Nels Cline

Our awesome email newsletter briefing tells you everything you need to know about what’s going on in Omaha. Delivered to your inbox every day at 11:00am. When Wilco headlines Outlandia on Aug. 13, the band’s lead guitarist — Nels Cline — probably won’t be looking at the audience. The 66-year-old guitar legend told The Reader he prefers to disappear into the music he’s making with Wilco, which has been alt-rock royalty since dropping the seminal “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” in ’01.

Guitarist Nels Cline of Wilco has recently reminisced on how he came to join the band in 2004 alongside Pat Sansone. The band have recently released their twelfth studio album, Cruel Country and are set to head out on the road. In a recent interview on US radio station WFPK, Cline reflected on how he came to join the band.

Wilco’s Nels Cline recently spoke with WFPK mid-morning host John Timmons before the band embarks on their Cruel Country Tour in August. The multi-faceted guitarist spoke at length about the process of making their new album, Cruel Country, and the upcoming tour. Cline also discussed his solo career, membership in previous bands, first meeting Jeff Tweedy and ultimately becoming a member of Wilco in 2004: He also shared his experience of catching Covid while on tour recently.

ROCK 'N' ROLL FANTASY CAMP IS PROUD AND HONORED TO PRESENT AL DI MEOLA, NELS CLINE, CHUCK LEAVELL, SIMON KIRKE, AND MORE SURPRISE GUESTS! ON SALE NOW. Rockstar mentors include Laurence Juber (WINGS), Bumblefoot (Guns N’ Roses) Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath), Gary Hoey, Johnny A, Kasim Sultan (Utopia), Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett), Britt Lightning (VIXEN) Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh) and many other will be on hand to mentor campers.

PHIL LESH & FRIENDS FIRST-EVER ‘PHILCO’ PERFORMANCE. THE ALL-STAR ROSTER OF MUSICIANS WILL ALSO INCLUDE JEFF CHIMENTI (DEAD & CO, WOLFPACK), KARL DENSON (ROLLING STONES & GREYBOY ALLSTARS), JOHN MOLO (PHIL LESH & FRIENDS), STU ALLEN (PHIL LESH & FRIENDS + DARK STAR ORCHESTRA), GRAHAME LESH (PHIL LESH & FRIENDS + MIDNIGHT NORTH), AND ELLIOTT PECK (MIDNIGHT NORTH)

Sacred Rose is a music festival taking place from August 26-28 at Chicagoland’s Seatgeek Stadium. Today, it’s been announced that Grateful Dead icon Phil Lesh will headline. The Phil Lesh & Friends lineup for the show includes Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline, and the set is being billed as a one-off show under the name Philco. Also performing with Lesh are Jeff Chimenti, Karl Denson, John Molo, Stu Allen, Grahame Lesh, and Elliott Peck.

WOAH! Incredible news today out of Chicago and the new Sacred Rose Festival which looks to be poised to make a HUGE splash in the jamband world as a first-time fest: Phil Lesh and Friends will include Chicago’s own Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline of Wilco as part of their festival lineup.

Chicago’s highly anticipated Grateful Dead-inspired gathering, Sacred Rose Festival, has announced who will be joining Phil Lesh and Friends for their headlining act during their inaugural event. Lesh’s “friends” will be none other than Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Nels Chine, who are set to perform as a supergroup under the perfect moniker, PHILCO.

Founding Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh will join forces with Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline of Wilco and an all-star band of friends for the first-ever PHILCO performance at Chicago’s Sacred Rose on Friday, August 26th. In addition to Lesh, Tweedy, and Cline, the special PHILCO set at the...

The guitarist joined Michelle Zauner at the close of her set at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival this weekend. Nels Cline was invited onstage during Japanese Breakfast’s performance at Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, MA on Saturday (May 28) and produced a genuinely epic guitar solo for the occasion.

Fresh off the release of their new album Cruel Country, Wilco threw their Solid Sound Festival this weekend in North Adams, MA. Japanese Breakfast was on the bill for Saturday, and Wilco’s very own Nels Cline came out toward the end of the set to shred along on “Posing For Cars,” the closing track from last year’s Jubilee. Check it out below.

Last night, PBS aired the 7th annual Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame ceremony. Wilco were inducted into the Hall Of Fame alongside Lucinda Williams and Alejandro Escovedo, and the band were on hand to perform “California Stars” with an all-star cast that included Escovedo, Rosanne Cash, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Sheila E., Terry Allen, and Japanese Breakfast. Bill Callahan also took the stage at the event (which took place back in October) to cover “Sky Blue Sky,” with some help from Wilco’s own Nels Cline. Watch below.

Nels Cline celebrates his 66th birthday today. The renowned guitarist was born on January 4, 1956 in Los Angeles. While he has served as lead guitarist for rockers Wilco since 2004 and also fronted his own Nels Cline Singers, the prolific musician has played on over 150 recordings in a wide range of genres from jazz and punk to alt-rock and experimental. Cline’s copious experience in these spheres has served him well in his collaboration in the jam world. Nels has lent his expertise to supergroup Banyan as well as sit-ins with Medeski, Martin & Wood, Tedeschi Trucks Band and more.

We recently asked some of the world's top guitar players to choose their favorite solos, albeit with one catch: They had to refrain from the obvious. No Hendrix. No Clapton. No Gilmour, et cetera. Here’s what Wilco’s electric guitar hero Nels Cline had to say…. 1) Clarence “Gatemouth”...

Tedeschi Trucks Band resumed a tradition on Thursday when they kicked off a seven-show residency at The Beacon Theatre in New York City. Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline were the 12-piece ensemble’s special guest last night as the TTB celebrates 10 years of performing at the venue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, rock n’ roll power couple, returned the Beacon Theatre on Thursday night to kick off the tenth Tedeschi Trucks Band residency at the storied New York City venue. After a summer of pared-down performances as part of the Fireside LIVE! tour, the full, 12-piece band...