John Nelson - Vagabond

Vagabond contains infectious grooves, tasteful arrangements and pristine production. Containing 13 self-penned originals, it carves out musical territory from the folk-grass inspired "My Sweet Love" to the swampy "Waiting For The Weekend". "Medicine Creek", recounting the treaty signing of 1854 with Native tribes received a Woodyfest songwriting competition honor. "Oklahoma Saturday Night" paints the picture of a dance in Americas' heartland with twin fiddles and sweet harmonies. "There's No Right Way To Do Me Wrong" lays down a blues swagger with honky-tonk piano and an Epiphone Zephyr cranked through a Fender Vibrolux. Character driven narratives like Jezebel relate another time and place in an old mill town and "By The Light" portrays a gentle remembrance, complete with a lilting string trio. Musicians contributing their considerable talents to Vagabond include "International Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame Inductee" Doug Jernigan (Johnny Paycheck, Vassar Clements), fiddle ace Barbara Lamb (Asleep At The Wheel, Sweethearts Of The Rodeo), blues fiddler Jon Parry (Danny Barnes, Hank Williams Jr.) singers Jane Milford & Tammy Frost, drummer Chris Leighton, Murl Sanders (keyboards) and the Grammy nominated Native American Flute player Gentle Thunder. Whether a sweet love song, a tale of jilted love or a simple unadorned prayer, you'll want to visit the road Vagabond travels again and again.