Sister Sledge Glen Campbell Cliff Richard Thin Lizzy Wild Cherry Gerry Rafferty Faces The Temptations Jo Jo Gunne Wishbone Ash Elton John Frankie Miller Genesis Nick Drake Hot Chocolate The Andrea True Connection Janis Joplin Janis Joplin ZZ Top Janis Joplin Michel Pagliaro Nils Lofgren Born in Chicago and raised outside of Washington, DC, the guitarist Springsteen introduces onstage as "the great Nils Lofgren" actually grew up studying the accordion, beginning at age five, and playing classical and jazz before finding himself drawn to rock & roll at, satisfyingly enough, a Jimi Hendrix concert. Both a bandleader—he formed his first band, Grin, in 1968 at the age of 15—, Lofgren was pulled from relative obscurity at 17 years old when he met Neil Young at a local DC gig and was invited to California, where he ended up contributing guitar and piano work alongside Young’s backing band Crazy Horse Creedence Clearwater Revival Roger Daltrey
