Monday, June 20, 2011

"The Boss" Won't Sound The Same...

E Street sax man Clarence Clemons dies

(CNN) -- Legendary rock saxophonist Clarence Clemons died Saturday of complications from a stroke, bandmate Bruce Springsteen said. He was 69.

Clemons had played sax in Springsteen's E Street Band off and on since 1972.

Lefty politics aside, Bruce Springsteen's music was a major part of growing up in the 1970s and 80s. "Born to Run", "The River", "Born in the USA"; Springsteen had a sound that defined the time period - and Clarence Clemons was an integral part of that sound. His saxophone - borrowed by Aretha Franklin and others - lent a unique sound to what was shaping up to be a decade of synthesizers.

Requiescat in pace, Big Man...

That is all.

3 comments:

North said...

I heard. Unfortunate.

Maureen said...

Spent the flight to Chicago watching the Hyde Park show on the teeny iPod screen. Glad I saw them a couple years ago, don't think the E St Band will be around again. RIP Big Man.

Old NFO said...

Yep, that is a big loss... He was a truly gifted musician! RIP Big Man!