Tidy Tunes 2019 #20/28 Because The Night/Shine Silently (Live) - Nils Lofgren

Because The Night/Shine Silently (Live) - Nils Lofgren
The Barbican Hall, London 28/05/18

I was listening to a new album called 'Live in America' by Nils Lofgren yesterday and was struck afresh by what a tremendous artist he is in his own right and an excellent songwriter and guitarist to boot. 

So I thought I would follow on from Springsteen yesterday with a couple tunes by the man himself today (by the way check out his Tribute to Clarence Clemons called 'Miss You C')

The videos above and below are taken from shows in 2018 by Lofgren and firstly up is a cover of Springsteen's Because The Night followed by probably my favourite Nils song Shine Silently (which featured on the 1979 album Nils).

As a bonus there's also a solo version of the 1977 title track from the album I Came To Dance.

I Came To Dance (live) - Nils Lofgren
City Winery New York
30/09/18

The Music of E Street

A little something thrown together spotlighting the various members of The E Street Band and others who have played and sung with them over the years. Oh and at the end there's a few featuring Bruce as well!

Hope you enjoy The Playlist.

The Music of E Street
Sax in the City - Clarence Clemons
Charlene - Garry Tallent
Wipeout! - Max Weinberg's Jukebox
Matter of Time - David Sancious and Tone (also features Ernest Boom Carter on Drums)
Riders in the Night - Roy Bittan
A Doorman's Life - Danny Federici
Soulfire! (Live) - Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul
I Came to Dance - Nils Lofgren
As Long as I Can Be Wityh You - Patti Scialfa
Wild Ones - Soozie Tyrell
Sick Broke and Broken - Jake Clemons
Way To Know - Downtown Mystic (featuring Garry Tallent and Max Weinberg)
Amazing Grace - Eddie Manion
Zydeco Boogie - The Gotham Playboys
The Ballad of Jesse James - Vini Lopez
Tetris Title Theme (Solo Accordion Cover) - Charlie Girordano
Smile - Cindi Mizelle
Little Bit Curt Ramm (with Dan Moretti and Bill Cunliffe)
Shine - Curtis King Jnr
Rocky Ground - Michelle Moore (with the Alliance Singers)
The Road I Must Travel - The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)
Long Walk Home - Bruce Springsteen
Tenth Avenue Freezeout - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!: Day 17 - Sunday Morning Favourites

One of the monthly music magazines here in the UK has a little feature each issue where it speaks briefly with a few different artists and asks them a number of questions like what was the first record they ever bought, what other artist did they ever want to be, what do you sing in the shower and what's your favourite Saturday Night record and your Favouritie Sunday Morning record?

As it's Sunday Morning (I'm not typing this like I normally do the night before) I thought maybe for the next number of weeks I might share some of my own Sunday Morning Favourites (I sound like one of those naff DJ's who used to be on Radio One on Sunday Mornings!).

You want your Sunday Morning music to be a little quieter than Saturday Night music (well, sometimes!).

My Mum always used to get her Records out on a Sunday Morning and you'd hear the sounds of Buddy Holly, Sinatra, Jim Reeves, Glen Campbell and a whole lot more blaring out from the speakers as she took control of the Record Player. So here's to reliving a little memory.

Today's choice is an album by Nils Lofgren released in 2012 called Old School. I like it because there's actually a nice mix of blistering rock and some quieter acoustic numbers. Basically it's an album about getting old and being angry about some stuff (yep us old fellas know how to get grumpy about the things we don't like!).

Anyway, if you haven't heard it before I hope you enjoy it.

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!

Happy Birthday Nils Lofgren

Interview with Nils back in 2011

It's amazing watching that interview and grasping exactly what kind of artist Nils is in his own right and discovering that he has been involved in some really good music projects down through the years. We sometimes forget that he's a band leader himself as we are so used to seeing him as part of the E Street Band.

Prove It All Night - Stockholm 4th May 2013

Nils has a great solo moment.

Because the Night/She's the One - Melbourne, Australia 2013

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