Songwriters Night: Graham Willkinson – Tony Kamel – Shawn Nelson

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck presents Songwriters Night: Graham Willkinson – Tony Kamel – Shawn Nelson.

GRAHAM WILKINSON
The depth of his influences and breadth of his worldly experiences, are unmistakable in this diverse collection of heart thumping tunes. From ska to folk, honky-tonk to rock, his lyrics tackle such lofty and often neglected topics as social responsibility and justice, political corruption and greed while consoling the audience with pithy love songs and pure ‘feel good’ rhythms and melodies.

“Graham’s a great singer/songwriter. His songs are deep from the heart. His music on stage comes across as very honest, true and real. His unique voice and style  make for an enjoyable live show.”    ~Steve Augello, RCA

“Graham is like no other musician on the scene with charisma in spades and the songs to match. – Hayes Carll (Lost Highway Records Artist)

TONY KAMEL
Tony hails from Houston, TX and started playing bluegrass music in 2008. Since he started performing in 2010, he joined various bluegrass projects around Austin eventually becoming a founding member of the up and coming bluegrass band Wood & Wire.  Wood & Wire is on the rise and has enjoyed success playing shows with Milkdrive, The Infamous Stringdusters, and The Yonder Mountain String band.  Wood & Wire’s self titled debut album releases on February 5th and is planning a Houston release show at The Mucky Duck on Saturday, February 16th.

SHAWN NELSON
Nelson grew up in Houston the son of a dyed-in-wool Texan father and mother from one of the port city’s prominent Lebanese-American families, hence by nature he knows and draws from a broad and rich cultural palette. He was weaned on honky-tonk country during weekends with his father’s family on the Texas coast while originally being inspired to make music when a New Orleans brass band and the jazz players at Preservation Hall sparked his imagination on a childhood visit to the Crescent City. It set him on a course where he “mixes and matches styles flawlessly,” as the Austin Chronicle