Nils Lofgren

Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock, músico, grabación del artista, compositor y multi-instrumentista. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Springsteen y la E Street Band since 1984, a former member of Crazy Horse and founder/frontman de la banda Grin. Lofgren lo sido investido into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band en 2014. Early life and career : Lofgren lo nacido en Chicago en 1951 to Swedish/Italian parents. He moved to the suburban town of Garrett Park, Maryland, near the northern border of Washington, D. C. as a very young child. Lofgren el primer instrumento lo classical accordion, beginning at age 5, which he estudian en serio for ten years. After studying classical music and jazz, throughout his youth, Lofgren switched his emphasis to rock music, and focused on the piano and the guitar. By 1968, Lofgren the band formed Grin originally with bajista George Daly (later replaced by Bob Gordon), y el baterista Bob Berberich, former players in the DC banda The Hangmen. The group played en venues throughout the Washington, D. C. area. Lofgren had been a competitive gymnast en la escuela secundaria, a la habilidad that popped up later in his career. During this time, Lofgren met Neil Young and played for him. Young invitado de la Lofgren to come to California and the Grin trio (Lofgren, Daly and Berberich) manejó out west and lived for some months at a home Neil Young rented en Laurel Canyon. Lofgren joined Neil Young's band at age 17, playing piano and guitar on the album After the Gold Rush. Lofgren worked on his partes around-the-clock when grabación de lo siniestro en la sesión. Lofgren maintained a close musical relationship with Young, appearing on his Tonight's the Night álbum and tour, among others. He was así que briefly a member of Crazy Horse, appearing on their 1971 LP and spanish songs to their catalogue.