Nils Lofgren - For Your Love - Tower Theatre - 09/06/76

[biggerfish66]

One of my Nils-favourites of all time. Always loved the raw energy and beauty of this version.

[silverage59]

Does it really matter who his biggest influences are? I say listen to his music and enjoy!

[silverage59]

Just FFFin amazing! Thanks for this memory returned to me....

[migoncat]

NL: To me, Jeff is by far the greatest living guitarist. I always thought Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Roy Buchanan were off in their own little stratosphere. And then everybody else — Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, all three Kings [Freddie, Albert and B.B.], and you got Pete Townshend and Keith Richards doing the two-note, three-note themes without soloing necessarily, but writing songs as they play

[migoncat]

I've met Nils and an a group of friends and I talked music with him at a pizza shop in Georgetown, DC

[enigmase]

What ya smoking? Nils sound is distinctive to only one guitarist and that's Nils Lofgren.

[migoncat]

I've seen Santana in the beginning of his career in 1970. He does not sound like Nils Lofgren

[nilsrulz]

@seajayhart very very correct, on nils lofgren dot com is a link to musicians radio dot com where nils is the first and ninth show (part 2) where he states this as well as a lot of little known info including friendship with James Honeyman Scott of Pretenders and how they called him out of the audience of a show in Washington when the first album was released. Great stuff.

[smf4100]

@nilsrulz Yes, Nils' friendship with Jimmy Scott is well-known, including some info on the James Honeyman Scott webpage where it states that Nils went to Jimmy's funeral. They also jammed together at Nils' house, according to an interview that JHS gave to Guitar Player magazine in 1981. JHS definitely admired Nils' playing, and it seems to have been mutual. I'd love to find some stuff about their times together! Oh, and btw, I can hear Santana in this song too.

[nsasi66]

@seajayhart , he can say whatever he wants, but is all about the sound..listen to early santana's records ,and you'll hear what i am talking about (writing).

[migoncat]

@nsasi66 Mr Nils Lofgren expert. Now, you are saying that Nils does know who his influences are, and yes, he liked and was friends with James Honeyman Scott.

[0live0wire0]

the reggae rhythm guitar is pretty cool

[nsasi66]

there is a lot of santana influence on him...

[tjosephson]

@nsasi66

Good call, especially with the extended jam in the middle. That was the style back then: extended jams offering leads to anyone who had the talent to take it while being humble enough to offer support to someone else's lead. Carlos perfected the shared jam. The percussion on this track and Nils' lead are Santana-esque,

[TurtleRocker12]

yknow clapton left the yardbirds cause the studio version of this was "too pop"

i think he would have liked it if were like this =P

[sophiesage]

One of his best covers! This whole concert is on Wolfgangs Vault.