CS Nielsen: vocals, acoustic guitar & harmonica. Regularly working with fiddle player Lasse Høj Jacobsen and dobro player Michael Lund. Also working in various constellations with fellow writers and performers such as MC Hansen, Peter H. Olesen, Jesper Folke, Perry Stenbäck, Munck-Johnson, Per Worm, Kaspar Vig, Tobias Stenkjær and Brian Dan Christensen.
Additional instrumentation on the album "Against the Dying of the Light (2007)":
Accordion (Jacob Horney), organ (Jacob Horney), wurlitzer (Jacob Horney), electric guitar (Nils Læsø Lenskjold Thomsen), lap steel (Nils Læsø Lenskjold Thomsen), auto harp (Jesper Henning Pedersen), dulcimer (Jesper Henning Pedersen), dobro (Morten Maltesen), electric bass (Mikael Bagger/ Morten Maltesen), upright bass (Kresten Andersen), drums & percussion (Jon Kruse).
Influences
Well, life - and all the questions that come and go with it... Life is for living and singing about, and I prefer the songbooks of "Old, Weird America". I find a huge source of inspiration in the drama and storytelling, poetry and wisdom, brutality and anxiety, weariness and sadness, loss and loneliness, energy and drive, desperation and yearning, humor and wit, justice and rebellion, hell, fire and brimstone, faith, hope and love, flesh, blood and bone, spirit and soul, guts and heart - and art! - packed (layer upon layer) in the traditions of folk music: hillbilly, songster, blues, Elizabethan/Appalachian ballads, old-time, bluegrass, ragtime, gospel, spirituals, hollers, shanties, Tin Pan Alley, honky-tonk, rhythm & blues, rockabilly, rock & roll, beat, urban folk, folk rock, country rock, outlaw, singer/songwriter, lo-fi, goth folk, etc. - plenty to go around for Saturday nights and Sunday mornings, and all the blue Mondays as well... I like my water clear, so I try to draw from the deepest wells around: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Gillian Welch, Mississippi John Hurt, Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, Robert Johnson, Louvin Brothers, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Staple Singers, Delmore Brothers, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Jacob Niles, Lucinda Williams, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Merle Travis, Skip James, Sis. Rosetta Tharpe, Rev. Gary Davis, Golden Gate Quartet, Blind Willie Johnson, Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Goebel Reeves, Dock Boggs, Son House, Leadbelly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Rolling Stones, Everly Brothers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Simon & Garfunkel, JJ Cale, John Fogerty, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine, Mickey Newbury, Tom Paxton, Tim Hardin, Hoyt Axton, Hank Snow, Blue Sky Boys, Elizabeth Cotten, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmie Driftwood, Lefty Frizzell, Patsy Cline, Gram Parsons, Lee Hazlewood, Paul Robeson, Roy Orbison, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Dave Van Ronk, Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, The Band, Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin, Steve Earle, David Eugene Edwards, Ryan Adams, Mark Lanegan, White Stripes, Daniel Lanois, Cowboy Junkies, Handsome Family, Stephen Foster, Cecil Sharp, Francis James Child, John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Ralph Peer, John Hammond, Sam Phillips, Harry Smith, Greil Marcus, a whole bunch of other def poets, storytellers, filmmakers, artists, visionaries, rebels, pilgrims, preachers, prophets, philosophers, sinners and saints - and such wells won't dry out for a while...
Sounds Like
Any playlist from Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour - dreams, schemes and themes... (As for guitars, strings and instrumental equipment please visit www.akustikken.dk)
Stig Nielsen (b. 1977 on the island of Samsø) is a Danish songwriter, singer and guitarist. His music reflects an itching fascination of stripped-down melancholy, dark Americana mythology and spiritual longings in a blend of folk, alt. country, roots, blues and spirituals. Since 1994, Stig has performed his songs in various Danish venues from prisons to festivals and has, along the way, earned the nickname Country Stig...
CS Nielsen's debut album "Against the Dying of the Light" came out in 2007 on independent Danish record label Songcrafter Music. The album was produced by Jacob Horney and consists of eleven self-penned songs. The album is widely available in Danish music stores. Listen to six of the tracks above.
CS, what can I say? You are making sone damn fine music my friend. Every song is a gem. Your voice is incredible and your playing is superb!! I really got llost in "Here's Lost John", one of the finest songs I have heard in a long, long time. And I Can See it in Your Eyes" is fantastic. I listened to each and everyone but those two just blew me away. Thanks for the friendship. I do appreciate it. I wish you all the success you desrerve.
Thank you Stig. Your songs are beautiful, sometimes soft, sometimes hard, sometimes both at the same time. Your voice is soothing, distant, but hauntingly familiar.
Hejsa. Det er sgu nogle yderst stemningsfulde sange du har fået sammenflettet. De er simpelthen perfekte, når man sidder og slapper af foran computeren. :)
Hej Stig. Tak for sidst, var vildt hyggeligt. Maritimt!
Vi skal altså ha fundet den dag/aften snart. Jeg tar til London næste weekend og en lille uge frem, og så finder vi sgu ud af noget. Lyt evt til en ny lille ting på min side, omhandler det alkoholiske vi snakkede om på båden sidst.
Hej Stig. Tak for musikken fredag i Vestergade. Det var indbegrebet af nærværd og smagfuldhed. Fede sange spillet af fede musikere. Jeg er fan :-) Vh. Lasse
Hei CS! Thanks for picking up my friend request. As I wrote when I sent it, you've got super songs and a voice full of soul! I'm enjoying listening to you again right now. I'll be looking for gigs in Denmark before long - I'm relocating to just across the water in Göteborg later this year - so maybe we'll meet up! all the best James
Hej CS! Tak for venskabet! Nogle velskrevne sange og en stærk, udtryksfuld vokal.
Håber at din turne bringer dig til det sydlige jylland, så vil jeg helt sikkert gøre, hvad jeg kan for at komme og høre dig og dit band! De bedste hilsner fra en gammel østjyde. Lars
Hej Stig, og godt nytår. Glæder mig til at høre noget nyt fra dig, men jeg har også tålmodigheden. Jeg har lige uploaded Passage, min akustiske EP fra sidste år, så du kan kigge ind til mig og høre hele molevitten. Ses snart, for pokker. Mvh B.
Hvor var det rart endelig at møde dig analogt. Det var en fornøjelse at snakke med dig og ligeledes lytte på dine sange. Fantastiske nye ting du har gang i. Jeg har lyttet en del til din plade, og er især vild med Happy. Stærkt nummer skåret ind til benet. Well, jeg håber vi snart får lejlighed til at stikke hovederne sammen igen. Jeg vil ønske både dig og Solvejg et godt nytår.
De bedste hilsner Peter
PS: Nye sange på min side, hvis du har lyst. (Svunden tid og Sang om maanen)
Tak fordi du er på venne-listen nu. Det er jo fantastisk det du laver og skal du bruge en guitarist med passion for Country til noget duo, så sig til. Tjek evt. min profil hvis du har tid...
