Jared James Nichols

Guitar World

May 2023

FOR HIS INTENSE NEW ALBUM, THE PENTATONIC ROCKER DIGS DEEPER INTO HIS PERSONAL EMOTIONS

- Andrew Daly

JARRED JAMES NICHOLS' personal growth over his first two records stands in stark contrast to the pentatonic loving, single-coil throwback he's made out to be. And if the Les Paul-slinging guitarist's third record, this year's Jared James Nichols, is any indication, the soon-to-be 34-year-old guitarist appears to be reaching a peak.

"I've long been a person who loves songs," Nichols says. "But I've always approached things with a guitar-oriented head. That bled over into everything I've done. But with this record, I didn't think about how I might dazzle someone with the guitar; I just focused on my writing style."

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