Reprint from DAN # 16: Nils Lofgren was back on the road through Europe for a couple of shows. Last Wednesday, he played the only gig in Switzerland. The event happened at the "Mühle Hunziken" in Rubigen (BE), which is kind of Switzerland's Stone Pony I guess. Many of the most famous Swiss bands have here anytime a fantastic party when they're playing the Mühle Hunziken. The audience is different than in Zurich or other cities because Rubigen is just a little village - same as Asbury Park, N.J., you know. First, bevor the show, we made an interview with Nils Lofgren which you can read right after this report. The show started at nine o'clock with the Samuel Eddy band from Ireland. They played for 45 minutes some quite good blues-rock. Nils Lofgren started at quarter past ten with the Samuel Eddy band plus his brother Tom Lofgren on guitar and keyboard. They opened with Nils' tribute to Keith Richards, "Keith Don't Go". From the beginning to the end of the show, Nils always played a lot of guitar. His well-known solis went sometimes on up till three of four minutes. The solis never were boring, you know, always different. When I sometimes closed my eyes and listened to Nils' guitar, I then had just kind of a conversation with his guitar. Nils' guitar talked and I was listening to her, built up my own imaginations what she wanted to say. This was such a wonderful feeling, you know. Eyes closed, concentrating on his guitar. It gave me the sense of freedom and peace, like being reborn again. Nils is one of the best guitar player, definitely. As longer as the show went on, Nils was getting relaxed more and more. He danced around on stage, jumped in the air and talked to the audience a couple of times. He really felt "at home" on stage. It seemed just like he loved to play the guitar. This was making him very happy! He also had some fun with his brother Tommy who did an incredibly job. He always changed from the guitar to the keyboard and back. Again and again. I really was surprised when I saw Nils taking the chair from the keyboard to play two songs on the keyboard (can't remember which ones). The last time I saw Nils he never played the keyboard. It was fun anyway. Nils played during the show two cover's: The Beatles' "Any Time At All" and the Stones' "It's All Over Now". Other highlights were "I Came To Dance", "Silver Lining", "Shine Silently", "Valentine" (including a never ending guitar solo from Nils) and, of course, "Cry Tough". The show ended after two hours. These two hours included a lot of fun, emotions, dancing and laughing. But most of all, it included something positive, you know. There always was something positive, like positive thoughts or so. I think it made everybody happy, real happy, you know. It was just like Rock'n'Roll is supposed to be: a positive force. Well, the gig himself was not very special or so, I guess. You know, no light shows or some other stuff. There was just Nils and the band playing some good, positive music. That's the reason why the evening was excellent! by Philipp Nyffenegger