“I CAN PLAY RIFFS WITH DRONES UNDERNEATH. FINGERSTYLE OPENED UP A NEW UNIVERSE FOR ME”
HARD-CHARGING BLUES-rock guitarist and singer Jared James Nichols is mighty stoked about his new, self-titled album, but truth be told, he’s thrilled that he was able to make a record at all. In October 2021, a few months before hitting the studio, he broke his right arm when he picked up a road case the wrong way and his arm twisted under the stress. The accident required surgery and left him with a metal plate and 16 screws in his arm — and not a lot of assurance from doctors that he’d be able to play guitar again.
“It was every guitar player’s nightmare,” Nichols says, “but I was determined that nothing would stop me. I
