Todd Nelson is a highly regarded guitarist, composer and arranger who plays a
unique combination of Blues, Country, Folk, Jazz, Rock and Classical styles.
He is equally at home accompanying vocalists, leading an instrumental group
or playing in a large ensemble. Todd has recorded or performed with Terry Adams
(NRBQ), Gary Burke (Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson), Aimee Mann, Ed Mann (Frank Zappa),
Lonesome Val, Rumdummies, songwriters Jules Shear and Pal Shazar, the Wheelers
and Dealers and others. He is a founding member of Fear of Strangers (aka the Units), a
band that was an integral part of the Punk/New Wave scene in the Capital District of
New York in the 1980s, releasing an album on Miles Copeland's Faulty Products label.
The band shared stages with the Police, Squeeze, the B-52s, XTC, REM and others.
Todd is currently performing music from his latest release, jazzamericana
