Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of

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since 1984, a member of

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, and founder/frontman of the band Grin. Lofgren was inducted into the

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as a member of the E Street Band in 2014.

Biography

Early life and career

Lofgren was born in

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, United States, to an Italian mother and a Swedish father. When he was a young child, the family moved to the Washington, D.C., suburb of

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. Lofgren's first instrument was classical

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, beginning at age five, which he studied seriously for ten years. After studying classical music and

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, throughout his youth, Lofgren switched his emphasis to rock music, and focused on the piano and the guitar. Lofgren attended his local public high schoo
Walter Johnson High School
in Bethesda, MD. He had been a competitive gymnast in high school, a skill that was used on stage later in his performing career and reflected in the name of his 1985 album, ''Flip''.

Grin

In 1968, Lofgren formed the band Grin with bassist George Daly (later replaced by Bob Gordon), and drummer Bob Berberich, former players in the DC band The Hangmen. The group played in venues throughout the Washington, D.C., area. Lofgren met

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while Young was performing at the Georgetown club

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, and began a long association. Young invited Lofgren to come to California and the Grin trio (Lofgren, Daly and Berberich) drove out west and lived for some months at a home Neil Young rented in

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. Lofgren would eventually use his album credits from working with Young to land Grin a record deal in 1971. Daly left the band early on to become a Columbia Records A&R Executive and was replaced by bassist Bob Gordon, who remained through the release of four critically acclaimed albums of catchy hard rock from 1971 to 1974, with guitar as Lofgren's primary instrument. The single "White Lies" got heavy airplay on Washington, D.C.-area radio. Lofgren wrote the majority of the group's songs, and often shared vocal duties with other members of the band (primarily drummer Bob Berberich). After the second album he added brother Tom Lofgren as a rhythm guitarist. Grin failed to hit the big time, and were released by their record company.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Lofgren joined Neil Young at age 19 to play piano and guitar on the album ''

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''. Lofgren maintained his musical relationship with Young, appearing as a part of the Santa Monica Flyers on Young's '' Tonight's the Night'' album and tour, and again on the ''

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'' album and tour. He has also been a recurring member of

(1970–1971; 2018–present), appearing on their 1971 LP and contributing songs to their catalogue. In 2018, Lofgren re-joined Crazy Horse and along with the band performed on Young's 2019 album ''

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'' and 2021's ''

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''.

Solo career

After Grin disbanded in 1974, Lofgren released his self-titled debut solo album which was a success with critics; a 1975 ''

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'' review by

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labeled it one of the finest rock albums of the year, and '' NME'' ranked it fifth on its list of albums of the year. Subsequent albums did not always garner critical favor, although '' Cry Tough'' was voted number 10 in the 1976 NME Album round up; '' I Came to Dance'' in particular received a scathing review in the '' New Rolling Stone Record Guide''. He achieved progressive rock radio hits in the mid-1970s with "Back It Up", "Keith Don't Go" and "I Came to Dance". His song "Bullets Fever", about the 1978 NBA champion

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, would become a favorite in the Washington area. Throughout the 1970s, Lofgren released solo albums and toured extensively with a backing band that usually included brother Tom on rhythm guitar. Lofgren's concerts displayed his reputation for theatrics, such as playing guitar while doing flips on a

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. In 1971, he appeared on stage on the

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Special, PBS TV, with Bill Graham. In 1973, he appeared with Grin on NBC on '' Midnight Special'', performing three songs live. In 1978, he wrote and sang the "Nobody Bothers Me" theme for a D.C. Jhoon Rhee

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advertisement, and also appeared in the ill-received ''

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'' movie. Lofgren appeared on ''

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'', to promote his 1985 solo release ''Flip''. Lofgren is credited on two of

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's (of Foreigner) solo albums: ''Ready or Not'' released in 1987 (Lofgren listed as lead guitarist) and ''Long Hard Look'' released in 1989 (Lofgren listed as one of the guitarists). In 1987, he contributed the television show theme arrangement for ''

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''. In 1993 he contributed to ''

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'', with two Christmas jingles with Bart. In 1995, he appeared on a PBS tribute to

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along with

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. From 1991 to 1995, he was the CableAce Awards musical director and composer. Lofgren 6

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Lofgren continues to record and to tour as a solo act, with

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, with Neil Young, and as a two-time member of

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's All-Starr Band. Many of the people he worked with on those tours appeared on his 1991 album, '' Silver Lining''. During the 2000s he got his own "Nils Lofgren Day" in

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(August 25). In 2006 Lofgren released ''Sacred Weapon'', featuring guest appearances by

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and

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. In 2006 he recorded a live DVD ''Nils Lofgren & Friends: Acoustic Live'' at the Legendary Birchmere Music Hall in

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. On June 23, 2006, Lofgren performed at a benefit concert for Arthur Lee at New York's Beacon Theater, along with

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, Ian Hunter,

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and

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. In 2007, he appeared playing guitar as part of

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' backing band for Lewis' '' Last Man Standing Live'' concert DVD. He released ''The Loner – Nils Sings Neil'', an album of acoustic covers of Neil Young songs, in 2008. In September 2008, Lofgren had

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for both of his hips as a result of years of playing basketball, "performance 'flips' on stage, and age." In August 2014, a box set, ''Face the Music'', was released on the Fantasy label. The career-spanning retrospective contains nine CD's and a DVD covering 45 years. The creation of Lofgren's 2015 live album ''UK 2015 Face the Music Tour'' was inspired by his wife Amy commenting that his recent live shows were the best she'd seen him do, as well as fans wanting to have a recording of the show they’d just seen. In December 2018,

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aired a 10-minute career retrospective ''Nils Lofgren: 50 years of ‘just being a guy in the band’''. Lofgren was a guest on a "Private Lives" one-hour radio special on East London Radio in the UK in October 2020. This series is shared across radio stations online and on FM/DAB, covering much of the UK.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

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In 1984, he joined

's backing band the

, as the replacement for

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on guitar and vocals, in time for Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. Tour. Lofgren would appear on his first Springsteen album with 1987's '' Tunnel of Love'' and its Tunnel of Love Express and Human Rights Now! supporting tours. In 1989 Springsteen broke up the E Street Band and Lofgren returned to his solo work. In 1995, the E Street Band, featuring both Lofgren and Van Zandt, recorded new songs for Springsteen's ''

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'' album however nothing else came from this reunion. In 1999, Springsteen, minus the E Street Band, was inducted into the

. The E Street Band would finally be inducted fifteen years later in 2014. Despite not being inducted in 1999 with Springsteen, the E Street Band (again with Lofgren and Van Zandt) would perform with Springsteen for the first time since 1988 at the induction ceremony. This would soon lead to a hugely successful Reunion Tour which took place from 1999-2000 and a lineup now featuring both Lofgren and Van Zandt as full-time members. The reunion tour resulted in 2002's album,'' The Rising'', marking the first album featuring the E Street Band since 1988, and another huge tour in 2002 and 2003. Following this tour, Springsteen would work on other projects and tour without the E Street Band's involvement until 2007's '' Magic'' album and tour of 2007/2008. This tour was followed by 2009's '' Working on a Dream'' album and

tour Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...

. In 2012, Springsteen released his album, ''

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'', which featured some of the E Street Band members; however, Lofgren did not appear, though he did perform with the band on the album's supporting tour. 2014 saw the release of the album '' High Hopes'' along with another

. In 2016, Springsteen would celebrate the 35th anniversary of his album, '' The River'', with a

in support of '' The Ties That Bind: The River Collection'' box set. In 2020, Springsteen released his album, ''

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'' which featured the E Street Band. Due to the

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, a tour in support of the album was unable to happen in 2020 or 2021 however in July 2022 Springsteen announced a 2023 world tour.

Other work

The late novelist

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lived close to Lofgren's Arizona home, and collaborated on a song with him titled "What Ever Happened to Muscatel?" On August 17, 2017, Lofgren was inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame. In May 2018, Lofgren replaced Frank Sampedro in Crazy Horse for their reunion concerts with Neil Young. On January 29, 2022, Lofgren pulled his music from

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, after

and

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had done the same. This was in response to their belief that

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was spread by the streaming service's ''

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''.

Musical equipment

Guitars

Fender Stratocaster The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed from 1952 into 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuousl ...

- 1961 (Reissues on tour) For the 2019 album, ''Colorado'', Lofgren brought two guitars: *

Gibson Les Paul The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952. The guitar was designed by factory manager John Huis and his team with input from and endorsement by guitarist Les Paul. Its typ ...

– 1952 goldtop, with Bigsby * Gretsch Black Falcon

Effects

*Barber Burn Unit overdrive *Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay *TC Electronic ND-1 Nova Delay

Amplifiers

*Fuchs 4 Aces 112 combo

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Lofgren primarily uses a variety of

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and

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.Fender artist – Nils Lofgren / Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
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Guitars

– Including two 1961 models which he often uses. * Fender Jazzmasters *

– 1952 Goldtop. *

Gibson SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gi ...

– Cherry red. Used on Johnny Bye Bye during the E Street Band's Magic Tour. *

Gibson Flying V The Gibson Flying V is an electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1958. The Flying V offered a radical, "futuristic" body design, much like its siblings: the Explorer, which was released the same year, and the Moderne, which was designed ...

– Used during Grin's reunion tour in 2001. *

B.C. Rich Mockingbird The B.C. Rich Mockingbird is a solid body electric guitar manufactured by B.C. Rich in 1976. There have been several variations on the Mockingbird model throughout the years. As of 2016, the current models are the Mk1, Mk3, Mk5, Mk7, Mk9 and M ...

Epiphone Les Paul The Epiphone Les Paul is a solid body guitar line produced by Epiphone as a more modestly priced version of the famous Gibson Les Paul. Epiphone is a subsidiary of Gibson Guitar Corporation and manufactures the Les Paul model and other budget mo ...

– Used on tours with

. * Martin D-18 – Given to Lofgren by

. * Gretsch Black Penguin *

Fender Telecaster The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is an electric guitar produced by Fender. Together with its sister model the Esquire, it is the world's first mass-produced, commercially successful Les Paul had built a prototype solid bo ...

Black. Used on Born To Run during the "Magic" Tour. * Gibson L-10 acoustic * Spector ARC6 * Takamine acoustic guitars * Owens/Zeta resonator guitars * Carter pedal steel guitars During performances of the song "The River" on

's Working on a Dream Tour, Nils would use a custom

double-neck guitar, with one 12-string neck, and one standard six. The 12 string was tuned B-G-Bb-F-D-Eb, and the six string A-G#-Bb-Bb-Bb-F#.

Effects

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* Electro-Harmonix POG * Barber Burn Unit overdrives * FullTone Fulldrive2 * Line 6 DL4 delay *

DigiTech Whammy The DigiTech Whammy is a pitch shifter pedal manufactured by DigiTech. It was the first widely used effects pedal that could do foot-controlled pitch shifting effects. The pedal emulates sounds that a guitarist normally makes using the vibrato ...

*Digital Music GCX audio switcher *Furman power conditioner * Line 6 Pod Pro * BOSS OC-3 * BOSS DD-3 * Korg DTR tuner * Peterson AutoStrobe 490 *Voodoo Lab Ground Control

Amplifiers

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s – Used most recently. * Fender blackface Super Reverbs – With four 10" speakers. *

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* Fender Vibro Kings – With three 10" speakers' * Fender Vibro King Custom * Fender Hot Rod DeVilles *Fuchs ODS 50 -used at 2012 Grammys

Discography

Grin discography

* 1971: '' Grin'' (Spindizzy/Epic) * 1972: '' 1+1'' (Spindizzy/Epic) * 1973: '' All Out'' (Spindizzy/Epic) * 1973: '' Gone Crazy'' (A&M)

Solo discography

With Crazy Horse

*''

'' (1971)

With Neil Young

*''

'' (1970) *'' Tonight's the Night'' (1975) *''

'' (1982) *'' In Berlin'' (1983) *''

Unplugged Unplugged may refer to: *Acoustic music, music not produced through electronic means * "Unplugged" (B.A.P song), 2014 * "Unplugged" (''Modern Family''), a 2010 episode of ''Modern Family'' Albums and EPs * ''Unplugged'' (5'nizza album), 2002 * '' ...

'' (February 1993) *'' Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live'' (2018) Recorded in (1973) *''

'' (2019) (with Crazy Horse) *''

'' (2021) (with Crazy Horse)

With Jerry Williams

* ''Jerry Williams'' (Spindizzy) (1972) – Lofgren/Grin played on three songs on the album; additionally, they played on the b-side of the single, "Crazy 'Bout You Baby"

With Lou Reed (as co-writer)

*'' The Bells'' (1979)

With Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

*'' Live/1975-85'' (1986) *'' Tunnel of Love'' (1987) *'' Chimes of Freedom'' (1988) *''

'' (1995) *'' Blood Brothers'' (1996) *'' Tracks'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *'' Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City'' (2001) *'' The Rising'' (2002) *''

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'' (2003) *'' Magic'' (2007) *''

Magic Tour Highlights ''Magic Tour Highlights'' is an EP by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, which consists of four live audio tracks and their accompanying videos, and was released for digital download on July 15, 2008. The performances were recorded durin ...

'' (2008) *''

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits ''Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits'' is Bruce Springsteen's fifth compilation album, released as a limited edition first in the United States, Canada and Australia on January 13, 2009, exclusively through Wal-Mart retailers. ...

'' (2009) *'' Working on a Dream'' (2009) *''

'' (2012) *'' Collection: 1973–2012'' (2013) *'' High Hopes'' (2014) *'' American Beauty'' (2014) *''

Bruce Springsteen Archives ''Bruce Springsteen Archives'' is an ongoing collection of officially released live albums by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Beginning in November 2014 with the release of the 2012 Apollo Theater concert, Springsteen sought out to rele ...

'' (2014-present) *'' Chapter and Verse'' (2016) *'' The Live Series: Songs of the Road'' (2018) *'' The Live Series: Songs of Friendship'' (2019) *'' The Live Series: Songs of Hope'' (2019) *''

'' (2020)

With Lou Gramm

*'' Ready or Not'' (1987)

References

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Biography

Early life and career

Grin

Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Solo career

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Other work

Musical equipment

Guitars

Effects

Amplifiers

Guitars

Effects

Amplifiers

Discography

Grin discography

Solo discography

With Crazy Horse

With Neil Young

With Jerry Williams

With Lou Reed (as co-writer)

With Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

With Lou Gramm

References

External links