Is there a guitar or a piece of gear that you regret letting go? I'll grab a bunch of Sharpies, go out to the merch table, sign CDs and T-shirts for an hour or so - and I encourage the venue to keep the bar open, because people are standing in line." I come off, and I'm usually soaking wet from sweating. I'll warm up my voice and try to play a little piece on the lever harp, which is an unusual instrument for me and a challenging thing to do. "I'll ask people to leave - except working personnel, and my wife.
What are you doing five minutes before you go on stage?
If I need a guitar fixed, I'll take it down the road, but changing strings is something I still do. "When I'm at home, there's no staff here, nobody on call. When did you last change your own strings? We got to do that on MTV Unplugged, and it was one of the songs on my album The Loner: Nils Sings Neil." "I'd probably start with Long May You Run by Neil Young. What song would you play on acoustic around the campfire? "Changing strings is something I still do. A couple of years ago, at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, I fell backwards over a monitor and tore my rotator cuffs." Sometimes, my feet have gone out from under me and I've slid across the stage on my rear end.
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"A couple of times, when I did the backflip off the trampoline, I didn't make it around and almost cracked my head open. What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you onstage?
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