Have I been under a rock???  Nils performs such a super – duper show.  I actually was not sure what to expect… I knew of him playing with Bruce Springsteen and a little bit about his background.  But did not know he and Lou Reed had co-written songs back in the ‘day’.  Nils told a great story of how this all evolved – I love when they tell stories – it makes the outcome of the music and meaning of the songs so much more meaningful – makes me really ‘get’ what they were thinking when writing the songs.  Love to go back with them in the ‘time machine’.  He could really move around really well considering he mentioned he had 2 hip replacements. (Holy cow – I always thought we were all invincible and that is just not the case…)

Not only was it great to have a very relaxing acoustic evening – the songs were so great.  I have to admit, I was not familiar with his music – but I went out and bought 3 CD’s the very next day. One of my best friends (who sadly could not attend and she was the one that got me to go) recommended me going.  So Debbie and I went!  Both of us would definitely see him again – I even bought the vinyl album (I love that they still make those since I have a record player and love to break that bad boy out every now and again, nothing like the sounds of vinyl)…. Well let’s top the evening off with a surprise…  When he was done – did his encore – he says ‘we will be at the merch table to sign stuff and say hi – so we were like – yeah, right… they will only stay 2 minutes and limit who they talk to… well much to our surprise, we shot back over to the merch table and yippee – there he was.  Signing away…  I was so excited – I love getting the autographed items.  He was truly one of the nicest ‘artists’ I have ever met (and I’ve been lucky to meet quite a few)… most are very nice, but we found him just frankly a very ‘nice/personable guy’ who stayed until everyone got their t-shirts, ticket stubs or just say hi and have a picture taken.

So, moral of the story – you need to check him out – you may just find yourself at his show thinking – how have I missed out on this guy in the past… That’s what we said…. and just pray that I have the chance to see him again.  Or you diehard fans of his are thinking – where the heck have you been Lynda!

Thank you Nils for making us feel appreciated as fans… !