Loved recording with Nils. He is such a great guy and talented musician....
@1adam12...
Жыл бұрын
Kat’s lucky to have ur thunderbroom sweepin up too!
@AnthonyBurrito1313
Жыл бұрын
SKLAR!!!!
@ToldAlthea
4 ай бұрын
As are you Leland! Learned of your work exactly 19 years ago, and was THE first person in line to see IMMEDIATE FAMILY doc.
@jameswoodford223
20 күн бұрын
Wow ... I followed you for years, musically and with great stories so cool to see an actually see a post
@sanaullah6911
Жыл бұрын
Nils is one of the nicest , most humble guys in the music business. No ego - just pure class.
@vamboroolz1612
Жыл бұрын
Yes he is. Hanging around, talking to fans taking photo opportunities after nigh on EVERY concert. Nils is a legend.
@MarkLiversedge
Жыл бұрын
The Loner: Nils sings Neil is amazing, totally recommend you check it out. Am a lifelong Neil Young fan and his cover of "Birds" is the best Neil Young cover ever done.
@vamboroolz1612
Жыл бұрын
@@MarkLiversedge yeah, that is a really good Nils album. He brings a little of himself to the songs which is always a good thing.
@stephanbosch225
4 ай бұрын
Yeah? You know them all I presume.
@Chafflives
Жыл бұрын
I never knew about his immense contribution to that classic song. Thank-you Nils.
@62dtc
Ай бұрын
Wonder if they are able to get writing credits and royalties?
@markkirsch1861
Жыл бұрын
I was standing in the Phoenix airport by the oversized luggage area waiting for my bags. I heard “that voice” from the guy standing to my left. When his call was done I turned to him and asked if he was Nils and he said yes. He was waiting for his guitars to come out. We chatted about music, Bruce, Grin and life in general. Couldn’t have been nicer. Plus he agreed to take a picture with me. A memory of a lifetime for me from one of the classiest guitarists on the planet.
@GrumblingGrognard
Жыл бұрын
I will never hear that song the same way again! :)
@chasbodaniels1744
Жыл бұрын
… especially knowing about Nils’ contributions!
@joeljoss1916
Жыл бұрын
Really! Southern man polka. I'm digging out the disc right now, I love it! I had an enthusiast I worked with tell me to check Mr Lofgren out in the early 70's. He said "you'll be hearing more of this guy" didn't know I already had.
@tommcnally3646
Жыл бұрын
The ultimate band guy! These people add so much to songs behind the scenes
@ThefightingCelt
Жыл бұрын
I remember back in the hot, dry summer of 1976, that I was browsing through the albums in my local record shop, whereupon I came across a newly released album by Nils Lofgren called Cry Tough. I decided to buy it and liked it very much. Nils is a great musician and a top man.
@dsoule4902
Жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@dominicmcclarey4481
Жыл бұрын
Such a great album. I listened to that and then Televison's "Marquee Moon" almost on rotation in my last year at school..1977.. opened up the idea of music having many possibilities .. massive talent XX
@ThefightingCelt
Жыл бұрын
@@dominicmcclarey4481 I love Marquee Moon. Brilliant album.
@chrisbradley1192
Жыл бұрын
1977 I was at a Nils Lofgren concert at Leeds University. Support band was this relatively little-knwn band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The crowd went nuts after their set so (as the story goes - and I can well believe it) Nils told them to get out and do an encore "or else they'll tear the place down". They did and Tom took off his guitar strap and threw it into the audience. This goes to show that Nils wasn't just thinking about himself on that night.
@daviddavies2945
8 ай бұрын
Saw them at the Capitol Theatre Cardiff on that same tour. Two amazing bands, and a memorable nights entertainment.!.
@andrewhudson8966
2 ай бұрын
@@daviddavies2945saw the same tour at Sheffield City Hall,what a show
@BullCricket75
Жыл бұрын
As an underappreciated fellow accordion player, I can totally appreciate this awesome story!
@RSVPini
Жыл бұрын
Yes. You and Weird Al Yankovic should appreciate Nils' story more than most people....😃
@Ou81269
Жыл бұрын
Nils piano playing was so prominent in “After the Gold Rush”. Recently went back and listened to the album and realized that. And the fact that he did not consider himself to be proficient at the piano makes it that much more significant to me. Great story.
@lilmoe4364
Жыл бұрын
Sure sounds good to me !
@roscius6204
Жыл бұрын
Always loved that mood swing. Right place, right time. Neil seems to have had a knack of bringing in people who perfectly balance his music.
@daveydudely9954
Жыл бұрын
nils' first self titled solo album from 1975 is worthy of any other great album he's worked on
@brianrcooney
Жыл бұрын
I agree. He signed the vinyl copy I bought the year it was released. I had heard “going back” and thought it sounded like Neil Young. Grin’s “White Lies” was one of my favorite songs, but I never knew who Nils Lofgren was. I have purchased every one of his albums since his first. And I go to of his concerts when he plays in my area.
@markjohnston8631
Жыл бұрын
Awesome story. I love the versions I've heard that incorporate the polka beat. So fun to hear different versions of the classics!
@garyyarago2096
Жыл бұрын
I saw Nils several times at Winterland during the late 70's, always gave a great show,he even did somersaults off of a hidden trampoline! He had a few FM staples on the air waves (Beggar's Day?) at the time.Saw him again with Ringo's All Starrs, a phenomenal group of legends, in 93.
@ziblot1235
Жыл бұрын
Nils was a one man show. No question.
@alanhowell3646
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful! His debut album blew me away. Great musician and guitar player
@kristi5267
2 ай бұрын
I loved hearing this story after hearing this song all of my life! Thanks.
@stevewhiteley9249
Жыл бұрын
It made my day to hear Nils play ‘Roll out the barrel’ like a cockney pub pianist :-) seriously I have always admired his playing and singing, what a talented man.
@pkoven
Жыл бұрын
once again, there is nothing like melding together different sounds to yield those fantastic sounds that are just iconic.
@fergalkavanagh6999
Жыл бұрын
The Crazy Horse guys always get a lot of dismissive comments like "they could barely play", but here we have a virtuoso like Nils explaining how instrumental Ralph was in helping the arrangement of a stone cold classic like Southern Man. Love this.
@fostexfan160
Жыл бұрын
well said.......I consider them to be Rock performing virtuosos anyway. Devoid of ego and image. Pure raw rock!!
@mtadams2009
Жыл бұрын
I never heard that comment about Crazy Horse before. I thought they were a great band. Interesting what some people think.
@injuredtabletennisplayer1474
Жыл бұрын
He played at a wedding of a good friend of mine. We ambushed him and he was so gracious. Great memory.
@ranradd
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Nils. Always loved you music and bought you first album back in the early '70's.
@robertbehan6348
Жыл бұрын
Got to see Nils with his band in the late 80’s and he was just incredible - on both electric and acoustic guitar. He did an amazing version of ‘Keith Don’t Go’ that night.
@dsoule4902
Жыл бұрын
When he did backflips onstage
@datapolo
Жыл бұрын
His live album Night After Night is up there with some of the best live albums ever.
@MjKestrel
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Nils ✴️ bought your albums in the 70s 80s which were the first albums i ever purchased, i was a teenager and still i big fan today of everything you do. Im now in my 60s 🙏 ( 1/08/2023) from MJK = Wales UK
@ronmartin4212
Жыл бұрын
Nils is on so many great sessions.I love his Beatle fandom,showing off his Remco '64 hair dolls in the background.I had two sets of those.
@christopherecatalano
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s is one of the finest albums ever made (and Young has a few others that are right there). So much musical diversity, sonically alive (you can hear and feel the space(s) it was recorded in), with a sustained mood throughout. Not quite the collection of demos that Zappa lovingly referred to it as, but it has a rare spontaneity nonetheless. If only all of our ‘demos’ sounded so perfect and complete😂
@williammarotz7406
Жыл бұрын
Nils said, music is the language of the soul. Great performer musician and artist. 50 years I've benefited thank you Mr. Lofgren.
@TheMarkEH
Жыл бұрын
A fabulous story that chipped away at my ignorance of what helped make that song so good.
@ziblot1235
Жыл бұрын
I dont thiink anyone else knew about it either. Nils is such a modest character.
@davidkopec9442
Жыл бұрын
The Power of Polka. As a Polish American i love this at the highest level.
@alessandrorossini8704
Жыл бұрын
That's how good music is made of: freedom to express creativity beyond predictable boundaries.
@DexterHaven
Жыл бұрын
That tempo shift is what makes the song! Great story.
@jeffbayne15
Жыл бұрын
Sounds "Professional" to me... WOW!!! Thanks for sharing...
@renmazzolo9676
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Nils. I’ve always loved your style mate. Cheers from Ren down under 🇦🇺 👍
@malcolmbradley6136
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful memories from days of watching nils play live ❤❤🎸🎵🎵🎵🎸🎵
@DailySource
Жыл бұрын
What an amazing song musically and lyrically. Great to hear some of how the music portion came together.
@sampickel1030
Ай бұрын
That piano part makes the whole song. Genius
@abradfordajb
Жыл бұрын
I love these stories that come out long, long after we've all grooved on the record, revealing what made the song. Back in the day, no one knew anything about the basis for a song, only that we all loved the finished product. 😎
@indieshack4476
2 ай бұрын
Wonderful story! Very talented guy, I started buying his albums in the mid-70's and never stopped :)
@peterbaruxis2511
Ай бұрын
Me too. I saw him once live in a small place, only a couple hundred people. I've kinda watched his career- I don't remember where I heard that he was considered for Mick Taylor's spot as a Rolling Stone.
@adamsaben3299
Жыл бұрын
Reason #3295 as to why we must thank KZitem. Where else would you be able to hear cool stories like this right from the horse's mouth? These interviews with our heroes and music lessons from the actual writers and artists that we can watch for free 24 hours a day is a blessing.
@paulnoble3475
Жыл бұрын
I had a Nils Lofgren cassette in the middle -late 70’s. Live. Played it to death. Journeyman, brilliant.
@MrBluoct
Жыл бұрын
The context of this detail and story is great. Nils: such a multi-talented, multi-decade musician
@urkel3000
Жыл бұрын
Lived in VA back in 70s and remember Grin; loved that stuff. Always loved the unhinged sounding piano on When You Dance from Goldrush...still one of my go-to headphone jams to listen to. This story about how the Southern Man arrangement came about is gold.
@andyinoregon
Жыл бұрын
Great description of "When You Dance." I first heard Neil Young in Buffalo Springfield, and then "After the Goldrush" was his first solo album that I bought. I remember wishing that "Till the Morning Comes" was a lot longer than 1:17.
@andrestrat
Жыл бұрын
earring those notes bring back so much emotions in me..... one of the best LP ever.
@yuvgotubekidding
Жыл бұрын
Definitely Neil Young’s best album.
@GreatWaterCircus
Жыл бұрын
Always liked Nils... great story and great piano work... After the gold rush, totally cool album... thanks
@jcc2c22
Жыл бұрын
I first encountered Nils back in 1969 when he and his backup group Grin were playing at a members only very small venue rock club in Baltimore called the Blue Sette. I got in as a guest of an actual member and these guys were smoking hot. I was up close and personal 4 years later when they played the spring concert at my Alma mater when I was a senior there.
@LOLsaudi
Ай бұрын
That song is so important musically and politically. What a lovely man. Thanks for composing a masterpiece
@colm1478
Жыл бұрын
What a great story. Nils is a legend for his work on Speakin’ Out alone.
@timbranton7950
Жыл бұрын
Agree - beautiful and surprisingl inventive playing
@anthonyhall2565
Жыл бұрын
I saw Nils live in Fells Point, Maryland many moons ago. He's a Maryland boy that has absolutely made it big but he's too humble to admit it. He's frequently requested to work with many great artists, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen to mention two.
@bobbyndallas
17 күн бұрын
Your solo on TTN, Speakin out is the first guitar solo I learned. Still play it today
@prisonersforprofit
Жыл бұрын
great story, such an iconic piano bit to an iconic song, probably my favorite neil young tune, neil's aptitude to lay down those lyrics and melody, it's one thing to fill the song but neil made it fly, i still scream out the lyrics, "i heard screaming, and bullwhips crackin', how long, how long?"
@bldallas
5 ай бұрын
Wow, I’ve only really known about Nils from his work in the E Street band. This is such a cool story. Now I feel like I need to dig deeper into the history of Niles Lofgren. Thanks for sharing!
@seankearney5469
Жыл бұрын
Playing with Bruce and Neil Young and his own great stuff. He is such a solid dude. I always think he is unsung and kind of underground in a way. Either way he is so awesome love his guitar and vocals
@richsadowsky8580
Жыл бұрын
brilliant enhancements. Always had great respect and appreciation for the piano part in that guitar song.
@kw7292
27 күн бұрын
We don’t know how or where some great songs originate. Now we know. Great story.
@AFaceintheCrowd01
Жыл бұрын
I loved Grin and always followed Nils.
@bluwasaabi
Жыл бұрын
Nils, that's so great! Thank you.
@randallfrank5682
Жыл бұрын
Great story Nils. Thank you.
@magnustorque5528
Жыл бұрын
Very cool. For me After The Goldrush is the best Neil Young album of all time. It plays like a complete book the way the tracks are arranged on both sides. Few albums achieve that (Dark Side of the Moon, Violator, Who's Next, etc.) partly because of that, After The Goldrush is solid gold from top to bottom.
@TheSaltydog07
Жыл бұрын
Always admired Mr. Lofgren.
@henrygvidonas9573
Жыл бұрын
I always love when the guitar solo in a song is almost like an intermission or "coffee break" to the rest of the song and the band accompaniment does something distinctly different. Whether it's the double time in "Southern Man", shifting from 7/4 to straight 4/4 for the solo in Pink Floyd's "Money", playing a solo over a bridge instead of the chord changes of the verse or chorus. It almost always makes a song better and more interesting.
@THEFEEL57
Жыл бұрын
Love the story. Thank you greatly❤
@axelowell4084
Жыл бұрын
Loved his Solo Work !
@NickViggiano-qz9pc
7 ай бұрын
This is a great story, but I don't think many people realize what an incredible guitarist this guy is. Everyone should check out the Live album he put out in the 70's. It's awesome.
@Lemma01
Жыл бұрын
Class act. Thank you.❤
@lovetheobscurities
Жыл бұрын
I saw Nils Lofgren live at a "bar/club" venue in Ottawa, Canada. What a treat. Just him and his acoustic guitar. What's cool is that he clearly was doing that tour for the love of music and not for big money. This was in the mid-nineties, well into his E Street days.
@broadcasttttable
Жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite lead guitar solos (actually its the whole song, not just the solo) is Nils' "Valentine." The definition of emotive.
@matthewpocock4824
Жыл бұрын
After the Buffalo Springfield, Neil had a bunch of awesome players around himself and Crazy Horse. Nils is definitely a big contributor to that hungry sound. It's a very cool song to jam along with.
@johnwattdotca
Жыл бұрын
I like to take the A chord at the end of the chorus and build it up, moving it up the neck over an octave. And no matter how slow I sing a Neil Young song, the record is always slower.
@matthewpocock4824
Жыл бұрын
@@johnwattdotca I do the same. It makes an easy transition into the solo.
@johnwattdotca
Жыл бұрын
@@matthewpocock4824 Wow, you got me there. After all this time I've always just played the chords, never having someone else so I can solo. The only Neil Young song I did onstage is a song he didn't write, "Down By The River". It was a quiet night for the first set, raining outside, so I introduced down by the river, starting off mellow, and for the solo I changed to a Robin Trower sound, the band jamming it out until we settled down again.
@matthewpocock4824
Жыл бұрын
@@johnwattdotca try it. Dm pentatonic scale.
@johnwattdotca
Жыл бұрын
@@matthewpocock4824 You're being modern musical, not acid-rock, saying pentatonic scale. I see Neil Young as being able to afford a Les Paul when he made his first album, and that's when he began to play lead guitar, maybe the worst lead guitarist with a hit album at the time. I think he played one note 27 times in a row in "Down By The River", or "Cowgirl in the Sand". This is late 1960s for me. If you want to hear Neils' most experimental playing, he did the soundtrack, just his guitar, for a movie about stoner people being outside, sometimes in a forest. There are interactions, and it does end.
@davidharris3194
Жыл бұрын
A magical moment in history!
@ashleybarker937
3 ай бұрын
Amazed to hear him play Roll Out The Barrel
@harvey1954
6 ай бұрын
Love it when musician can break it down musically. So many "music" interviews are nothing more than fluff by star struck interviewers.
@philhatch483
Жыл бұрын
Great story! Always thought that added so much to the song.
@whatevershebrings
Жыл бұрын
Nice explainer from the man himself. I'd wrongly assumed it was Jack Nitzsche that played keys on the track. I knew Nils was on the album, but unaware of this credit. Would love to hear him talk about the making of "Tonight's the Night".
@Bozakky
Жыл бұрын
Way to go, Nils. Brilliant.
@leafyleafyleaf
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been listening to the After the Gold Rush album since I borrowed the CD from the public library back in 1991. So cool to finally hear the back story of that piano vamp from the guy who created it!!
@Caperhere
Жыл бұрын
That’s interesting. Thanks for sharing.
@anthonymorris5084
Жыл бұрын
Southern Man is such a great song.
@barkeater7867
Жыл бұрын
so freakin cool. love this backstory stuff
@John-Es
Жыл бұрын
Awesome story, thanks Nils!
@dougpeters1625
Жыл бұрын
I love these behind-the-scenes incredible stories. This is why KZitem was invented.
@KevinKerwin
Жыл бұрын
Grin was a great band Nils... I was a Bethesda Boy back then... Everybody is missing the Sun...
@santamara
Жыл бұрын
❤ Great story.. wonderful memories.! 👍
@62dtc
Ай бұрын
Great clip, didn’t realize Nils had a role in the music writing of Southern Man. Wonder if Nils and other guys receive any royalties for their contributions to the songs?
@drillbag
Жыл бұрын
Nils is one talented guy, its a shame his solo career never took off.
@Michael-mm3fm
Жыл бұрын
Saw him once, somewhere in north London I think, early 90s, great gig.
@loilt5091
Жыл бұрын
I bought one his on vinyl back in the day…great talent & guy‼️
@Andy-eu1ng
Жыл бұрын
This is really freaky last night I was playing and singing neil young songs on a live platform with an acoustic bass and my level went up about 50% I think it's his best song and to see legend nils lofgren (the guy who back flips while playing guitar) breaking the song down was amazing,,,I know a lot of neil young haters and people like roger waters who don't get neil young but he's a genius and I'm going to use the GOAT for him
@edfulginiti8798
Жыл бұрын
Inadvertently demonstrating how today’s music 🎼 sukks by contrast. Thanks Nils.
@ottokriete1153
Жыл бұрын
I look at most of the comments, and just have to kinda grin ( pun definitely intended ). I grew up with this guy, figuratively. I was hooked on Neil Young and was crazy impressed with the Boss.... and Nils was there in the mix for all of that.... just not noticed because he was just adding to the mix. but , THAT is what makes for great musicianship... not the front man with the flash, but the guy in the back driving thd beat and playing rythm...... thanks for the great music, Nils... not all of us didn't notice you.!
@jamespainter7617
Жыл бұрын
Great song, even greater story!
@GrovesGuitars
28 күн бұрын
Wish Beato would interview you Nils. Turn you on to the kids. 🙏
@spookedhorse
Жыл бұрын
Met Nils umteen years ago, in Jersey. Point Pleasant, NJ, to be exact. On the boardwalk, roughly 2am, in the rain. He was very polite, well mannered and actually laughed at us being so star-struck. Funny thing....we were all looking for pizza and buzzed, LOL.
@johnwalker6919
3 ай бұрын
One word: brilliant.
@davidayer2168
Жыл бұрын
Oh man I'll never hear that the same again, but either way that oompah-oompah low end pulse works like gangbusters; makes it a signature rocker for Young.
@jsamc
Жыл бұрын
Neil Young Live in Berlin was a BLAST !!
@mikesimonson7860
Жыл бұрын
Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her Well, I heard ol' Neil put her down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around, anyhow
@chrisweidner4768
Жыл бұрын
Sung by a guy wearing a Neil Young T-shirt. Learn more of the story. Skynyrd and Neil grew to love each other.
@broncobrian2344
Жыл бұрын
@@chrisweidner4768Yes they did ! But its still not right to sing such a bigoted closed minded song. Says this old southern hippie
@chrisweidner4768
Жыл бұрын
@@broncobrian2344 True. From a midwestern old hippie who spent time in Georgia while serving in the Army infantry. I still say “fixin’ to.” Amazing people there. All the best to you and yours. Always.
@superbird24
Жыл бұрын
Respect your work. 👍
@simontrucker3624
Жыл бұрын
Damn I love watching stuff like that!!
@peterbaruxis2511
Ай бұрын
"Southern man with a polka beat" I'm speechless.
@vandemonian5412
Жыл бұрын
" I realised I should shut up and say thank you " - classic understatement
@moeball740
Жыл бұрын
I'm curious as to what experiences led Young to come up with those lyrics. That's some powerful haunting stuff there and it obviously hit a nerve as the song Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd referenced.
@clovergrass9439
Жыл бұрын
Typical, the tribe blaming Whites for what they actually instigated.
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