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Lofrgren continued, “Here’s hoping these stories may bring a smile to your face. The times were heavy and consequential. No internet, no cell phones, Vietnam war lottery, civil rights marches, Cuban missile crisis, assassinations. All during the greatest explosion of music in mankind’s history. And to boot, the greatest parents and brothers a soul could ask for, who kept a spiritual light burning, thank goodness, as I found myself on too many dark roads.” But yeah, maybe Neil takes it a little further. We were doing a couple of shows in Winnipeg [in 2019]. We do a little vocal warmup before the show. So we’re sitting there singing like we’ve always done, Ralphie, Billy, me, and Neil. And he has a little Wurlitzer. We’re just about done and we’re going on in 20 minutes. So we’re like “Neil, give us a set list. I know we’re not going to follow it, but at least we can look at something.” The idea of saying, “Hey, I got 13 days at home. Let’s schedule a couple shows and play.” For me, that’s madness. I want to get home to Amy, my dogs… I want to put all this aside, though I’m super grateful that there’s more work. And, man, we are in great shape with the band right now. Everyone’s happy and deep in it.

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On “Remember Her Name,” you’re pretty clearly singing about Amy. It even references little moments with her at the Empress Hotel in Asbury Park. I left home Jan. 6. I had talked to Bruce and stayed in touch with most of the band guys anyway. He told me about the Only the Strong Survive album with these great soul hits. So I thought, “Oh man, maybe some of my old horn buddies will be there, like Ed Manion, Barry Danielian, Curt Ramm.” And sure enough, they were all there. a b Beaudoin, Jedd (July 17, 2023). "Nils Lofgren Is Still Grinning on Mountains". PopMatters . Retrieved July 19, 2023. I just started writing," Lofgren says. "I didn't edit myself; whatever I wrote came out - rough, gentle, in between. So long as I was excited about it, inspired, I saw it through. It's got all the different sides you might normally expect from me. It's a very emotional record. It came out better than I hoped."E Street Band and Crazy Horse member Nils Lofgren has announced a July 21 release for his next solo album, Mountains, and he has some big guns along for the climb. Angel Blues” is an old, unfinished song, one of the few on this record from the past. But I loved the opening lines, “Lean your weary halo on my wing/And let the peace come/As your darkness dies in my light/Even angels falter now and then.” That said Mountains is a decent album by an artist who, although having nothing to prove, still needs to create. And that is a very good thing. ( www.nilslofgren.com) I’m 72. And because of Covid and my own health issues, I knew I had to make it at home. So Jamison Weddle, my fantastic engineer and friend, who has been working with me for over 20 years, would come over for three- to six-hour clips, four or five days a week.

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Nils Lofgren Is in the E Street Band and Crazy Horse — and He Still Found Time to Make a New Solo LP I hadn’t thought about that, but when Neil said, “Yes.” I went, “Oh, that’s cool. They’ll both be on the record.” I didn’t really think it through like that, but you’re right. That’s heavy. I'm really blessed to be part of two great bands - I never take that for granted," Lofgren says. "My joke is to go to management of both bands and say, 'Guys, I've spent 90 years here - more than 50 with Neil, 50 with Bruce and E Street. I've been a good boy and good musician. Can you just let me make the touring schedule for both of your artists for a couple of years?' And the managers just laugh at me and say, 'Get lost.'" Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Pedal Steel Guitar, Dulcimer, Lap Steel Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Bass – Nils Lofgren One morning as the sun was coming up, lounging with [my dog] Rose on the couch, I came up with this blues riff. I started singing about Charlie and that led to other stuff. It was this fury of, “I’m so disgusted that he’s gone that I’m not going to get upset or cry anymore” And then by the end of the song, I’m crying. It was just a way for me to process something I don’t have the tools for. Even though I’ve lost a lot of friends and family, that one really threw me for a loop. I used that song to kind of help me get through it.Come Around Before I Go Insane': Sufjan Stevens''Javelin' Is a Devotional, Contradictory Indie-Folk Gem In 2019,] before the pandemic, Bruce’s management called me and was like, “There are no shows this year. You’re free to do what you want. Next year, we’re planning on going out and playing all year.” And the same week, Elliot [Roberts], God rest his soul, called me. He said, “Look, in seven weeks Neil wants to start a tour and stay out all year.” Then you got Covid and had to miss the next show in Houston. I’m sure it was weird to not be on stage for one night. You’d never missed a single show, ever. Why didn’t we have a camera rolling? That was such a momentous tour. We did this crazy set where Neil had 16-inch glitter boots nailed to the piano, and we’re doing songs no one had ever heard. Neil’s rapping and going crazy. We’re playing this crazy music. People were throwing bottles and yelling at us. They wanted to hear the hits.

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Sharon Van Etten Shares New Song Co-Written with Courtney Barnett “Close to You” (News) — Sharon Van Etten The Feelies: Some Kinda Love: Performing The Music Of The Velvet Underground [Album Review] - October 25, 2023Covid threw me for a loop,” he tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from a hotel room in Vienna the day after an E Street Band show at the Ernst Happel Stadium. “I’d been on the road for 55 years. I loved being home with [my wife] Amy and the dogs. Our son Dylan would come over with his dogs. That was great. But I’d never gone for three years without performing in my professional life. And it kind of took a toll, more than I’d hoped.” In the early months of the pandemic, Nils Lofgren didn’t know what to do with himself. The guitarist had been on the road since the Sixties, when his band Grin took off, and in the years that followed he’d launched many solo tours between stints with Bruce Springsteen in the E Street Band, Ringo Starr in the All Starr Band, and Neil Young in the Santa Monica Flyers, the Trans Band, and Crazy Horse. The camps operate so differently. Bruce plans things far in advance. Neil just sort of flies by the seat of his pants.

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But then I’m going to California, where the next day you’ve already lost three hours and you’re traveling on a show day. You can’t travel on a show day and keep your sanity if you’re Nils Lofgren. Maybe if you’re some other lunatic drinking and smoking, but not me, man. I got to get there the night before. I don’t travel on show days, period. Unless I’m with Bruce and the band. If that’s their plan, fine. But I don’t leave the tour. It’s amazing to think this is probably the last record of new songs that’ll feature both Neil Young and David Crosby. We’d both test and wear masks unless I was singing to keep it as safe as we could. I got Covid flying home after finishing World Record with Neil Young. I exposed Amy, but she didn’t get it, thank God. So I was very careful not to start having the traditional arrangement of, “Here’s five musicians, and they’re going to move in for three weeks.” Lances, Jill (May 3, 2023). "Nils Lofgren's new album, Mountains, features Neil Young, the late David Crosby and more". ABC Audio . Retrieved July 19, 2023.Ijust wanted to go play. I didn’t want to record. And thank God Amy said, “Please just record the shows. I know you don’t want to put out a live record.” But when I listened to it, had a great vibe. Long story short, we put out a double live album called Weathered of that band. But of course I look forward to the day where I get out to play. But, man, I’m deep into this [E Street Band] tour. It’s one of the things I learned with Neil when I was 18. It’s great not to be the band leader every day of your life, because there’s a lot of things that are not musical you need to deal with when you’re the band leader. They all go away when I’m in someone else’s band. This was all last year. I was determined to get it done before the end of the year. Once Bruce said, “We’re going to hit the road in 2023,” I worked a little harder to make sure it was done by Christmas. The album opens with “Ain’t the Truth Enough.” It’s an angry song where you sing, “Who filled your head with lies/You’re Kool-Aid hypnotized.” What inspired that? I learned a long time ago to give myself permission to get down in whatever band I’m in, whatever role I have. We had a couple tours planned with Neil and Crazy Horse, which I was so excited about, especially after World Record. I felt like we really started making some strides. Neil and I were jamming more together, like in “Chevrolet” and “Break the Chain.”

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