S02 EP08: Music Season with Nils Lofgren

For much of his professional rock & roll career, Nils Lofgren has been known as the lead guitarist for Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band -- the guy who replaced Steven Van Zandt in 1984 and stayed on after Little Steven returned to the fold. Prior to the E-Street Band, Lofgren was a member of Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse, and these associations have tended to dominate any mention of the guitarist's career, as any support for two legendary singer/songwriters would. But take Springsteen and Young off Lofgren's résumé, and he has an impressive, idiosyncratic cache in his own right, starting with the records he made with Grin, an acclaimed but underappreciated band from the late '60s, running through his own compositions with Crazy Horse, and then on a series of solo recordings that started with 1975's eponymous debut. Anchored with "Keith Don't Go," a tribute to the Rolling Stones guitarist that stands as one of rock's great love letters, that record earned good reviews, but his subsequent Cry Tough (1976), I Came to Dance (1977), and Night After Night (1977) performed better on the album rock charts, laying the foundation for a discography that stretched well into the new millennium, consisting of records made during downtime for the E-Street Band, but once he re-joined Crazy Horse in 2018, he managed to release such solo album as 2023's Mountains while simultaneously supporting both Springsteen and Young.Known through the years for his athletic prowess, and trampoline tricks, Nils Lofgren is an original in the rock althelics field - or as he refers to it - a "Rocklete!™".Video of Nils performing!!Websitehttps://www.nilslofgren.com/index.htmlThis podcast is kindly supported by Camera Museum of London, pre-owned Hasselblad specialists, and Tang Cigars, connoisseurs of Cuban cigars, located at 44 Museum Street LONDON WC1A 1LY. Visit: www.cameramuseum.uk, www.tangcigars.comFor a 10% discount at Tang Cigars - mention Richard Lipman Get full access to A Fish out of Water Podcast at afishoutofwaterpodcast.substack.com/subscribe