Nils is an overlooked treasure in music. Guitar player, Singer, song writer triple threat. One of the best.
@alancumming6407 Жыл бұрын
Also a great piano and accordion player. Huge talent.
@stevieboy1522 Жыл бұрын
You are spot on!
@nbanolfkid6 жыл бұрын
I have always loved his guitar playing and songs. He is a largely overlooked jewel in the music world.
@SuzzyStohelit4 жыл бұрын
Grown men wept
@yommy653 жыл бұрын
I don't know why I suddenly thought of "Beggars Day" but the next thing you know I was down a rabbit hole and honestly I haven't thought about Nils Lofgren in 30 years. This performance is wonderful!
@bluemeanee573 жыл бұрын
NOT! :)
@laniansherАй бұрын
Blessed to see Nils play Live many times ... since I was 8 years old ... saw hundreds of Live performances with my mother. She took me to shows since I was a wee one. She was a recording industry "insider." Saw Nils do his own gigs multiple times, including famous show @ Doug Westin's Troubadour shredding in mid air while he was doing a back flip off a mini trampoline on stage, as well as part of the live touring bands for both Bruce and Neil ... probably 9+ tours or more each over the decades. Met him backstage several times. Gracious man. Cool cat. Grounded, not pretentious. Music courses through his veins. Music IS his blood. He LIVES and breathes it! Generous spirit => Blessings shared!
@peterrabbitwarren4 жыл бұрын
Probably the best accoustic guitar I've heard.
@alancumming6407 Жыл бұрын
I've lost count of the number of Nils gigs I've been to and they have all been brilliant and all different. I remember one night in a small theatre in Glasgow where it was just him and his acoustic guitar. What a night that was!
@eveexley62608 жыл бұрын
This actually took my breath away
@rolandgustavsson60155 ай бұрын
I watched him with Springsteen here in Sweden and wow he's a master!!❤
@mrhoffame11 жыл бұрын
This is the way this song was meant to be!! Perfection!
@twwtjohns4 жыл бұрын
I bought 2 Nils Lofgren albums in 1984 from the discount rack in the Base PX. I think I paid two dollars a piece for them. It was the best four bucks I ever spent in my life. Here I am 36 years later still enjoying the hell out of this man's artistry.
@emittingtenseyelps7732 Жыл бұрын
me 2
@keithyoung76477 жыл бұрын
Love Nils. Great voice, great songwriter and such a gifted guitarist. The general public just don't appreciated what a great guitar player this guy is. This example speaks volumes. Met him briefly once at Radio London - a very down to earth humble guy. Total respect.
@beornthebear.82202 жыл бұрын
I wish he had played this when I saw him at Warner Theater decades ago. It gives me a new respect for his playing.
@timmaloney67398 жыл бұрын
moving this guy into my top 15 guitarists of all time..beautiful work Nils..
@pinkypoohable Жыл бұрын
How did he manage to create those symphonic guitar tune solo with just thumb and forefinger? That's mind blowingly amazing! Even four finger guitar fingerstylist will find that hard to believe. He is indeed a gifted genius of an artist. I'm glad hw shared his talent to the world! Amazing!
@RiesterMeister8 ай бұрын
if you mean the technique with the index finger, it's called "harp harmonics". Tommy Emmanuel also uses it a lot but Nils is really unique for doing rock music and sing while doing that.
@jameswallace32797 жыл бұрын
I saw Nils in 1977 in Birmingham UK. He was absolutely fantastic. Also on that night Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. So sad that Tom has gone. All my heroes are dying. I hope Nils is around for a long time. Great Utube post thank-you Jim In the UK
@bigmacinspain4 жыл бұрын
Same tour, saw him in Bristol. brilliant! But the volume was too high, ears were buzzing for hours...
@Woody_7503 жыл бұрын
I saw him once, back in the early 80s. He was jumping on the stage like there´s no gravitiy. He´s always been an unconventional free spirit.
@hofla77773 жыл бұрын
One of his best known tunes. Combining his acoustic and electric artistry. Absolutely brilliant.
@markgrieves130710 жыл бұрын
Astonishing and humble. A guitar player of this quality has backed Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. They should be his session men! He's up there with the best guitarists I've ever heard. In the top ten I should say. Thank you for sharing.
@davidperkins63267 жыл бұрын
Mark Grieves YUP, saw him about 1973 in a small club in Boston, after about 15 minutes I went WHAT THE HELL?. ALWAYS WILL BE IN THE TOP 4 GUITARIST OF ALL TIME
@alvarg7 жыл бұрын
theres an amazing guitar on youtube that i cannot find for the life of me but he was playing in a forest
@ms96256 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@jameshiggins83604 жыл бұрын
@@ms9625 Dead right Mark. Nils is an unbelievable and uniquely talented musician.
@jymcaputo3 жыл бұрын
Bruce and Neil may be good songwriters but great musicians THEY ARE NOT. The guitar part in this tune is very cool, but I personally have encountered in studios all over the world at least 200 guitarists who could play this in their sleep.....REALLY!!!! In fact if you practiced every day, you cold learn to play it,
@williammarotz7406 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Nils and everyone helping make this video. Great memories.
@Adipsia110 жыл бұрын
Nils has always had the light shining through him, and never more brightly or silently than in this song.
@davidperkins63267 жыл бұрын
Peter Marshall yup, saw him at Paul's mall in 71 unreall!!
@terryargent39083 жыл бұрын
Nils SPREADS LOVE&LIGHT WHEREVER HE SINGS PLAYS AND GOES LOVE YAH!!! BROTHER 💕😇
@63Baggies2 жыл бұрын
That man is 100% pure musician.
@mikebrunet549 жыл бұрын
Love Nils..saw Him perform Cry Tough live at the Roxy in the early 70's was blown away...
@twwtjohns6 жыл бұрын
I bought two Nils Lofgren albums in 1984 and they sustained me through a difficult time. I've been a huge fan ever since!
@anelladambrosio25135 жыл бұрын
Eccezionale Nils!! Hai il potere di fare parlare la chitarra!! Bravissimo!!🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏😘😘♥️♥️💎🎸💋
@ianf72462 жыл бұрын
This guy is the real deal & fantastic talent - always try and see him when he comes over the pond to the UK and plays some great small intimate venues Wishing you good health (although the backflips maybe a distant memory) as one of the under recognised greats
@blustrings55528 ай бұрын
There I was trying to find reviews for a set of speakers, having listened to the reviewer speak in Thai (which i couldn't understand) for a good 5 minutes, I was determined to hear what these speakers were all about and resisted the urge to skip... Imagine my luck when the lady pressed play and my ears were graced with the sound of this masterpiece. 🤯🤯Man... what a performance
@eismeergarnele7 жыл бұрын
Amazing Guitar Play. Very good
@DavidBackusDc9 жыл бұрын
WOW , This guy plays like no one else !! Crazy Talent
@jimmyfreeman1622 Жыл бұрын
i have the same guitar .. sounds great
@jesaja53fem8 жыл бұрын
I was just totally amazed! Great performance!
@NeoViny3 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure to see him live 2 times... even that these concerts had been in the 90s, they are still among the best I have ever seen... Nils is a jewel
@SLB45233 жыл бұрын
Are you serious?. I’ve loved Nils since ‘Cry Tough’ in 77’78 and he still stuns me when I see him do something like this. Absolute top shelf.
@gooblenis6565 жыл бұрын
this is beyond beautiful, so much emotion and guitar techniques that are spellbinding...the hairs on my neck stood up and gave me a rush no drug could ever better...thanks Nils
@androidboid9 жыл бұрын
Saw him in Seattle years ago. Awesome show. This guy rocks...
@petergreen31226 жыл бұрын
Plaintively beautiful vocals and remarkable guitar playing...
@BorisHurme16 жыл бұрын
Amazing player and he sings so beautiful. Underrated because he is just unbelievable
@john-zw9rw5 жыл бұрын
Nils had a huge influence on neil young.....so many of neils licks are Nils style... Neil loves this guy , always played his music...
@IAMEPICFAIL113 жыл бұрын
Nils is a great songwriter, singer and guitarplayer of course/ Nils ist ein guter songschreiber, sänger, und natürlich gitarrenspieler
@Teddyb19398 жыл бұрын
Just how great could someone be, Nils guitar playing MAGICAL.Always loved Nils Lofgren.
@brooktrout812 жыл бұрын
What A Song ! ! ! Thanks Nils .
@masitaatisam36798 ай бұрын
Incredible genius this man is , what an artist
@fernandomunozangulo15583 жыл бұрын
I did not known him,but he seems to me a beautiful voice and a very original Wonderful guitar
@BiggerFish_13 жыл бұрын
Mensch, das waren noch Zeiten‼ Halb akustisch, halb elektrisch und LAUT, bis die Trommelfelle nachgaben! DANKE! (Jetzt müßten nur noch Ton und Bild synchron laufen und die Sache wäre perfekt!)
@joebananatube3 жыл бұрын
I witnessed this monumental talent in 1976 at the ROXY on Sunset strip, he's a guitar god.
@chrisking48272 жыл бұрын
did too, about 81 i think, ace night out
@twirlyboggs3 жыл бұрын
What?!?!??? Shame on me for not knowing this guys music...I thought I had a .... whatever, that VOICE and that acoustic breakdown with the harmonics !!!!! First time hearing this. B side dreamy magic wow
@anaroc10 жыл бұрын
++ great song, great performance - love it, thx for sharing !
@mbeenz6 жыл бұрын
ManyThanx ooooops SUre glad I fastened my Seatbelt !!! That Was Incredible!!!!! ManyThanx From Costa Mesa Ca!!!
@JohnMurphy-pw3sy8 жыл бұрын
Seen Nils play several times Plugged and Unplugged... For me though This number is ALWAYS better unplugged. Perhaps the best version I've ever heard of this live was back in Dublin in Toners or The Olympia back around this time. Legend! Would love to see Baltimore and No Mercy live on here...
@annah50437 жыл бұрын
Awesome !! Love this, he is one of the best :-)
@김명국-z8i7 жыл бұрын
제가 보기엔 기타의 신이라고 말하고 싶내요. 너무 아름답게 기타를 연주합니다,
@petersimons86662 жыл бұрын
Still have "Cry Tough.: Viynal and is treasured. Personal thanks also to Nils and Tom via your music inviting me to go and see "Star Wars." Guess you dont get to be amongsr the stars, like Neil Young and Bruce Springteens for nothing. Simple , lyrical licks, phrased perfectly. Love it.
@stephenpowers518 жыл бұрын
The coolest, beautiful, most ridiculously talented man on planet Earth? Seeing as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart are gone, no question mark required. Ok, Frank Loesser, you're on the bill, albeit you're not here any more. Nils, you are the man (not like you read this shit, just saying). Please come back to the UK soon.
@63Baggies8 жыл бұрын
You forgot Duke Ellington.
@MikeSmith-uq6uw3 жыл бұрын
Lovely sounds.
@mbeenz5 жыл бұрын
So Brilliant!!,!,, ManyThanx From Costa Mesa Ca!!!,! My Good Friends!!,!,,, ManyThanx
@jingjangism12 жыл бұрын
nils Lofgren on German tv? Unbelievable. But great to see Nils solo, I see him most of the time just with the Boss
@annah50435 жыл бұрын
Love Nils Lofgren !!
@tomtraynor538411 жыл бұрын
Most underrated guitar player ever?
@malrs49773 жыл бұрын
Saw him around 79 at the Halle Munsterland, a fantastic gig.
@lucescartin45904 жыл бұрын
Great guitar player and a lot le personality. A great discover from neil Young album.
@juancarlosmescalero552610 жыл бұрын
Nils always kicked ass. Da man.
@basswomanuk7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant sound quality on this recording - Thank you!
@paulfox1210 Жыл бұрын
Brother of Stills...and just as good!!
@MattduCouloir11 ай бұрын
I find it impossible that I’ve never heard of this incredible talent before. How ? Looks to have the kind of rare talent that Knoepfler had.
@guitaristjon9411 жыл бұрын
I'm a die hard Mark Knopfler and Dire straits fan Nils Lofgren has just proven to me he is one damn good guitar player. Also It sucks that The E street band makes him out for being a rhythm guitarist when he capable of so much more.
@andysjungle70022 ай бұрын
Have you watched the live version of Youngstown - watch his solo. He’s certainly not their rhythm guitarist
@davidbrennan3613 Жыл бұрын
Seen him in action, fantastic guitar player
@SuzzyStohelit4 жыл бұрын
He saved Keith , my hero
@bigted19536 жыл бұрын
This great song stuck in my mind for many years- and no, im not even a Stones fan!
@renedewit28279 жыл бұрын
Such a HERO!
@brucefoster93005 жыл бұрын
remarkable talent
@mbeenz6 жыл бұрын
ManyThanx Damn Sure Glad I Fastened May
@MarioGlebbeek7 жыл бұрын
Love that song
@BelAir196811 жыл бұрын
Wow....righteous....I remember the '76 version.....this puts it to shame....
@fins593 ай бұрын
Great version
@berndfritsch59428 жыл бұрын
das ist so schön
@railwaystationmaster8 жыл бұрын
Acoustic alchemy of the highest order, spellbinding !
@papas12341 Жыл бұрын
He also has one of the most beautiful songs ever Irish Angel
@IAMEPICFAIL111 жыл бұрын
he already played with the dire straits look for dire straits and nils lofgren : solid rock if you havn't already seen it and yes he's really good and underrated, he's the reason why i started playing and i'm still hoping to be that good some day ;)
@johnsyracuse12383 жыл бұрын
Brilliant !!
@hirigoyendominique90153 жыл бұрын
great song
@Daniel-yc1ff5 жыл бұрын
I always kinda wished he would have played this after Ben Keith passed away(they played together on different occasions with Neil Young). I also notice Larry Cragg playing electric guitar at the end.
@blindriv3r4 жыл бұрын
wow that is cool, I had no idea Larry did shows with Nils like this...had only seen him doing the occasional 'guitjo' parts w/Neil on the Harvest era songs, etc, and some piano on later stuff
@Daniel-yc1ff4 жыл бұрын
@@blindriv3r Larry Cragg was present for most of this tour with Nils. Remember, Larry is a musician himself and not just a tech. He played in the background on many of Neil's albums and had been present on diverse tours with Neil from the 70's-2000's. He played Grandpa in the live version of Greendale in 2003 which was just recently remastered earlier this year.
@johnmichael15944 жыл бұрын
"we lost our father Jimi... hard to breathe with that loss."
@nikolaosmosxakis33953 жыл бұрын
VERY WELL. SONG...................................................
@gerdmeyer8094 жыл бұрын
one word ...GREAT °
@johnmjones16044 жыл бұрын
Woha what a master of the guitar
@geneahart5607 Жыл бұрын
His first solo album is a masterpiece.
@birdsnbows11 жыл бұрын
awesome!!!
@gerardpatrickaspin6150 Жыл бұрын
Met him 24 years ago at the band on the wall manchester.said his best time was working with Neil young on tonight's the night.allso the trans tour...
@jacpratt86082 жыл бұрын
great playing
@nealixd.30117 жыл бұрын
Never heard this one that I recall, SCHWEET!!!
@rickrose53777 жыл бұрын
The original album came out while I was in college. I bought another copy for my nephew for his birthday, then proceeded to buy the 3 records with Grin.
@user-ri5zd7yu7o7 жыл бұрын
WOW!
@MarkkuKoljonenwTinja Жыл бұрын
💖😎 Tinja&Markku 🤘🌹
@gregt42026 жыл бұрын
He'd be my nomination for a new Wilbury.
@eggbirdtherooster9 жыл бұрын
Best version by far... 4:37 Love it !! Is this version in high quality available somewhere on the web? Must have it..
@ulrichrathmer43383 жыл бұрын
Meisterklasse
@martinmetzler94603 жыл бұрын
Grandios!
@SoakedGamer Жыл бұрын
绝对是世界上最好的不知名吉他手。 他与 Bebop 豪华版的 Bill Nelson 并列榜首
@KeLin-fu3ml11 ай бұрын
国内关于他的视频实在是太少了😊
@davebarber38274 жыл бұрын
Ace he is so darn good and ultra cool to.
@petersimons86662 жыл бұрын
still have "Cry Tough
@816am2 Жыл бұрын
Hes got magic in his fingers
@petitemonsoon1238 Жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@LuisJacob36612 жыл бұрын
its so amazing and perfect plated that seems he,s not playing, I can hear more instruments in this "simply" song because his style.... if somebody have this song please share at 320 bits ,, sq track it is...