Biography
Nels Courtney Cline (born January 4, 1956) is an American guitarist and composer. He has been a guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004. In the 1980s he played jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex, a percussionist. He has worked with musicians in punk and alternative rock such as Carla Bozulich and the Geraldine Fibbers, Mike Watt and Thurston Moore. He leads the Nels Cline Singers, Nels Cline Trio, and the Nels Cline 4. Cline was named the 82nd greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in November 2011.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Sky Blue Sky
2007
The Whole Love
2011
Wilco (The Album)
2009
Loss Of Life
2024
Ode To Joy
2019
Cousin
2023
Schmilco
2016
Star Wars
2015
Teaser
1975
Underdressed At The Symphony
2024
Cruel Country
2022
Kicking Television (Live In Chicago)
2005
Currents, Constellations
2018
C'mon
2011
Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014
2014
Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?
1995
Cruel To Be Kind
1979
Hey Clockface
2020
Between The Times And The Tides
2012
I'm Not There (Original Soundtrack)
2007
Mermaid Avenue Vol. III
2013
In Animal Tongue
2011
Got No Shadow
1998
Captured In Ice
1985
Credited work
772 releases · 167 albums · active 1977–2026
- Performance · 1,840
- Other credits · 515
- Production · 62
- Engineering · 42
Studios: The Loft · Sear Sound · Plyrz Studios · Suomenlinnan Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Wilco
- Various
- The Nels Cline Singers
- Mike Watt
- Nels Cline Trio
- Evangelista (2)
- Bobby Previte
- The Geraldine Fibbers