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Yeah, it broke my heart. Neil called me and said, “Hey, this is the anniversary, can you come and play?” And I’m like, “It’s between two [E Street Band] shows. I can’t travel on a show day. I’m going home to see Amy, though. I got the weekend off. How about we do it Saturday night?” I stayed at the jam, late at night, sitting up drinking with Ringo. He was very friendly. He gave me his phone number and said, “Stay in touch.” I called him every few weeks, and started a friendship. I was in England every year touring acoustically and he’d come to the shows.

Mountains - Album by Nils Lofgren - Apple Music ‎Mountains - Album by Nils Lofgren - Apple Music

My wife Amy, who’s this fierce social media fighter for women’s rights, kids’ rights, human rights, common sense, democracy…She’s really deep in it and has got a lot of fans for it. There has been a war on women my whole lifetime. It’s gotten a lot worse recently. So I thought, “Well, what if I wrote a song from the perspective of a fierce mother whose husband just came home from the Jan. 6 insurrection?”I hadn’t thought about that, but when Neil said, “Yes.” I went, “Oh, that’s cool. They’ll both be on the record.” I didn’t really think it through like that, but you’re right. That’s heavy. The E Street Band reconvened in Red Bank, New Jersey, in early January. You guys hadn’t done any live work since early 2017. Did it take any time to shake off the rust or incorporate the new band members? It’s amazing to think this is probably the last record of new songs that’ll feature both Neil Young and David Crosby. Lances, Jill (May 3, 2023). "Nils Lofgren's new album, Mountains, features Neil Young, the late David Crosby and more". ABC Audio . Retrieved July 19, 2023.

Nils Lofgren: Mountains – Proper Music Nils Lofgren: Mountains – Proper Music

You’re pretty busy at the moment, but do you hope to do solo shows at some point soon where you can play this new music? Missing that show really messed me up. But I’m an adult, so you call on adult reasoning, you take the medicine, you get well as soon as you can.Ijust wanted to go play. I didn’t want to record. And thank God Amy said, “Please just record the shows. I know you don’t want to put out a live record.” But when I listened to it, had a great vibe. Long story short, we put out a double live album called Weathered of that band. But of course I look forward to the day where I get out to play. Mountains will nevertheless benefit from the guitarist's profile on the Springsteen tour, which - despite a case ofCOVID early in the trek - Lofgren says he's enjoying as much as he ever has. "It's magic, man. It's easy to be honored and excited to be out touring again with Bruce and E Street," he notes. "It's hard not to be excited and have enough adrenalin with what's going on with this band and Bruce after all these years, so it's just a remarkable thing. We're feeling great about it. From my perspective, the band and the audience is as inspiring as ever. It's all great." He can do whatever he wants. That’s the thing, a guy like Neil with those songs… He just decided to go out alone. He’s doing great. If he decides, “I’m into doing a power trio with Ralph and Billy,” it’s going to be great too. That said Mountains is a decent album by an artist who, although having nothing to prove, still needs to create. And that is a very good thing. ( www.nilslofgren.com) David said to me, “I want to sing on your record.” I said, “I’d love that, David. Let me wait until I know which song is right for you.” And sure enough, as soon as I started writing that song and I got an inkling of the chorus, I said, “Man, this one’s for David.” And he sang beautifully on it.