I’ve been told that I have a style, but I’m not sure what that is. He is a skilled recording and mixing engineer with a high critical awareness of sonic qualities, aka an ‘audiophile’. For advertising inquiries, please contact Lisa: For questions or comments about editorial content: Have East Nashville news tips? He said, ‘You should at least get a lap steel.
Instruments played: bass, drums, electric guitar, piano, organ. “It had a big yard, a nice basement and was in amazing original condition. born and raised in the river city of Saint Louis, Paul Niehaus IV has been a freelance musician since he graduated from Truman State University in 2009 with his BA in music and a folklore minor.
Born and raised in the river city of St. Louis, Paul Niehaus IV has been a freelance musician since he graduated from Truman State University in 2009 with his BA in music with a minor in Folklore.
For the next few years, Niehaus worked with various bands in Nashville (in addition to the bagel shop) until experiencing his steel epiphany. Paul Niehaus IV is on Facebook.
Produced, Recorded, Mixed by Paul Niehaus IV, Produced, Recorded, Mixed by Bob Kamoske and Paul Niehaus IV, Jake Curtis Blues Band | Tales From the South Side, Produced, Recorded, Mixed by Paul Niehaus IV at Blue Lotus Studio, Annie & The Fur Trappers | "Muskrat Ramble", instruments played: bass, guitar, keys, drums, french horn, mandolin, lap steel, tambourine, Walter Greiner: "Rosemary's Cabin, Vol. He has such great stories. Steel is the rockin’est thing that you could imagine.’ “I eventually took his advice.
Growing up in Florissant, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, Niehaus played music in school, but his musical passion didn’t fully manifest until college. “I was working at a bagel shop on West End with a steel player named Steve Blazek,” Niehaus recalls. Where I live, there are still a lot of old timers living there, and I love that. 2: The Woodwind Years, Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003, I Heard It on NPR: Singers, Songs and Sessions, I Heard It on NPR: Down to the Roots/Singers, Songs & Sessions/One World Many Voices, World Drifts in: Live at the Barbican London, Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals' Starvation League, Uprooted: The Best of Roots Country Singer/Songwriters, I Hope You're Sitting Down (aka Jack's Tulips), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Pedal Steel, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Baritone), Pedal Steel, Member of Attributed Artist, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Baritone), Pedal Steel, Soloist, Member of Attributed Artist, Guitar (Electric), Member of Attributed Artist, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), 6-String Bass, Vocals (Background), Pedal Steel, Guitar (Electric Baritone), Additional Personnel, Pedal Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, Main Personnel, Guitar (Steel), Group Member, Vocals, Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocals (Background), Pedal Steel, Fender Telecaster, Group Member, Guest Artist, Producer, Slide Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Sitar, Harmony, Composer, Whistle (Human), Guitar (Electric), Pedal Steel, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (12 String), Pedal Steel, Group Member. Here are your links to two free tracks as our way of saying "Thank You": Blue Lotus Recordings, 5621 January Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63109, United States. I’d rather be around … more. He is proficient in guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums...and has additional experience on harmonica, mandolin, French horn, trumpet, and saxophone. He loves natural and hi-fidelity tones in the studio, and strives to cultivate an environment in which artists can get creative and be themselves. He is proficient in guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums...and has additional experience on harmonica, mandolin, French horn, trumpet, and saxophone. BIO PRAYER FLAGS is a band from Nashville, Tennessee fronted by bassist and singer Mark Robertson (Legendary Shack Shakers). In the early ’90s, Paul Niehaus had an encounter that tuned him in and turned him on to a different realm. We are a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to the uniqueness of East Nashville & Inglewood with a focus on events, charities, businesses and people in the local area. The band was going through a change and the lap steel seemed to really fit in.” In addition to the way out flights of steel he was playing for Lambchop, Niehaus also soon received a schooling in classic honky-tonk style. Read more . Through his steel guitar work with artists as varied as Lambchop, Paul Burch, Yo La Tengo, Vic Chesnutt, Silver Jews, Bobby Bare Jr., Calexico, Iron & Wine, and many others, he has been at the forefront of a younger generation of steel guitarists who have brought the ethereal sound of steel to a new prominence. Niehaus’ eureka moment came when Kurt Wagner invited him to a practice session for the band Posterchild, who were on the edge of transforming themselves into the alt-countrypolitan WTF assemblage Lambchop. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. “With Justin it’s a little more guitar heavy, but it’s a challenge to play both. calendar@theeastnashvillian.com.
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born and raised in the river city of Saint Louis, Paul Niehaus IV has been a freelance musician since he graduated from Truman State University in 2009 with his BA in music and a folklore minor. He is proficient in guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums…and has additional experience on harmonica, mandolin, french horn, trumpet, and saxophone. Written, Recorded, Produced, Mixed at Blue Lotus Studio, Mastered by Chris Latham at The Gorilla’s Nest, Nashville TN. instruments played: dobro, bass, harmonica, Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch: Furious Strike, Recored and Mixed at Blue Lotus Studio by Paul Niehaus IV, Saint Louis Blues Society Presents: "17 in 17", instruments played: guitar, bass, wurlitzer, organ, drums, tambourine, Walter Greiner: "Live from the St. Francois Mountains, Vol. Here are your links to two free tracks as our way of saying "Thank You": Blue Lotus Recordings, 5621 January Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63109, United States. In 2016 Paul founded the Blue Lotus Recordings label, specializing in Soul, Blues, Folk, and Americana. The Steel Guitar Forum.
Two years later, piano-pounder Jerry Dale McFadden left the band for a solo career and Niehaus followed him as his lead guitarist.
He knows basic audio mastering practices, with a great ear and wide awareness of various genres of music.
He’s lived in East Nashville his entire life. .
I’ve heard some people describe it like flying a helicopter, which I have no desire to do. Paul Niehaus. “I found a house close to the Diesel College that I really loved,” he says. Born and raised in the river city of St. Louis, Paul Niehaus IV has been a freelance musician since he graduated from Truman State University in 2009 with his BA in music with a minor in Folklore. Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, and Percussion recorded by Paul at Blue Lotus Studio, rest of album done at St. Louis’ Sawhorse Studio. I’ll stick with the steel.” Although he was mastering the pedal steel, he never abandoned regular guitar playing, and his ability to switch between the two has been particularly valuable for his long-running gig with the country Tex-Mex mariachi mash-up band Calexico and his recent work with singer and songwriter Justin Townes Earle. Paul Niehaus IV.
For advertising inquiries, please contact Lisa: Paul has served on the board of directors for the Saint Louis blues society since 2014, and has produced and recorded two celebrated compilation albums for the group, 15 in ’15 and 16 in ’16. Paul has performed in over 45 US states, plus Mexico, Canada, and a 5-month stint on a cruise ship. Paul Niehaus IV is a versatile multi-instrumentalist from Saint Louis, Missouri. he is known to be a versatile sideman and a talented and expressive multi-instrumentalist. He has also produced permanent exhibits in three national museums: The National Blues Museum (St. Louis, MO), The Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience (Meridian, MS), and the Museum of African American Music (Nashville, TN). Erv Niehaus wrote: It's in the genes. “I started playing with Greg Garing at Tootsie’s in the fall of ’94,” Niehaus says. FAQ Search Join Private Messages Profile Log in. YES!! I'm interested in booking Paul Niehaus IV, "How Blue Lotus Label Is Redefining the St. Louis Sound". “He would tout the virtues of steel guitar all the time, but I just didn’t get it. I’m constantly woodshedding on one or the other to get the groove back. Produced, Recorded, Mixed by Paul Niehaus IV. Producer/Musician Paul Niehaus IV's recording discography. I hate to see the whole thing change.” Although changes to the neighborhood may be as inevitable as the slide of a steel guitar, Niehaus’ experience in the constantly changing Nashville music scene has taught him that what’s good can continue to resonate. he is the owner and operator of Blue Lotus Studio, an audiophile oriented recording studio in south city Saint Louis. where steel players meet online. ", instruments played: Bass ("stop the killin'" and "don't drift away") and guitar ("stop the killin'"), instruments plays: bass, guitar, organ, piano, wurlitzer, percussion, background vocals, Denney Renner "Tales from a dusty road: a lifetime of living", instruments played: guitar, bass, drums, piano, organ, wurlitzer, percussion. So we hunkered down in our own little world, and we made some pretty cool and weird records that are really beautiful.”, Every time Cayce Place resident Darlene Thompson returns home from visiting friends or running errands in other parts of the city and makes that right … more, May 22 on New West Records Stephen Fain Earle, 65, of San Antonio, TX, has never feared making the Big Statement, nor giving a good … more, Everybody here [at Notes for Notes] — they’re hungry,” Queen McElrath says. Paul Niehaus IV got bit by the music bug early on in life. Paul founded the label Blue Lotus recordings in June of 2016 with the publication of Roland Johnson’s critically-acclaimed ‘imagine this’. Born and raised in the river city of St. Louis, Paul Niehaus IV has been a freelance musician since he graduated from Truman State University in 2009 with his BA in music with a minor in Folklore. New Releases. editor@theeastnashvillian.com, Have East Nashville news tips? The Decline of Country & Western Civilization, Pt. It started with the little plastic recorder so many of us remember from music class in elementary school.