Welcome to Nelson's Notes

In the fall of 1998, David "Buck" Buchanan decided he did not want to perform music for a while. We had been performing together as a duo for around 16 years at that time. David is the better musician, but I am a bit more of a ham. So I decided that I would continue to perform as a solo act.

David has periodically taken time off from performing. Each time he has spent the time learning more and has always come back stronger than before. This was no different. Many of my solo show, I would look up and see David in the audience. Then we would take time after the show to do some picking together.

As another outlet for me during this time, I started a newsletter called Nelson's Notes. This was a play on musical notes as well as written notes, and flowed well with my name. I mailed several of these newsletters between May of 1999 and Summer of 2005. I had been working on another, that never quite got finished. Yesterday, I decided that I could do a blog to replace that newsletter, and use the same name. There are things I did on the newsletter, that I cannot here, such as various columns and themes. I did have a performance calendar that won't be here, but you can find that at http://www.buckandnelson.com/ There are also things I can do here that I could not on the newsletter, such as photos.

The newsletter had stories, jokes, quotes I liked, copies of e-mails I enjoyed, and some writings I had on things that were on my mind. When I started the newsletter it had several ideas in mind. One was another creative outlet for me. Another was that I had gotten the idea the I might like to try writing, such as essays or articles for magazines, and maybe even a book in the future. I thought this would give me some practice toward that thought and goal I think it was a help, and I enjoyed producing them. I had several positive responses and felt good about that.

The timing of the issues was a little erratic, varying from 3 or 4 times a year to only twice a year. This format may make me write things a little more often, but will not have all the variety that was on a single newsletter. The parts can be put in at different times. I hope you find some things here that you enjoy.

My children are wanting me to write up some of my memories of growing up in the mountains. I may put some of those essays on here as well. I'll see as time goes. I have an idea for this, but not yet a firm plan. If you have suggestions, please leave them as a comment or e-mail me. Thank you for your visit.