Chet Nichols - The CD, Paradise Unplugged

PARADISE UNPLUGGED
by Chet Nichols

The Songs:
I Want The Best We Can Give
Lumbering Mountain
Electric Circle
Tunesmith
Canadian People
Paradise, Backstage,
You Ran Away
Time For Leaving
Old Friends
Taxi To Tonganoxie

Produced by Chet Nichols and Stephen Barncard
Engineered by Stephen Barncard
All lyrics & music by Chet Nichols
Cover design and photos by Chet Nichols.
Copyright 2001 by Chet Nichols and Magic Garage Records.
All rights reserved.
All songs Copyrights by Chet Nichols & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP).

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A CD REVIEW:

This CD by Chet Nichols is an interesting collection of songs. Except for the rocking intro band piece, "I Want The Best That We Can Give", the rest of the album is solo and unplugged. The songs are filled with vivid lyrics. For instance in "Old Friends" he depicts this scene.....
"I saw you on the river
You were rowing with your gun
And when the bottom was filled with holes
Your rowing was all done".

The songs tell tales of the life on the touring road, best described in "Backstage" and "Paradise". Nichols doesn't sugar coat it either. He tells it like it is. The collection of tunes grew on me because of their vivid simplicity. I found myself letting it play over and over as I drove towards Denver chasing a sunset into the mountains. Nichols is a real painter of scenes and on this CD there is a lot Joni Mitchell, Dylan and Tim Buckley atttitudes in their quiet moments. It's not a folk record, much more a singer-songwriter effort. For me, it hits the mark and I highly recommend it.........Will, Colorado

Chet Nichols
Performance Resume

Chet has performed as a solo "Opening Act" in concert with:
The Jefferson Airplane
Jethro Tull
The Grateful Dead
George Carlin
Steve Martin
POCO
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Linda Ronstadt
B.B. King
The Charlie Daniels Band
Dan Hicks & The Hotlicks
Brewer & Shipley
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
It's A Beautiful Day
Pacific Gas & Electric
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Mary Travers
Country Joe McDonald
The Grassroots
Hot Tuna
Mason Proffit
Blue Oyster Cult
Southern Comfort
John Lee Hooker
Richard Pryor
John Denver
The Guess Who
Steve Goodman
The Mary Clayton Band
The Kansas City Philharmonic ... and more

He has worked in recording studios with:
Stephen Barncard (David Crosby)
Spencer Dryden (The Jefferson Airplane)
Nicky Hopkins (The Rolling Stones)
Dave Garabaldi (Tower of Power)
Pete Sears (The Jefferson Airplane)
Nick Gravenities (Big Brother)
Sal Marquez (The "New" Tonight Show Band)
The New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Jack Shoerer (Van Morrison)
Henry Lewie (Joni Mitchell)
Don Preston (Wings)
Buddy Cage (New Riders)
Fuzzy John Oxendine
Bill Bradley (Madonna)

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