Nils Lofgren - 11/1/2015

I can't say I'd heard any solo stuff when booking these tickets but I rated him as a guitarist from his Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen days. In fact that was what was delivered - great guitar playing - the singing and the songwriting were nothing to write home about for me. Bizzarely the gig started with Nils on harp, as in stringed harp, which was basically an extended intro to 'Too Many Miles' in which he demonstrated right away what a superb guitar player he is. The style is fluid but with bite as well and he is not afraid to play extended solo. The other musician playing with Nils was Greg Varlotta and he did a good job on keyboards and some guitar and even a bit of trumpet. Highlights on the guitar front from Nils were 'Girl in Motion', 'Keith Don't Go' and 'Because the Night' which is just a genuinely brilliant song anyway. Nils also teased with a story about how he suggested the and played the uptempo piano bits on 'Southern Man' gave us a quick taster of it but then didn't play the damn song. Still I enjoyed the gig a lot just because he is a fine guitarist which is pretty much what I htought when I saw him with Springsteen a lot of years ago.