Paul Nelson

Paul Nelson (born January 21, 1936, in Warren, Minnesota, and died circa June 28, 2006, in New York City) was a folk and rock music critic who wrote for Sing Out! and Rolling Stone. He was instrumental in launching and supporting the careers of Bob Dylan, The New York Dolls, Elliott Murphy, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon. Nelson defended Bob Dylan when he "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Nelson was found dead in his Manhattan apartment in July 2006. Heart disease was determined to be the cause of death, according to the medical examiner's office in New York City.^[1]

In November 2011, Fantagraphics Books published Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson, by Kevin Avery.^[2] Another book edited by Avery, "Conversations With Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood 1979-1983" published at the same time from Continuum Books.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ "Paul Nelson, Critic Who Spanned Folk and Rock, Dies at 69", by Jon Pareles, New York Times, July 10, 2006.
2. ^ "Music Critic Paul Nelson Finally Gets His Due", by Jacq Cohen, Fantagraphics Books, March 31, 2011.
3. ^ http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=158529&SearchType=Basic

External links

• "What Ever Happened to Rock Critic Paul Nelson? from RockCritics.com
• "The Underground Man: A Tribute to Paul Nelson, 1936 - 2006" from RockCritics.com

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