Joel Nelson Productions: Bay Area Event Planning, DJs and Live Music

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Superdiamond

When your parents popped in a Neil Diamond tape on repeat during long interstate road trips, you reluctantly sang along...

Kaweh

KAWEH'S repertoire consists of original upbeat compositions including various easy listening, romantic pieces. KAWEH also covers songs by the Gipsy Kings and several Italian and Latin standards...

Hot Buttered Rum

Hot Buttered Rum, one of the hardest-working and fastest-rising stars in the musical firmament, has become, over the last five years, a group that is infinitely greater than the sum of its parts...

Mick Martin

For the sixth straight year, Real Blues magazine of Canada has honored Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers as Best West Coast Blues Band, a real coup considering the hard-core traditionalist attitude of its founder/editor, Andy Grigg...

Steel Jam

Steel Jam guarantees a fun, festive mood for any party or event! Caribbean-flavored reggae, salsa, jazz, pop, and classical music spice up any celebration...

Encore

Encore is a ten-piece band comprised of four lead singers (three females, one male) as well as guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, saxophone and trumpet. Their repertoire includes music from the 1940’s swing era, through Motown, 70’s disco, 80’s pop, and contemporary hits of today...

Kugelplex

Kugelplex is the West Coast's rockin'-est purveyor of klezmer and old-world party music...

Hotel California

By blending their extraordinary vocal and musical talents, HOTEL CALIFORNIA faithfully and accurately reproduces the sound of the Eagles studio recordings while recreating a classic sound which undeniably transcends the boundaries of Rock, R&B, and Country...

Mitch Woods

Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s have been the torchbearers of a great American blues musical heritage, not for two years but two decades. Taking their inspiration from the great jump n' boogie outfits of the late 40s and early 50s, they breathe fresh life into the music that gave birth to rock n'roll. Woods styled his group after the jumpin' n' jivin', shoutin' n' honkin', pumpin' n' poundin' bands of Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Joe and Jimmy Liggins, Amos Milburn, and Roy Milton.

Fast Times

From A-Ha to Young MC, every song is an instantly recognizable hit guaranteed to get audiences on their feet and celebrating. From the birth of new wave and the dominance of synth-pop to the ragged edge of rock and the dawn of alternative, Fast Times covers it all...