of course.... Nelson was probably the most un-famous jazz guitar giants on the planet... I saw Nelson last in the mid-90's.. He had just recorded a cd for Justin Time Records.... and was playing a nice resto-bar on Place Jacques Carter at the same time as the Jazz Fest.. Whenever some of the guitar 'names' were in town, like Benson, they'd want to go see Nelson after their gig...leave the limo waiting nearby while they got down.... anyway, Nelson was nervous about going back home to play in Halifax after being away for 30 yrs.. he didn't like the attention and would have just as soon slipped in unannounced.. that's Nelson..... with his weird-ass custom Gretsch and chords that I could never name...never got the wide spread recognition that I feel he deserved... hell, he couldn't get a gig at the Jazzfest for years and years.....and he lived there all year long, doin' his thing..
he had a stroke a few years ago and stopped playing ..his brother Ivan died in the early 90's, I believe....
here's to Mr. Nelson Symonds