Scott Nelson's

MP3  Sampler  of

Home Recordings

"It's Like A Box of Chocolates... Ya Never
Know What You're Gonna Hear".
 


  Cascade Art       Music Home       contact: scott@cascadeart.com


Classical

Sonatina by Clemente ~ Flute by Gretchen, Guitars by Scott, Recorded in Tacoma, WA 2004
Bouree/Jesu Joy of Man's Desire  ~ a blending of two J.S. Bach pieces.
Hungarian Dance ~ flute tracks by Gretchen
Bach Sonata #4 ~ Geeter by Scott, flute by Gretchen
.

Jazz and Standards

Fly Me To The Moon  A standard made famous by Frank Sinatra.   Drums by Al Esis.
Bumble Bee Boogie   Flute by Gretchen Nielson, Guitars by Scott
Sentimental Journey ~ Finally got to make use of my guitar train whistle technique!
Stardust ~ the Standard of standards
Girl From Ipanema ~ A bit of latin flavor
Just The Way You Are ~
Weeping Willow Rag ~
Besame Mucho ~ Palabras de Espanol son muy dificiles para esta gringo. 
A Closer Walk With Thee ~  New Orleans Lives
.

 

Rock-N-Roll

I'm a Loser  A classic beatles tune--with a reggae twist (Recorded in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Alex Nathan, back-up vocals )
Rock-a-Billy Baby  An Original featuring jangling guitar and harp.
Rock N Roll Medley  Rockin guitar from hell! A compilation of  rock n roll classics all run together.  This was originally done on 4 track cassette with drum programming done on 1st generation digital drum machine (Roland TR-505). 
.

Blues

Loves Me Like a Rock  A blues version of this 70's hit.... yours truly on guitars, organ, drums, bass. Back-up vocals feature  John Rose and Matthew Perry on this Paul Simon classic.  Features AC fan noise in my Saudi Arabian "studio"
Can't Hold Out    Like the way I got the Bass to sound on this cover of an Eric Clapton tune.
I Gotta Woman   Too much fun doing this Ray Charles classic! (recorded 6/06).  Brad Nelson doing the tenor sax parts.  Recorded up Winston Creek in Lewis Co., Washington
Route 66 ~ Kingman, not Kingston!
Double Wide Fever ~ An original blues tune
 
.

Country and Western

Pieces of The Life He Leads   I engineered this tune for singer/songwriter Kathy Hudson. Pretty country, but  I really like how this came out.   recorded 4/06
Rawhide ~ keep them doggies movin'
Always on My Mind  --  Wife told me I had to learn this tune
.

Holiday Stuff

Drummer Boy ~ rum pum pum pah

Blue Christmas  Christmas meets the blues in '07 .  Recorded in Blackfoot, Idaho, while it is was snowing.

Frosty the Snowman ~  Frosty swings!

Merry Christmas, Baby ~ dedicated to all the chicks who dig diamonds for xmas
Jingle Bells ~ A one-of-a-kind version  in Portuguese and English with la esposa, Regina, on back-up vocals.
Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire ~ Live  guitar and voice with no tracking
Please Come Home For Christmas ~ Eagles Christmas Cover

 

Folk, Gospel & Misc.

From A Distance ~ Cover of Bette Midler's 80's hit
When I Come There  One of my better efforts at writing an original
People Get Ready -  Curtis Mayfield's 1964 gospel/soul tune, complete with wah-wah pedal and 70's style mixing.
Uncloudy Day  Don Henley and Willie Nelson both did versions of this gospel classic.  
Go Where I send Thee... a country remake of the Peter, Paul and Mary hit
Gotta Serve Somebody -- A  gospel funk tune by Mr. Dylan
Precious Memories ~ Traditional Gospel tune with slide guitar

I Saw The Light ~  Hank Williams' Personal Testimonial

One Love ~  Cover of Bob Marley's great song; Regina on back-up vocals
Farther Along ~ Don't get no more Cracker soundin' than this. 
Mountain Railway ~  More fun with Mandolin