Nils Lofgren: The E Street Flip
Dave Zimmer, BAM, November 1985
NEW JERSEY There he is, taking windmill swipes at his guitar with wild abandon, then doing a complete flip on the Meadowlands stage while thousands of fans whoop it up. But Nils Lofgren, arguably rock's limberest and most underrated guitarist, is not in the spotlight, is not the object of most of the adoring fans' cheers. His boss, The Boss is the star of the show.
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