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Nils Lofgren

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Musician

The Resume

    (June 21, 1951- )
    Born in Chicago, Illinois
    Guitarist, singer and songwriter
    Member of Crazy Horse (1969-71), Grin (1969-74) and the E Street Band (1984-89,1999- )
    Recorded the solo albums 'Nils Lofgren' (1975), 'Back It Up!! (Live)' (1975), 'Cry Tough' (1976), 'I Came To Dance' (1977), 'Night After Night' (1978), 'Nils' (1979), 'Flip' (1985), 'Silver Lining' (1991), 'Crooked Line' (1992), 'Acoustic Live' (1997) and 'The Loner: Nils Sings Neil' (2008)
    Left handed, but plays guitar right handed

Why he might be annoying:

    Before getting into rock, he studied classical accordion for ten years.
    He was considered to replace Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones, but was passed over in favor of Ron Wood.
    He appeared in the godawful 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' movie (1978).
    Thanks to decades of acrobatic leaps onstage, he had to have both hips replaced (2008).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a competitive gymnast in high school, a skill he put to use in concert, where he would play guitar while performing back flips on a trampoline.
    Bruce Springsteen and producer Jon Landau studied Lofgren's first solo album before recording 'Born to Run,' a fact that Lofgren said 'completely blew my mind.'
    He recorded 'Bullets Fever' for the Washington Bullets 1978 NBA championship team.
    After Steve Van Zandt returned to the E Street Band (1999), he noted that between himself, Springsteen, Van Zandt and Patti Scialfa, the band had four guitarists 'and there are very, very few songs that needed four guitars,' so he learned slide guitar, pedal steel guitar and dobro to provide some more variety.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 112 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 40 Votes: 5.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying