Nils Covers Neil

News that Nils Lofgren will be covering Neil Young on an upcoming CD. Nils says on nilslofgren.com:

"On another note I'm happy to announce we are planning to put out a new CD of music in May. I recently recorded my favorite Neil Young songs live in the home studio on piano and acoustic guitar. It was an idea inspired by my manager Anson and we think it came out great. We'll have more info in the near future but our hope is it will be avaliable in early May so stay tuned."

Here's some more on Nils on Neil:

"Q: In a paragraph or less, what is Neil Young’s particular brilliance?

NL: In a paragraph or less, it would have to be that he is as great a songwriter as there will ever be. Everything else is a distant second. Neil’s a great musician, he’s very eccentric, eclectic and has a beautiful, haunting voice. But you know what? All of those things are a distant second to being an amazing, amazing songwriter. The same thing could be said about Bruce Springsteen. When you combine the words with the melody and the music, it’s a power that everything emanates from. They happen to be amazing singers and musicians, but if they weren’t, they couldn’t ruin those songs. They would be still be part of our emotional landscape and be just as powerful. You can’t hurt songs that good."

More on Nils Lofgren and Neil Young.

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