The David Nelson Band
The David Nelson Band will be heading back to Humboldt County in early November! Help’s On The Way presents ‘Dia De Los Muertos with the David Nelson Band’ (with special guest Jay Lane joining Wally Ingram on drums) for 2 shows at the Mateel Community Center on Friday and Saturday, November 1st & 2nd 2024. […]
Get ready for a wild ride as the David Nelson Band takes the stage once again for 2 nights of unforgettable music! We’re very excited to announce the David Nelson Band Rides Again! Campout 3 – a mini festival and camping adventure on September 28 and 29 hosted by Hermitage Music Presents at the beautiful […]
At the opening of the new Jerry Garcia exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum, David Nelson was showered with some long-overdue recognition as one of Garcia’s earliest bandmates in the years leading up to the founding of the Grateful Dead. Located on the Ohio River in Owensboro, Kentucky, the museum shines […]
DNB HANA HOU JAM OF THE WEEK Aloha DNB Ohana! We’re starting a feature where each week leading up to our Hana Hou Tour, we’ll be posting a song or jam from a previous year in Hawaii, along with an accompanying anecdote about the show. Thanks to Ray Charon for the videos. We invite anyone […]
‘Klondike Blues’, the new David Nelson Band single is set for release October 11 (pre-release on September 22). While most of the country is experiencing record high temperatures this summer, Robert Hunter and David Nelson take us to the fictitious town of Klondike, Alaska for a reelin’ and rockin’ little cool down. ‘Klondike Blues’ is […]
Hey ya’ll! Heads up that we will be releasing ‘Man Overboard’ – a Robert Hunter/ David Nelson composition on June 12 (David’s birthday!). This rollicking rocker is from the same recording session that produced our recent single, ‘Movin’ Right Along’, and was also mixed by Grammy award winning engineer, Ross Hogarth. It will be available […]
A New Song from Robert Hunter… Music by David Nelson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE About five years ago, Robert Hunter, sweet be his memory, sent his old friend David Nelson a stack of lyrics. David’s written music for several of them, some of which were on the David Nelson Band release Once In A Blue Moon. […]
Here’s a free show download from a mastered soundboard recording that was part of our last full Harvest Tour in 2015. This was the first show of the tour on November 11, from the now defunct and super cool Zodiacs in Petaluma, CA. The band hadn’t played for awhile and was stoked to make music […]
