Brian G. Nelson
Brian has always loved music. He sang in grade school, played trumpet in middle school, and started playing guitar and bass in high school. He wrote poetry and short stories as a child, and started occasionally writing songs not long after picking up the guitar. In more recent years, he’s picked up ukulele, piano, banjo, guitalele, and mandolin.
Brian was in the Army from 2001-2005, and deployed to Iraq twice, taking a guitar both times. After the Army, he got a BA in Economics and the Comparative History of Ideas with a minor in Philosophy. In 2016, he was diagnosed with stage IV diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, and underwent successful chemotherapy.
In 2023, Brian decided to make a serious effort at becoming a songwriter and set a goal to write 100 songs that year. After reaching that goal, he did it again in 2024, and he’s working on it in 2025 as well.
Brian went to his first ever open mic on his 43rd birthday, in 2024, his first time playing or singing in front of more than a couple people since middle school. He fell in love with performing immediately. Prior crippling fears of speaking and performing in public long gone.
Brian has been an avid trail and mountain runner since not long after leaving the Army, even though he hated running while in the Army. He also loves wandering in the woods and mountains around his home in Gold Bar, Washington, foraging for plants and mushrooms, gardening, and often listens to audiobooks while doing those things. Brian is part of a local trails and conservation nonprofit and regularly volunteers to maintain trails, pick up litter, and remove invasive plants. Brian also runs a community songwriting group for local songwriters to share their songs, get and give feedback, and network.
Brian writes songs about his experiences in nature, including wildlife encounters, life, love, heartache, and stories that seemingly come from somewhere else. His musical interests are broad, ranging from grunge, to hiphop, outlaw and alt country, Americana, folk, early blues, neo-soul, industrial, shoe gaze, punk of various flavors, and more. Brian’s all-time top 5 favorite songs are 5) Foo Fighters – My Hero, 4) Björk – Bachelorette, 3) Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser – All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun, 2) Mazzy Star – Fade Into You, 1) Sonic Youth – Diamond Sea.
For booking, songwriting, or other inquiries, can contact Brian through any of his social media accounts or email links at the top and bottom of this page.
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