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The Spectacle Blog
Clarence Clemons, the big man who stood by Bruce Springsteen’s side on stage for nearly forty years, has died of complications of a stroke he suffered less than a week ago. He was 69.
Clemons’ tenor sax was the centerpiece of The E Street Band. My favorite solo of his was on “Jungleland”, the closing track on Springsteen’s classic 1975 album Born To Run. Clemons was also a good vocalist in his own right. I remember a duet Clemons did with Jackson Browne in 1985 called “You’re a Friend of Mine” which featured Browne’s then-girlfriend Daryl Hannah singing back up vocals.
Clemons went from Born to Run to Born This Way when he collaborated with Lady Gaga on her song “The Edge of Glory.” After Clemons suffered his stroke, Gaga made a get well soon video with a little help from her little monsters. Now that was a mitzvah.
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Occam's Tool| 6.19.11 @ 3:24AM
"Blow, daddy, Blow."
albert constantine jr.| 6.19.11 @ 10:38AM
I saw the E Street Band live in 1980 on the River album tour the night John Lennon was shot. Though the Boss has said and written much that has diminished the enthusiasm of my fandom, the Big Man's wailing sax helps form the soundtrack of my life in the late 70s and early 80s in the way a disco beat never will.
WL| 6.19.11 @ 10:52PM
Yep...he was great. I love the entire E Street Band....
I also love the way Am. Spect. is the new Rolling Spectator...
Are covers with Britney and Miley on them next????
weddingdresses | 6.20.11 @ 2:29AM
I saw the E Street Band live in 1980 on the River album tour the night John Lennon was shot. Though the Boss has said and written much that has diminished the enthusiasm of my fandom, the Big Man's wailing sax helps form the soundtrack of my life in the late 70s and early 80s in the way a disco beat never will.
Mark| 6.20.11 @ 2:43PM
"The poets down here/Don't write nothin' at all/They just stand back and let it all be." (Jungleland)
Big Nick's solo in Jungleland is, indeed, the one. Born to Run and Little Feat's The Last Record Album traveled with me to more stereo shops than I can remember. They were my measuring sticks for the first real stereo system I ever bought. If the speakers couldn't coax the goose bumps out of that sax solo, they were off the list.
RIP, big fella.