Arthur Neilson's News Page






Arthur’s latest release is “Hell of A Nerve!”

Arthur has had several very successful tours in Europe promoting his last CD.

Recently, Arthur worked on Shemekia Copeland's soon to be released CD

He was thrilled to be a part of “A King Family Christmas”, a Christmas CD that is to benefit displaced musicians in post-Katrina New Orleans

Arthur, also an accomplished bassist, played upright bass on Dave Gross' "Take a Gamble" CD

Arthur played guitar on Debbie Davies CD "All I Found"

Arthur was seen with Shemekia Copeland on PBS in Martin Scorsese's "The Blues".

They appeared in the Wim Wender directed "The Soul of the Man".

Arthur and Shemekia can also be heard on the soundtrack CD performing J.B. Lenoir's "God's Word"


In May 2003, Arthur was proud to have been nominated for a WC Handy Award with "The Shemekia Copeland Band" for "Band of the Year"

He was thrilled to see Shemekia's "Talking to Strangers" win "Blues Album of the Year" and "Contemporary Album of the Year". He had a great time working on that album and to see it receive two awards was wonderful.

To top it off, Shemekia also won for "Contemporary Female Artist of the Year"






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