Clarence, rest in peace, big man

Clarence Clemons has joined Danny Federici on the other side.

From brucespringsteen.net.

The Big Man, who suffered a stroke recently, died today at 69, about two years after his fellow E-Streeter succumbed to cancer.

I’ve seen Springsteen 10 times in concert and it is hard to imagine him introducing the band without the man whose presence on the Born to Run album cover helped turn that into an iconic image

Rest in peace, Big Man.

And rest in peace, Kevin Kavanaugh, keyboardist for the Asbury Jukes — another keystone of the Jersey Shore sound. I hope both of you are jamming with Danny and the others.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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