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‘Valentine’ – Nils Lofgren

By Music News Oct 20, 2021 | 7:00 PM

Writer: Nils Lofgren

Producers: Kevin McCormick and Nils Lofgren

Recorded: Fall 1990 at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles

Released: Spring 1991

    Players: Nils Lofgren — vocals, guitar
    Bruce Springsteen — vocals
    Kevin McCormick — bass, keyboards, percussion
    Scott Thurston — keyboards
    Andy Newmark — drums
    Album: Silver Lining (Rykodisc)

    Though he's been releasing solo albums since the mid-'70s, Nils Lofgren's greatest fame has come as a band player. He led the group Grin in the late '60s and early '70s before hooking up withNeil Young's Crazy Horse. He joined Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band in 1984 and was part of Ringo Starr's first two All-Starr Band tours.

    Springsteen broke up the E Street Band in 1989, but he and Lofgren remained close and he was more than happy to help the guitarist out on his Silver Lining album by singing a duet on “Valentine.”

    Silver Lining peaked at Number 153 on the Billboard 200.

    In addition to Springsteen, Silver Lining's guests included Starr, E Street bandmate Clarence Clemons, Billy Preston, and the Band's Levon Helm — all of whom were also part of the All-Starr Band projects.