You Ain't Seen Country Yet
Joel Nelson, who took lessons in Westwood, played his brand of cowboy country in Ridgewood
It's not a sight you're apt to see much in posh Bergen County, New Jersey. Joel Nelson, face partially obscured by a black cowboy hat and a large guitar, stomps through a few uptempo cowboy killer numbers. "You ain't seen country yet," he howls and the Ridgewood Coffee Company's young, artsy crowd shouts in applauds. Around these parts, he's right – they ain't seen country yet. But he plans to change all that. "I'm the only country guy around here for miles," the 19-year-old southwest transplant said in an interview with Patch after his Monday night open mic performance. Originally from Emerson, Nelson grew up in Utah and Amarillo, Texas. He bought his first guitar at 8, took a few lessons in Westwood and taught himself the rest as he …
