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Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
R.I.P. Clarence Clemons who has died at the age of 69. An amazing saxophonist by anyone's standards, a pretty good singer too and of course, one of the original members of the E Street Band. The Big Man will be missed. Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Sorry to hear that. I had read in the last few days that he had suffered a stroke, but there was some hope for recovery. RIP Clarence. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
klc53* Send message Joined: 14 Nov 07 Posts: 3052 Credit: 7,320,707 RAC: 0 |
I saw Bruce and the E Street Band way back in 1980 at the Mellon Arena. They're a great group, definitely worth seeing in concert, they put on a tremendous show. I have been to many, many concerts and none were better than the show these guys presented. And of course Clarence Clemons was most memorable. He'd be on stage one moment, and then in a flash the spot light would shine on him, 50 yards away on top of a speaker, or on a catwalk 25 feet above the stage, etc. He was one heck of a performer. R.I.P. ... BETTER THE WORLD ~ PAY IT FORWARD ... |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
A true musical loss....RIP Big Man |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Somebody (I think Ray Stevens) did a song about Rock'n'Roll Heaven. Man, the horn section of that band just got a whole lot better.... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
KWSN - Sir William The Flagrantly Verbose Send message Joined: 28 Apr 00 Posts: 829 Credit: 11,757,678 RAC: 0 |
Somebody (I think Ray Stevens) did a song about Rock'n'Roll Heaven. I heard Maynard Ferguson is looking for a wailing sax for the Heavenly Birdland Dream Band... I'm pretty sure Clarence has a gig waiting for him! :-) "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Orwell |
perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 |
Legendary country singer Glen Campbell says he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and has recorded one last album as a farewell to his fans. The 75-year-old has been suffering from short-term memory loss for years, but the terminal Alzheimer's diagnosis only came six months ago, according to an interview published in People magazine. Campbell's wife, Kim, said they decided to go public with his diagnosis ahead of a final concert tour in the US autumn. Kim said she wants people to know why "he flubs a lyric or gets confused on stage". "I still love making music," Campbell was reported by the BBC as saying. "And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin." Campbell, who started out as a session guitarist for the Beach Boys and producer Phil Spector, rose to fame in the 1960s with such hits as Wichita Lineman and By the Time I Get to Phoenix. His most famous song is Rhinestone Cowboy. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
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