Paul Nelson (critic)

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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 The New York Dolls, Elliott Murphy, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon as well as being one of the few who defended Bob Dylan when he "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Years later Nelson wrote perhaps the most stinging review of any Dylan album in the major press when Shot of Love was released.^[1]

Nelson was found dead in his Manhattan apartment due to unknown causes in July of 2006.^[2]

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1. ^ Rolling Stone 354 (October 15, 1981)
2. ^ "Paul Nelson, Critic Who Spanned Folk and Rock, Dies at 69" by John Pareles, New York Times, July 10, 2006

[edit] 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
• [1], an online tie-in to a book being written about, and featuring the writings of, Paul Nelson