Nick Amodeo

Nick Amodeo is a multi-instrumentalist based out of Denver, Colorado. A self-taught musician, he took up guitar at age 12 before moving on to mandolin and electric bass. He is the 2005 Colorado state mandolin champion, and was featured on the 2007 Downbeat magazine Blues Album of the Year, Otis Taylor’s “Definition of a Circle.” Nick has shared the stage with such artists as Buddy Guy, Chuck Campbell, Mollie O’Brien, Nick Forster, Pete Wernick of Hot Rize, and many others. Nick currently is in the mandolin department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and has over 10 years of teaching experience.