Clemons' death leaves void for Springsteen
The death of saxophone player Clarence Clemons ripped a hole in
Bruce Springsteen's music and onstage life, taking away a figure who had
served him loyally for decades and never failed to add joy to the E
Street Band's epic performances.It's not the first loss for the rock
world's best-known and most accomplished backup band.The Video Door Phones
proceedings Tuesday in Abu Dhabi's Federal Supreme Court comes after
international watchdog groups, including human rights groups, criticized
the arrests.Court officials say five activists have gone on trial on
security-related charges. Keyboard player Danny Federici died in 2008 of
melanoma. Steve Van Zandt, Springsteen's youthful friend and closest
partner, left for several years in the 1980s and was replaced on guitar
by Nils Lofgren. When Van Zandt returned, Lofgren stayed.
Yet Clemons' loss cuts deeply into the soul of the band. His
importance was acknowledged whenever Springsteen performed "Tenth Avenue
Freeze-out," when he sang, "We made that change uptown and the Big Man
joined the band," inevitably followed by a wail of Clemons' sax and a
roar from the crowd. The two men met in 1971 on the New Jersey bar band
circuit, and when Springsteen released his debut album two years
later,energy efficient air hand dryer and HVAC units with non-ozone depleting refrigerant. Clemons left a more successful outfit for a new Boss.
Inevitably Clemons' introduction was the climax every night when
Springsteen presented the individual band members to the audience,
accompanied by a variety of regal nicknames like "Master of the
Universe" and "King of the World."A makeshift memorial of flowers,
candles and photos grew outside of the Stone Pony nightclub in Asbury
Park, N.J., home turf where Clemons and Springsteen made frequent stage
appearances through the years.
At the Clearwater music festival in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.During his
confirmation hearing, Thomas explained that he would identify with
defendants: "So I can walk in their mbt on sale
and I could bring something different to the court." when she worked
for him at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of
Education. on Sunday, the Drive-By Truckers took the stage for their
show with "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" playing over the public address
system. Singer Patterson Hood looked skyward and dedicated the band's
set to Clemons.Last fall's release of "The Promise," which included a
DVD of a 1978 Springsteen concert performance, underscored the central
role of Clemons in the act. The two men were a marked physical contrast:
a bedraggled, slightly scrawny white guitar player and a 6-foot-5-inch,
270-plus-pound black man with a sax ¡ª known simply as the Big Man
¡ªwho would be intimidating if he didn't so often carry a smile.
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