Nils Lofgren: Can He Beat The Press
Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, March 1976
NILS LOFGREN, AS SHAMEFULLY under-appreciated a top-flight rock & roller as America has ever spawned, now finds himself suffering, ironically, from overappreciation from certain sectors the press, of course, and lately radio.
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