Nils Lofgren - The Köln Concert
The man that joined Neil Young at the age of 17 and went on tour as the guitar player of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band appeared on the stage of the Bürgerhaus Stollwerck at 20:10.
The 500 fans present gave Nils Lofgren a very warm welcome. What they saw was just a little man and his guitar, but what he did with his fingers on strings showed passion, energy, romance and fun in a really relaxed way-easy going. Always in contact with the audience, he talked about his songs giving winks to each other. A little man who made his guitar sounds enough. He was able to fill the hall only with an acoustic guitar and fast interesting fingerpicking. For him and his listeners it wasn’t necessary to behave like a Bruce Springsteen on stage, jumping, turning around like a hurricane, no, he was just walking around, bowing his body and sometimes if the rhythm scratched him too hard he turned around enjoyed his instrument while the audience was clapping hands or dancing. “Because the night belongs to us”.
Nils Lofgren is a hero in piano playing too, sounds like a beautiful looser, romantic and playful. It was really impressive to listen like he tamed his instruments in different ways.
The 500 fans present gave Nils Lofgren a very warm welcome. What they saw was just a little man and his guitar, but what he did with his fingers on strings showed passion, energy, romance and fun in a really relaxed way-easy going. Always in contact with the audience, he talked about his songs giving winks to each other. A little man who made his guitar sounds enough. He was able to fill the hall only with an acoustic guitar and fast interesting fingerpicking. For him and his listeners it wasn’t necessary to behave like a Bruce Springsteen on stage, jumping, turning around like a hurricane, no, he was just walking around, bowing his body and sometimes if the rhythm scratched him too hard he turned around enjoyed his instrument while the audience was clapping hands or dancing. “Because the night belongs to us”.
Nils Lofgren is a hero in piano playing too, sounds like a beautiful looser, romantic and playful. It was really impressive to listen like he tamed his instruments in different ways.
Lucky Girl
Nils Lofgren - Bürgerhaus Stollwerck, Köln – May 21, 2006
1. DAMAGED GOODS
2. BLUE SKIES
3. YOU
4. ACROSS THE TRACKS
5. FRANKIE HANG ON
6. GIRL IN MOTION
7. COMFORT YOUR LOVE BRINGS
8. WALKING OUT THE DOOR (ugly synthesizer!)
9. WONDERLAND
10. COME A DAY
11. KEITH DON’T GO (ODE TO THE GLIMMER TWIN)
12. BELIEVE (piano)
13. GOIN’ BACK (piano)
14. WHISKEY HOLLER (piano)
15. THE SUN HASN’T SET ON THIS BOY YET (piano)
16. DEADLINE
17. MUD IN YOUR EYE
18. BECAUSE THE NIGHT
19. NO MERCY
20. I CAME TO DANCE
21. CRY TOUGH
2. BLUE SKIES
3. YOU
4. ACROSS THE TRACKS
5. FRANKIE HANG ON
6. GIRL IN MOTION
7. COMFORT YOUR LOVE BRINGS
8. WALKING OUT THE DOOR (ugly synthesizer!)
9. WONDERLAND
10. COME A DAY
11. KEITH DON’T GO (ODE TO THE GLIMMER TWIN)
12. BELIEVE (piano)
13. GOIN’ BACK (piano)
14. WHISKEY HOLLER (piano)
15. THE SUN HASN’T SET ON THIS BOY YET (piano)
16. DEADLINE
17. MUD IN YOUR EYE
18. BECAUSE THE NIGHT
19. NO MERCY
20. I CAME TO DANCE
21. CRY TOUGH
- Listen to some tracks of the last Nils Lofgren 2006’s release called Sacred Weapon (his 17th studio album over the last 30 years) on: http://cdbaby.com/cd/nilslofgren4
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