Thursday 28 November 2013

New songs & gig

I have a few more new songs to share.

This song is a Lightnin' Hopkins cover and features Carmen Lee on piano and vocals.
https://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/the-devil-is-watching-sleepy

Here's another one on the slide.
https://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/winter-nights-sleepy-eyes

I'm also pleased to say i'll be back in Edinburgh playing on Saturday the 7th of December at the Blind Poet.
My set starts at 5.40pm.  It will be a top day of blues so head out!  Here's a link to the Facebook event page. https://www.facebook.com/events/1434420036771640/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

I'll have more gig dates and recordings to post on here soon so keep a look out!

Cheers

Sleepy


Thursday 31 October 2013

New Songs & Cheap Wine Records!

I have some new songs to share. The first is on Youtube and the others are recordings on Soundcloud.
Click the links to listen!

I Spend It All
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgZG4oBbdrM

Troubles Like Mine
https://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/troubles-like-mine

Pay Me Good
https://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/pay-me-good


Also here is a wee write up about about Cheap Wine Records done by Roots Music Examiner
The write up was done by James Carlson
http://www.examiner.com/article/bluesman-sleepy-eyes-nelson-owns-and-operates-indie-label-cheap-wine-records




Tuesday 17 September 2013

CD's Available

Cheap Wine Records have updated the Babdcamp merchandise page and now have a number of hard copies of my albums available for only £5.  Here are the links to the albums.

Unhealthy Songbook - http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/unhealthy-songbook

Where The Town Ends - http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-town-ends

Busy With The Blues - http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/busy-with-the-blues

Graveyard Full Of Blues - Split - http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/build-that-coffin-of-mine

Cheap Wine Records also have a limited amount of copies of my first ever album Dirty With The Blues originally released on Devil's Ruin Records back in 2008.
Here is the link -    http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/merch/dirty-with-the-blues-by-sleepy-eyes-nelson

More physical copies will be available soon!

Cheers

Sleepy


Wednesday 4 September 2013

New Stuff/Glasgow Gig

A video has turned up from the KAOS Radio show i played in Austin when i was on tour in America.  The song is called Old House Covered In Blues.
Follow the link to watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFujiJaKjE

I've also put a couple of new tracks on my Soundcloud page.  One is The Postman blues live on KAOS Radio and the other is a Merle Haggard song.  Follow the links to listen.

Postman Blues Live on KAOS Radio
https://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/postman-blues-live-on-kaos

Someone Told My Story
https://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/someone-told-my-story-in-a

I'm playing a gig at The State Bar in Glasgow on Friday night for the Vagabond Social Club.  I'm Sure it will be a top night, it's always been one of my favourites to play!  Here's a link to the event page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/148421748698183/?notif_t=plan_user_invited


Friday 16 August 2013

Busy With The Blues On KAOS Radio!

I'm really pleased to say that my new album Busy With The Blues has been featured on The Smooth and Demented Show on KAOS Radio Austin.  This is a top radio show that supports independent music so it's definitely something you should check out. They have been playing my music since my first release on Devil's Ruin Records years ago and I am grateful for all the support.  Big cheers to El Demento for playing the full album!!

Link to the show:   http://kaosradioaustin.org/node/53566

Wednesday 7 August 2013

Live Videos

Here are some links to live videos from The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival.  A big thanks to George from The Scottish Connection for taking the videos.

So Long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IDcJaXdII4

Moonrise Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBlcKKPujZI

Down the Line Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRR_f1Ua2ko

Postman Blues & Step it up and Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i28Jsoxil6M


Contact email:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/sleepyeyesnelsonbluesmusician
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Thursday 1 August 2013

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival/Busy With The Blues

I've been busy playing gigs recently and had a great time playing at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival in particular. I played to good crowds at the Tron Kirk, the sound was great and I was treated really well.  I also had a top time playing at the Slouch Blues night too..  I will hopefully have some videos to share from the Tron Kirk as I know George from the Scottish Connection took a couple.

                                          Photograph by George from The Scottish Connection
Photograph taken by Vincenza Macis

I also have a new album out that I've put up for FREE download on Cheap Wine Records called Busy With The Blues.  Follow the link to Download: http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/busy-with-the-blues

For bookings please email me at:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk



Friday 19 July 2013

Interview/Free Live Album/Gigs

Recently Walter Beck from Polari Online Magazine asked if I would happy to do an interview for them so i did. Here's the link to the interview:
http://www.polarimagazine.com/interviews/living-blues-interview-sleepy-eyes-nelson/

Also just to let you know, there is a live album available for free download on Shive/Lo-Fi Shit Records from the American tour i did with Slate Dump.  The recording was done by Brad Fielder at the Bluebonnet Bar in Norman Oklahoma. iT turned out great and it's another nice we split with Slate Dump and me.
Here is the link:   http://shivelofishitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-bluebonnet-bar

I've also got another video up on YouTube playing a new simple song called Bad Loser Blues

I'm playing the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival starting this Sunday the 21st then on Monday 22nd and Thursday the 25th, all gigs are at the Tron Kirk and I'm on early at 10.30 am.  I've also got a gig at the Slouch Blues night in Glasgow on the 24th starting around 10pm.  

email:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/sleepyeyesnelsonbluesmusician
sleepyeyesnelson.tumblr.com

Monday 15 July 2013

Blues in Britain/Videos

Here is another review of my album Unhealthy Songbook.  The review is from Blues in Britain.  I've also uploaded a couple of videos to YouTube.  One new song called I Couldn't Buy Beer and the other is a Townes Van Zandt cover call Still Looking For You.  Follow the links to view.

I Couldn't Buy Beer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc0niWEsBXc&feature=c4-overview&list=UUwVAd6467JazQrlyeJVKz4g

Still Looking For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJkjo-HS2O0&list=UUwVAd6467JazQrlyeJVKz4g

Thursday 11 July 2013

Unhealthy Songbook Album Review

Here is a review by Blues in the Northwest of my album Unhealthy Songbook. The album is a available to buy on Cheap Wine Records but there is only a limited amount of hard copies left.   Here is a link to buy: http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/unhealthy-songbook

Review: Sleepy Eyes Nelson – Unhealthy Songbook

Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013

UNHEALTHY SONGBOOK - FRONT.jpg

Sleepy Eyes Nelson – Unhealthy Songbook

(Cheap Wine Records)

Sleepy is a native of Ayrshire, in Scotland but, is now based in Glasgow and is a popular artist and regular performer on the club circuit. His confident and attractive down home Delta finger-picking is enrapturing in its uncannily evocative and resolutely comforting style; for he invokes the very deep feelings, emotions and atmosphere one would expect of a Mississippi Delta native.
All of this is created, written and recorded at home in Glasgow. Whilst listening to his particularly intimate and intricate Country Blues playing you would swear that not only are you hearing vocals and lead guitar but that you are also hearing the lead, rhythm, bass and percussion.
In all, Sleepy has featured in no less than eight albums and has collaborated on these with artists such as;  Slate Dump (Jason Mathew McQuillen) of West Virginia, C.J. Marie of Missouri and Pigeon Petal of Texas.
He and his talents were discovered and signed by the American record label Devil’s Ruin in two thousand and eight; since then he has moved onto Cheap Wine Records.
Of the 20 numbers found on the album 17 are Sleepy originals; also, apart from five live recordings all the numbers have been recorded at Sleepys’ home. This lo-fi approach has certainly enhanced the overall sound, for the music is in its natural element and by accident or design is closer in feeling to artists of the past. The stories found in the numbers are wide and varied ranging from “Devil Drink Blues” and “whisky in The Mornin,’ ” melancholy, yet jaunty tales of how to lose your wife and life, one drink at a time; to the highly relevant “The Bookies Won’t Leave Me Alone,” which warns of how television, newspapers, telephones and the high street entices you in; to the subject of food tastes with “Don’t Kill That Steak,” “Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken” and “Deep Fried Pizza Blues,” Sleepy also offers you this not too enticing tale of his unpleasant experiences of travelling on the Scottish railway system with “Scotrail Blues.”
The fine atmospheric five live performances range from “Old House Covered In Blues” and “Power Cut Blues,” at The State Bar in Glasgow, to duets with Carmen Lee on “The Rats are Coming In” followed by “King Tut’s Blues,” with Slate Dump at Nitro’s, West Virginia ending with “Postman’s Blues,” and Blind Boy Fuller’s “Step it Up and Go,” at Murphy’s in Memphis Tennessee.
Although the tales are told in a thirties style virtually all the numbers are starkly resonant of life today.
Recommended!
BRIAN HARMAN

Friday 5 July 2013

New Album - Busy With The Blues - FREE

I'm pleased to say I have a new album out on Cheap Wine Records called Busy With The Blues.  The album is a FREE download for a limited time only!  


Follow the link to download the full album for FREE!
http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/busy-with-the-blues

I've been busy playing gigs around Edinburgh and Glasgow recently and I'll be back in Edinburgh in a couple of weeks to play the Jazz and Blues Festival.

You can also follow me on Tumblr at:   www.sleepyeyesnelson.tumblr.com
and also on facebook at:  www.facebook.com/sleepyeyesnelsonbluesmusician

For bookings please email:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers

Sleepy






Tuesday 7 May 2013

Sunny Govan and More!

I was on Sunny Govan Radio and i've uploaded a couple of videos to Youtube of the session.

Down The Line Blues, written by Mike Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt_2Cl92nZU

California Blues, Jimmie Rodgers cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3Y24Gq-RA

Also you can follow this link to listen to a new song on my Soundcloud page. 
Hotel Bed Bug Blues
http://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/hotel-bed-bug-blues-sleepy

This is a poster for my gigs coming up in May and June.  Keep a look out for more dates to be announced.

For bookings please email:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk


Tuesday 30 April 2013

Wednesday 10 April 2013

Keeping it unhealthy!

I've just done a couple of videos from the bog of two Lil Son Jackson Covers.  Follow the links below to give them a wee watch!

Aching Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHjAGTNnOsg

Young Woman's Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjPvATFKRCg

I also recently just made it into the W Coast Band Chart at number 20 with Young Woman's Blues.

El Demento took this photo with his copy of my new album Unhealthy Songbook which i think is great!  I hope more people take pictures of unhealthy foods with my new album and send them to me.  

As for gigs, I'm playing at Speakeasy in the Merchant City in Glasgow a week on Friday for blues dancers.  I think it's for an after party so it will actually start early hours of Saturday morning at 1.45am.  I'm looking forward to playing a couple of sets for them.

Other Gig Dates:

Thursday 2nd of May - Sunny Govan Switchback Show
Saturday 15th of June - Leith Blues Festival, Ferry, Edinburgh
Friday 21st of June -  Ayr Gaiety Theatre

Stay tuned for more announcements.

For Bookings please email me at:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

www.facebook.com/sleepyeyesnelsonbluesmusician
www.cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com
www.sawneybeanyoungteam.tumblr.com


Monday 8 April 2013

Covered In Blues Volume 3

I'm pleased to say that me and Slate Dump will have Covered In Blues Vol3 coming out soon on Cheap Wine Records and it will be another FREE download!  I have a couple of songs I can Share with you now that will be on the album.  Here are the links to the songs posted on my Soundcloud.

http://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/im-gonna-find-your-trick

http://soundcloud.com/sleepyeyesnelson/young-woman-blues

You can also follow this link below to a blues show on the BBC which plays a song from my new album!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/news/rs_shetland_wed/

I'd also like to thank all the people who have bought my new album Unhealthy Songbook.  The support is very much appreciated and the money helps keep Cheap Wine Records alive.  Now we can do the Covered In Blues Vol 3 for free so thanks! 

Stay tuned for more annoucements.

Bookings:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

www.facebook.com/sleepyeyesnelsonbluesmusician
www.cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com
www.sawneybeanyoungteam.tumblr.com

Monday 18 March 2013

New album out now!!

My new album Unhealthy Songbook is now available to buy from Cheap Wine Records.  Hard copies are being sold in the Cheap Wine DIY style over at the bandcamp page for only £6.  Cheap Wine Records have put up the first five songs for you as a taster.  Follow this link to buy the album  http://cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/unhealthy-songbook

I've been working on some new songs.  Here is a cover of a Lightnin' Hopkins song.

How Long Has It Been Since You've Been Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2JbyBHvYU8

Here is a cover of a Billy Bizor song
She Stays Drunk All The Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KqHYca9SBI

My Dog Chased Them Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULPdOSAyw7M


Booking Enquiries please email:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

www.facebook.com/sleepyeyesnelsonbluesmusician
www.facebook.com/sleepyblues
www.cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com
www.sawneybeanyoungteam.tumblr.com


Thursday 7 March 2013

Wednesday 6 March 2013

Unhealthy Songbook

I have a new album coming out called Unhealthy Songbook which will be available from Cheap Wine Records from Sunday the 17th of March.  I've released a lot of albums but this one will be my longest so far with twenty songs.   I'll be selling it throughout the year at gigs.

I've started this year busy recording and playing gigs.  I had a great time playing at the Vagabond Social Club in Glasgow in January and i was on Celtic Music Radio for the Celtic Connections in February and i also played the blues night in Slouch. 


I will have more gig dates to post very soon so keep a look out!

There has been a new blog set up for all the music of the Nelson's, me my brother JB, Longshot and the music on Cheap Wine Records!   www.sawneybeanyoungteam.tumblr.com  head over and give it a wee look.  Cheap Wine Records is becoming very popular and there are some great albums planned for release this year.   

I have also recently released a Split Single with my favourite Glasgow band The Reverse Cowgirls.  My song The Rats Are Coming In features American musician Carmen Lee on vocals and piano.  This song will be on the new album Unhealthy Songbook but you can download the Split Single now for FREE on Cheap Wine Records.  It's turned out great and check out the amazing artwork done by Katharine Cameron!!

Stay tuned for more gig updates and the release of the new album!  Over the next couple of days i'll be posting some live videos from the Slouch gig i played and i'll have a couple of split release announcements to make too!



for bookings please email:  sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

www.facebook.com/sleepyblues
www.facebook.com/sleepyeyesnelsonbluesmusician
www.sawneybeanyoungteam.tumblr.com
www.cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com

Tuesday 15 January 2013

New stuff for the new year

I played a gig on Friday night at the Vagabond Social Club in Glasgow.  It's always a really good night to play because it's a good crowd and it was nice to see some folk I haven't seen in a while.  My next gig is at Slouch on Bath Street in Glasgow on the 20th Feb and I'll be playing two longer sets at that one.  I'll hopefully have a lot more dates to add on here very soon so keep a look out!

Here are links to some Youtube videos of new songs I've been working on.  The first two were written by the Texas songwriter Mike Snow for me to play!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS8PLX8fp2w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idTii1CsjPI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy_dDefZoPc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnWWNTmn0Ek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYKpSBVrY0

Booking Enquiries please email:

sleepyeyesnelson@hotmail.co.uk

Also go to the Cheap Wine Records Bandcamp page!

www.cheapwinerecords.bandcamp.com