Beaver Nelson is an

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-based singer-songwriter. His most recent release is ''A Friend From Out of Town'' which was released in 2023. While Beaver Nelson has long drawn critical acclaim from the music press including such publications as ''

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'' magazine, he enjoys the support of a passionate fan base in Japan.

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' gift to songwriting and bar room philosophy, Beaver was called a songwriting prodigy at the age of 18 by ''

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'' and is making up for lost time (ten years signed to major labels and 2 shelved CDs) with four releases in five years.

Early career

Nelson got his start in

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playing various venues and releasing two albums when he was still in high school. He moved from Houston to Austin in 1991 and began playing the thriving live music scene at such places as the Chicago House, Cactus Cafe and The Hole in the Wall. Though Nelson is a Texas-based musician, he has mixed feelings about what that means these days. He told ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' in 2002, "I have a real love/hate thing going with the Texas songwriter thing. There used to be some really great songwriters that were coming out of Texas and had been for years but these people just happened to be from Texas. And every once in a while in a song they would mention something about Texas. I'm sitting here, writing songs, and I'm watching people to my left and right, and Texas is in every fourth title of their songs. Or Lone Star beer is in the chorus, and these people are 'Texas songwriters.' It's just not my thing.'"RollingStone.com Beaver Nelson
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Discography

Albums

*''Last Hurrah'' (1998) *''Little Brother'' (2000) *''Undisturbed'' (2001) *'' Legends of the Super Heroes'' (2002) *''Motion'' (2004) *''Exciting Opportunity'' (2007) *"Macro/Micro" (2012) *''Positive'' (2016) *''A Friend From Out of Town'' (2023)

Other contributions

*'' 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10'' (2002) – "The Beauty in Store"

References

External links

Beaver Nelson official siteBeaver Nelson myspace
* Beaver Nelson @AllMusic.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Beaver American male singers Living people Singers from Austin, Texas Year of birth missing (living people) Singers from Houston