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FOUND: Nils lofgren - What They Never Told You

Seeing Springsteen in DC gave me hope

The Boss took Washington back to a time when dissent mattered

Salon

With roots in the Peruvian jungle and influenced by an apocalyptic screenplay, Neil Young's most mysterious song became one of his most enduring

"Neil never told me what the song was about": Even Nils Lofgren doesn't know, and he played on it

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Icons shine at American Music Honors

Bruce Springsteen led a star-studded tribute to legends like Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty and Emmylou Harris

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“Bruce goes, ‘Man, you’ve got a lot of twang.’ I said, ‘Too much?’ And he said, ‘Ah, you know…’” Joining Bruce Springsteen's post-E Street Band group, Shane Fontayne had the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren

Springsteen had seen Fontayne perform with Lone Justice on Saturday Night Live years before, and was impressed. When the time came to put together a new band, Fontayne was one of his first calls

Guitar World

“We’d do these crazy shows with 16-inch glitter boots tacked to the piano and Neil screaming into the mic. It was like pre-punk. Audiences hated it”: Nils Lofgren’s wild stories of Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Richards and more

From The Boss to Chuck Berry, Nils Lofgren has played with them all and lived to tell the tale

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“He was an immortal badass”: the genius of Tom Petty, by the people who knew him best

Tom Petty’s daughters, ex-bandmates and peers look back on the life of an American legend

Louder

“I was worried my Magnatone was going to be too much, but Neil’s little Fender Deluxe is loud as f**k. That thing is tiny but mighty”: Micah Nelson is son of Willie Nelson and plays guitar for Neil Young. Here’s what he learned from those elder statesmen

Micah Nelson has to channel Danny Witten, Nils Lofgren and Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro as a member of Crazy Horse – but he has to be himself, too. Here’s how he does it, with the help of some choice electric guitars and a Gibson named Gandalf

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5 essential songs guitarists need to hear by Bruce Springsteen

Born to strum… and then some

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This week's essential guitar tracks: from Smashing Pumpkins' shredding metal turn to solos from the son of a session legend

All the guitar-driven songs you need to hear this week

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